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October 2009
Thu 29: Broken Streets Theory: How to Alter the Psychology of Reckless Driving 11
Wed 28: Top to Bottom, NY Legal System Fails the Vulnerable on Our Streets 2
Wed 28: Second Life: NYC Parking Meters to Reincarnate as Bike Racks 3
Tue 27: Vance Renews Traffic Safety Pledge at Meeting of Legal Minds 5
Thu 22: Last Night's CB Action: A Big Vote of Confidence for Protected Bike Lanes 7
Wed 21: Vance to Speak at Traffic Justice Symposium 2
Thu 15: Legal Minds Converge to Tackle Traffic Justice; Will Team Vance Attend? 1
Thu 1: Tomorrow: TA Rides for James Langergaard on Queens Boulevard 1
September 2009
Fri 25: Streetfilms: The Sands Street Bike Path, a New Kind of Bridge Approach 10
Thu 17: Park(ing) Day: Tomorrow, Reclaim the Curb 0
Thu 17: Cy Vance Wasn't the Only Winner in the Race for Manhattan DA 2
Tue 15: Team Amsterdam Victorious in Bike Slam Design Battle 6
Fri 11: Which Bike Planning Team Will Reign Supreme? 2
Wed 9: Council District 20: Who Will Replace the Mercurial John Liu? 6
Wed 2: The District 33 Transpo Debate: Can They Top Yassky on Livable Streets? 4
Tue 1: Preview: District 33 Transpo Smackdown 9
August 2009
Fri 28: Legacy of Downtown Brooklyn Traffic Calming Advocates Continues 0
Thu 27: Upper Manhattan Council Candidates Take a Pass on Livable Streets Survey 14
Wed 26: Highlights From TA's District 25 Candidate Debate 6
Tue 25: Report: Cops Can Measure Traffic Violations, If They Try 11
Wed 19: District 39 Candidates: Where Do They Stand on Livable Streets? 24
Fri 7: Today: Celebrate a Livable Streets Milestone With TA 4
Tue 4: 1.2 Million Traffic Summonses Is Nothing to Be Proud Of 5
July 2009
Fri 31: Tom Vanderbilt Dissects "The 'E' Word" 12
Wed 29: In Historic Vote, City Council Passes Bicycle Access Bill 13
Mon 27: After Hard-Fought Campaign, Bicycle Access Bill Set to Become Law 9
Fri 24: Park-in-a-Box: Enter the Park(ing) Day NYC 2009 Design Competition 4
Fri 24: Streetfilms: Make Your Own Bike Etiquette PSA 4
Thu 16: Ray Kelly on Traffic Crime: "I Don't Know What You're Talking About" 11
Wed 15: Streetfilms: Manhattan DA Candidates Debate Traffic Justice 1
Tue 14: TA Report: Reckless Driving Casualties Rising as NYPD Enforcement Lags 12
Mon 13: Streetfilms: Tour de Queens 2009 5
Wed 8: John Liu: Halting Bike Access Bill Not a Political Move 5
Wed 1: Celebrate Brooklyn With Valet Bike Parking 1
June 2009
Mon 15: Fallen Pedestrians Memorialized in Hell's Kitchen 1
Fri 12: Saturday: Hell's Kitchen to March for Pedestrian Safety 0
Thu 11: Streetfilms: Queens Boulevard Bike Pool 6
Mon 8: Streetfilms: Tour de Brooklyn 2009 8
Fri 5: Save the Tour de Brooklyn! Free Beer! 1
Fri 5: Safety in Numbers: It's Happening in NYC 16
May 2009
Wed 27: Who Will Be NYPD's Next Transportation Chief? 6
Thu 21: The Cyclist Wins Again 11
Wed 20: TA's "Biking Rules" Campaign Takes the High Route 19
Fri 15: Streetfilms: NYC Bike to Work Day, 2009 0
Fri 15: Eyes on the Street: Bike to Work Day NYC 9
Thu 14: Tomorrow: Bike to Work With Janette Sadik-Khan [Updated] 6
April 2009
Wed 29: Transit Riders to Albany: Get to Work on a Real MTA Solution 0
Thu 9: Report: New Yorkers Like Ped Streets More Than They Expected 5
March 2009
Mon 23: Dear State Senators, Don't Let MTA Rescue Come to This 0
Fri 13: TA Urges DOT to Expand Safe Streets for Seniors 7
Mon 9: Streetfilms: Signing On to Save Transit 1
February 2009
Wed 25: Jim Brennan: It's Okay to Fund Transit With Fees on Driving 3
Thu 12: Speeding Kills, and 39 Percent of New York Drivers Are Doing It 64
December 2008
Fri 5: Monday: 'Bikes in Buildings' Showdown at City Hall 7
Fri 5: Brooklyn CBs Open to Prospect Park Road Diet 14
Thu 4: CB4 Backs Eighth Avenue Cycle Track 4
November 2008
Fri 21: We Are the Community Board Cranks We've Been Waiting For 10
Thu 20: CB4 Committee Supports Eighth Avenue Cycle Track 11
Fri 14: CityRacks Winner: It's a Standing O 22
Wed 12: Manhattan Buses Dominate Pokey and Schleppie Awards 5
Mon 10: TA: Zoning Great for Tomorrow; Bike Access Can Improve Today 2
Thu 6: Designing NYC Streets for the 21st Century 2
October 2008
Wed 29: TA Rolls Out CrashStat Improvements 8
Fri 24: On the Way Home, Ride for a Protected Bike Lane on Delancey 3
Tue 21: Vision Zero NYC: Ending the Body Count 31
Fri 17: Weekend Fun: Park(ing) Day Redux, Tour de Bronx 1
Wed 15: Study: City Residential Parking Requirements Lead to More Driving 49
Tue 14: How Clean Is Your Commute? 30
Thu 9: Streetfilms: Moms Mobilize for a Car-Free Central Park 1
Tue 7: Amtrak Bill Clears the Way for Bike-Friendly Trains 13
Wed 1: Weigh in on the Future of City Bike Racks 18
September 2008
Thu 25: Streetfilms: The Prospect Park Youth Advocates 2
Wed 24: Bikes in Buildings: So Easy, So Effective 15
Tue 23: Wednesday: Ask the City Council to Pass the "Bikes in Buildings Bill" 13
Thu 18: Sen. Jeff Klein to No Impact Man: "Hands Off My Car, You F--king A--hole" 58
Fri 12: Ride for a Safer Queens Boulevard Tonight 6
Thu 4: NYC Century Tour This Sunday 4
August 2008
Fri 22: The Parking Cure, Step 1: Diagnose the Problem 10
Mon 18: Planners and Green Groups Call for Off-Street Parking Reform 13
Mon 18: Report: NYC's Off-Street Parking Policy Will Set Off a Traffic Explosion 19
Thu 7: A Citywide Prescription for Livable Streets 2
Wed 6: Ride to Summer Streets in Style With T.A. [Updated] 5
Mon 4: DOT Takes Steps to Improve Ped Safety Near Park Avenue Tunnel 28
July 2008
Thu 31: And the Bike-Friendly Business Award Goes to... 5
Thu 31: Measuring the Value of Livable Streets 2
Thu 24: T.A. Urges Bloomberg Admin to Take the Lead in Parking Reform 7
Fri 18: Streetfilms: What's an LPI? 13
Mon 7: T.A. Offers Reward for Park Slope "Post-Automobile Street" Designs 10
Mon 7: Queens CBs Greet Vernon Boulevard Bike Lanes With Skepticism 19
June 2008
Fri 6: Wanted: Ex-Drivers Eager to Talk About Switching Modes 0
Wed 4: New Law Encourages DOT to Set Traffic Reduction Targets 10
May 2008
Fri 30: Streetfilms: The Great NYC Commuter Race 18
Thu 29: Cycling Still Offers Quickest City Commute 37
Thu 29: DOT Previews Big Plans at Greenway Summit 19
Wed 28: Bike, Transit or Car: Which Is the Fastest Commute? 36
Tue 27: Has Time Run Out on the Parking Placard "Crackdown"? 6
Fri 16: Open Thread: Share Your Bike-to-Work Stories 29
Thu 15: Revenge of the Free Riders 21
Wed 14: DOT to Present Manhattan Bridge Plans to CB 3 Tonight 10
Fri 9: Streetfilm: Snackin' and Schwaggin' in Queens 8
Fri 9: CB2 Chairman Punts Queens Greenway Vote Over Loss of Parking 25
Thu 8: Streetfilm: City Officials Talk Up Bike Month 2
Wed 7: Eyes on the Street: T.A. Rings in Bike Month 12
Thu 1: TONY Does New York on Two Wheels 4
April 2008
Fri 18: Electeds Still Need to Hear From Pricing Supporters 8
March 2008
Mon 31: City Council Passes Congestion Pricing. Next Stop: Albany. 60
Mon 31: Pricing Clears Committee, Moves to Full Council Tonight 8
Mon 24: Rev. Billy Preaches Bikes & Transit at the NYC Auto Show 5
Fri 21: StreetFilm: Queens Roller Racing 1
Fri 21: T.A. Ad Drives It Home ... to Westchester 7
Thu 20: Pricing Round Up: Persuasive Arguments, Rigged Polls, New Buses 19
Fri 14: DOT Launches Bike Rack Design Competition 3
Tue 4: Is the NYPD Reducing Traffic Violations? Hard to Say... 28
Mon 3: Sander Makes the Case for MTA Capital Plan and Pricing 3
February 2008
Mon 25: Ads Pitch Pricing Benefits to Transit-Taking Majority 3
Fri 22: It's Time to Tell Your Reps to Vote for Pricing 7
Mon 18: Mary Beth Kelly: From Tragedy to Advocacy 7
Fri 1: A "Vision Zero" for New York? 3
January 2008
Fri 25: Proof That Congestion Pricing Supporters Do Exist in Queens 15
Thu 24: Testify! Public Hearings on Congestion Pricing Tonight 7
Tue 22: Streetfilms: Street Star Christine Berthet 1
Thu 17: Road Pricing and Public Transit: The "Virtuous Cycle" 19
Mon 14: Who Are You Nominating for the 2008 Jane Jacobs Medal? 7
Fri 11: Another New Bike Shelter 12
Fri 11: What if DOT Simply Forgot to Open the Parks to Traffic? 19
Mon 7: StreetFilm: The Street Memorial Project 2
Fri 4: A Year After Eric Ng's Death, Greenway Hazards Remain Unfixed 42
Wed 2: Sleek Bike Parking Facilities Appear in Queens and Brooklyn 32
December 2007
Mon 17: City Pedestrian Crossings Are Discriminatory by Design 13
Wed 12: Shoup Dogg, Parking Policy Cult Hero, Fills Fordham Auditorium 47
Tue 11: Manhattan Bridge Bike & Ped Improvements Nearing Completion 19
Fri 7: Parking Guru Donald Shoup Coming to Town Monday 3
Fri 7: Replace Penn Station Rats' Warren With a Pedestrian Boulevard 5
Tue 4: Crashstat 2.0 Reveals NYC’S Most Dangerous Intersections 9
November 2007
Wed 28: T.A. Responds to Fidler's Tax'n'Tunnel Pipe Dream 5
Tue 27: NYPD Emerges as New Focus for NYC's Livable Streets Movement 38
Mon 19: StreetFilms: Bay Ridge Bus Commuters Talk Congestion Pricing 18
Tue 13: Weiner Imagines Paying for His Traffic Plan With a Gas Tax Raise 40
Fri 9: MTA Chief Links Congestion Pricing to Fare Hike... or Not 35
Wed 7: Jan Gehl: Gridlocked Streets Are "Not a Law of Nature" 8
Wed 7: StreetFilms: Upper West Side Streets Renaissance With Jan Gehl 9
October 2007
Wed 24: Senator Duane Takes a Swipe at DOT for 9th Ave. Bike Lane 16
Fri 19: RPA Refutes Anti-Pricing “Alternatives” Study 9
Tue 16: Park Slope Has Its Park(ing) Day 6
Fri 12: T.A. Responds to 'Keep NYC Congestion' Plan 40
September 2007
Mon 24: StreetFilms: Park(ing) Day 2007 8
Fri 21: Why is There a Picnic in My Parking Spot? 13
Tue 18: City to Unveil 'Look' Bike Safety Campaign 4
Wed 12: The Transportation Alternatives Century Ride 2007 3
Tue 4: Infinite Jest 4
Tue 4: Last Weekend of Summer Marked by Child's Death 0
August 2007
Fri 31: City Promises $5M in Ped Safety Improvements at Mural Opening 13
Thu 30: New Pricing Poll Hits the Spin Cycle 14
Wed 29: Brooklyn Traffic Calming Mural Unveiled 5
Tue 28: Celebrating a Car-Free Afternoon In Prospect Park 12
Mon 27: Prospect Park Car Restriction Starts Now 5
Fri 24: Survey Finds That Buffered Bike Lanes Are Better 17
Tue 21: Staten Island PlaNYC Panel Tonight 0
Mon 20: Cyclists Throwing Selves Under Cars in Brooklyn 28
Mon 13: Tonight: Traffic-Calming Mural Preview & Fundraiser 3
Mon 13: Thank You for the Extra Car-Free Hour, And... 4
July 2007
Tue 17: Brodsky Killed Congestion Pricing But We Hurt His Feelings 22
Wed 11: Brodsky Attacks Critics of His Congestion Pricing Study 41
June 2007
Thu 28: David Byrne on Bicycling in NYC 8
Wed 20: Leave Your iPod at Home Tomorrow 1
Mon 11: Call for Ped Safety Measures on Third and Fourth Avenues 1
Thu 7: Car-Free Sundays Return to the Bronx 4
Tue 5: T.A.: City, State Parking Drive Would Torpedo Taxi Initiative 10
Tue 5: NYPD Raid Nets Bikes and Bystanders 31
Sun 3: StreetFilms: Bike to Shea 4
May 2007
Fri 25: Streetsblog Publisher Puts up $250K to Push PlaNYC 3
Fri 18: T.A. Rides with the Mayors of Sydney & Copenhagen 2
Fri 18: CB6 Committee Unanimously Approves 9th St. Project 12
April 2007
Fri 27: Sadik-Khan Has Two Things Her Predecessors Lacked... 2
Sun 22: Rally for Mayor's Groundbreaking Green Transportation Plan 13
Mon 2: StreetFilm: Room to Breathe 6
March 2007
Tue 27: Important Meeting for Livable Streets Advocates 5
Mon 12: Parking: If You Build it They Will Come... in Their Cars. 10
Mon 5: Old Gray Lady Gets on the Bandwagon 5
February 2007
Tue 27: No Parking Slope 27
Wed 21: Illegal Permit Parking Crackdown Underway? 13
Thu 15: Plan Urged Safety Measures for Intersection Where Boy Died 16
Wed 14: 2006 Pedestrian Fatality Numbers from DOT 6
Tue 6: Help Wanted at DOT: Creative Thinkers Encouraged to Apply 18
January 2007
Mon 29: The City That Never Walks 22
Fri 26: Streetfilms: "We're New York, We Can Lead" 12
Fri 12: The Times is a Changin' 22
December 2006
Thu 21: Confronting Our Problems 112
Wed 13: Pedestrian Safety in Brooklyn Heights 0
November 2006
Mon 20: Congestion Pricing: The Public Conversation Begins 6
Wed 15: Streetfilms: Yesterday's Traffic Relief Rally at City Hall 1
Tue 14: Traffic Relief Rally at City Hall This Morning 0
October 2006
Tue 24: And the 2006 Pokey Award Goes to... 1
Fri 6: Traffic's Human Toll 0
Tue 3: Traffic's Human Toll 0
September 2006
Thu 28: Above the Law: Parking Permit Abuse Study Released 5
Wed 20: Eyes on the Street: Hudson River Greenway 0
Fri 15: Weinshall and Budnick on WNYC 7
Thu 14: WNYC's Brian Lehrer: Tune in Right Now! 7
August 2006
Thu 10: Budnick Talks Transpo on NY1 3
July 2006
Tue 25: Houston Street Redesign: The $30 Million Missed Opportunity 4
Mon 17: Brooklyn to Mayor: Get a Transportation Policy 4
June 2006
Tue 27: Improper Steel Plate May Have Caused Fatal Crash 0
Thu 8: Liz Padilla Memorial & Bike Improvements 0