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Advocates: Ethical Standards Demand Zero Tolerance for Traffic Deaths
Traffic deaths need to be treated as an ethical imperative to save lives, said representatives from Transportation Alternatives, the Drum Major Institute, and the medical community today at the public release of the new report, "Vision Zero" [PDF].
June 8, 2011
City Transpo, Health Advocates: One Traffic Death Is One Too Many
The Drum Major Institute and Transportation Alternatives today called on the city to step up efforts to reduce vehicular deaths, and implored the Bloomberg administration and the New York City Council to change the widespread "culture of acceptance" that leads many New Yorkers to view thousands of preventable, life-altering injuries as an inevitable byproduct of urban traffic.
June 8, 2011
Tell Electeds and the Media: I’m a New Yorker, and I Want Safer Streets
Does Anthony Weiner really intend to someday rip out all the bike lanes in New York City? Or was his remark to Mayor Bloomberg "on a balmy night last June" merely a topical quip blown out of proportion in last week's Times profile of Janette Sadik-Khan?
March 7, 2011
NYC Car Commuters Are Wealthier and Cops All Drive to Work
I'm not sure that this particular set of facts matters one bit to Traffic Mitigation Commission member Richard Brodsky, who claims to represent the little guy in the congestion pricing debate, but New York City's Independent Budget Office released a report today demolishing the argument that pricing is unfair to the poor and working class (download it here).
December 11, 2007
Who is Richard Brodsky?
Matthew Schuerman offers up a brief but insightful profile of Westchester Assembly member Richard Brodsky in this week's Observer. Who is the man who holds the keys to the future of New York City transportation policy?
October 18, 2007
T.A. Responds to ‘Keep NYC Congestion’ Plan
Media release from Transportation Alternatives:
October 12, 2007
It’s the Bus Riders, Stupid.
Is Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan, a regressive tax, unfair to New York City's poor and working class?
June 15, 2007