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Vance Renews Traffic Safety Pledge at Meeting of Legal Minds
Judged by statistics on violent crime, New York may be the safest big city in America. But its amazingly low murder rate masks a less encouraging trend: With 300 city-wide road deaths a year, reckless driving now rivals homicide as a mortal threat.
October 27, 2009
Last Night’s CB Action: A Big Vote of Confidence for Protected Bike Lanes
Manhattan Community Board 8 issued a strong call for safer streets on the Upper East Side last night, voting 38 to 1 for a resolution supporting protected bike lanes. The reso asks DOT to come back to the CB with a neighborhood bike plan that includes physically protected lanes, though it refrains from mentioning specific routes.
October 22, 2009
Vance to Speak at Traffic Justice Symposium
Next Tuesday's legal symposium on vehicular homicide, presented by Transportation Alternatives, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign and the Benjamin N. Cardozo
School of Law, will feature a prominent special guest: presumptive Manhattan DA-elect Cy Vance.
October 21, 2009
Legal Minds Converge to Tackle Traffic Justice; Will Team Vance Attend?
In the past 30 days, no fewer than seven pedestrians have been killed by motorists in New York City. True to form, the only drivers to face charges were those found to be intoxicated. The rest were granted instantaneous pardons by NYPD, several without as much as a blemish on their driving record.
October 15, 2009
Tomorrow: TA Rides for James Langergaard on Queens Boulevard
This past August, a young cyclist and a beloved Transportation Alternatives volunteer, James Langergaard, was struck and killed by a car at Queens Boulevard and 69th Street.
October 1, 2009
Streetfilms: The Sands Street Bike Path, a New Kind of Bridge Approach
Chalk up more bikeway innovation
to the folks at the NYC Department of Transportation. Nearly
complete, the Sands Street approach to the Manhattan Bridge is now
safer and more enjoyable thanks to a New York City first: a
center-median, two-way protected bike path. The facility is a
perfect solution to counter the dangers posed by a tangle of roads and
highway on-ramps that burden the area. Dramatic before-and-afters tell
the delicious story.
September 25, 2009
Cy Vance Wasn’t the Only Winner in the Race for Manhattan DA
Street safety wasn't mentioned in today's Daily News piece about Cy Vance, but Manhattan's next district attorney made clear that he intends to pursue, as the News put it, a "fresh agenda." And after Transportation Alternatives literally brought Vance and his opponents to the table to discuss the plague of
traffic crime, livable streets advocates have cause to expect major changes come January.
September 17, 2009
Team Amsterdam Victorious in Bike Slam Design Battle
Team Amsterdam won running away at Saturday night's New Amsterdam Bike Slam design battle, the two-team competition to devise the best plan for boosting bicycle modeshare in New York City. But Team New York could go home with their heads high -- they presented a lot of ideas that would work wonders on New York City streets.
September 15, 2009
Which Bike Planning Team Will Reign Supreme?
Tomorrow night's the main event for the New Amsterdam Bike Slam, the weekend-long extravaganza hosted by Transportation Alternatives and Vélo Mondial. Two teams will face off Iron Chef-style to devise the most effective plan to raise cycling in New York City to Amsterdam-esque levels. I'm not quite sure what to expect, but a planning contest "inspired by poetry slams, reality television competitions, and
celebrity death matches" promises to not be dull.
September 11, 2009