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Campaigns for Smart Growth and Complete Streets Heat Up in Albany
The campaign to rein in sprawl and build more livable communities across New York state intensified yesterday, as advocates redoubled their efforts to pass two critical pieces of legislation in Albany. Groups working to advance complete streets legislation, including AARP and the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, and those pushing for statewide smart growth policies, such as Empire State Future, announced they will be teaming up to pass both bills.
May 11, 2010
National Survey: Driving Down in 2009, Sustainable Transport Up
Between 2001 and 2009, the share of trips that Americans made in cars dropped by more than four percent, with walking, bicycling and transit use picking up the slack, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
March 1, 2010
Seniors Survey Manhattan’s Deadliest Street
Hours after the Tri-State Transportation Campaign released a report yesterday identifying New York's deadliest roads, 13 AARP volunteers surveyed part of Third Avenue in an effort to make walking in New York safer.
January 7, 2010
TSTC: Five City Streets Rank as Region’s Most Dangerous for Walking
Streets in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island continue to be among the most dangerous in the region for pedestrians, says a new report from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign.
January 6, 2010
$266 Million to Widen the Deegan. Crumbs for a More Livable Bronx River.
Last week we reported on the state DOT's expensive plan to widen part of the Major Deegan Expressway in the southwest Bronx, even as the agency fails to maintain upstate bridges. The dubious Deegan project sucks up $266 million in the state DOT's new five-year capital plan, while more promising initiatives -- like the potential removal of the Sheridan Expressway -- languish without much money at all.
November 19, 2009
Pennies for Pedestrians: NY State Spends Small on Street Safety
It's not news that a half-century of transportation spending to accommodate the automobile has made the typical American city hazardous and hostile to people on foot. But it's shocking how we still devote so few resources to correcting those mistakes. A new report released today by a coalition of advocacy groups, including Transportation for America and the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, quantifies current funding disparities and the cost in human lives. From T4A:
November 9, 2009
Top to Bottom, NY Legal System Fails the Vulnerable on Our Streets
Safe streets advocates are understandably excited by the prospect of a Manhattan district attorney with an interest in holding dangerous drivers accountable for the death and destruction they impose upon the city every day. But few, if any, expect radical change right away. As attendees at Tuesday's legal symposium on vehicular crime learned, even prosecutors who pursue the cause of traffic justice are often stymied by weak laws and courts that tend to be forgiving of motorists who maim and kill.
October 28, 2009
24 Hours Left to Register for TSTC’s Annual Benefit
A quick reminder: You can RSVP for the Tri-State Transportation Campaign's annual benefit up until 3 p.m. tomorrow. The word from Tri-State's Veronica Vanterpool is that they've lined up a great space with a tasteful selection of wine, beer and hors d'oeuvres. The schmoozing figures to be a Streetsblog reader's dream. Local transpo officials, community leaders and activists, the non-profit stars you know and love -- they'll all be there. And, of course, during the evening Aaron Naparstek and Clarence Eckerson will share honors with New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez.
October 28, 2009
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
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