Traffic Calming
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Hero Mom Fined By Police for Vigilante Traffic Calming
She wanted her kids to be safe in the front yard, so she held the sign over her head and stood in the middle the street. Police slapped her with a jaywalking ticket.
December 22, 2016
De Blasio, Vacca, Trottenberg Rebuff Opponents of East Tremont Safety Plan
A leader of the Throggs Neck Merchants Association tried to thwart DOT's safety plan for East Tremont Avenue at a town hall in the Bronx last night and was firmly rebuffed by Mayor de Blasio, Council Member Jimmy Vacca, and Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg. After the exchange, Raisa Jimenez, whose son Giovianni Nin was killed by a hit-and-run driver on East Tremont earlier this year, made an emotional plea to prevent the further loss of life.
August 11, 2016
Tonight: Tell Mayor de Blasio the Bronx Supports a Safer Tremont Avenue
Mayor de Blasio will hold a town hall in Throggs Neck tonight, and Transportation Alternatives organizers are expecting a significant turnout from a small but vocal group of area residents and businesses who oppose a DOT road diet for East Tremont Avenue.
August 10, 2016
Eyes on the Street: Bigger Sidewalk, Shorter Crossing at Riverside and 116th
A tipster sent this photo of the sidewalk expansion underway at the corner of Riverside Drive and W. 116th Street in Manhattan. (It's one of the elements in a DOT safety plan for Riverside that survived after the agency watered down the project at the behest of Community Board 9.)
June 17, 2016
3 Graphs That Explain Why 20 MPH Should Be the Limit on City Streets
Speed kills, especially on city streets teeming with pedestrians and cyclists.
May 31, 2016
Sneckdowns: The Comic Strip
Clarence Eckerson, Jr. is not the only talented Eckerson in New York. There's one more winter storm expected to hit the city this weekend, and Gary Eckerson of Bay Ridge (Clarence's brother), has six panels in anticipation of the occasion. Enjoy.
March 18, 2016
DOT’s Meeker Ave Safety Project Gets — You Guessed It — Meeker
DOT has watered down its safety plan for the area around Meeker, Union, and Metropolitan avenues. And for the second time in as many meetings, Brooklyn Community Board 1’s transportation committee could not make quorum last night to vote on the project.
February 24, 2016
Donovan Richards Wants Safer Conditions at Deadly Rosedale Intersection
City Council Member Donovan Richards wants DOT to put speed cameras at the Rosedale intersection where a hit-and-run driver killed a teenage girl earlier this month -- a request the city may not be able to fulfill due to restrictions imposed by Albany. Richards also urged DOT to make physical improvements to protect people from speeding drivers.
February 23, 2016
Eyes on the Street: DIY School Zone Traffic-Calming in Corona
Today Transportation Alternatives staff and members of Families for Safe Streets are in Albany, asking legislators to allow NYC to install speed enforcement cameras near every school in the city. This example of a crossing guard's efforts to defend school kids in Queens, courtesy of Streetfilms' Clarence Eckerson Jr., is another good illustration of why the state should lift arbitrary enforcement restrictions.
February 9, 2016
The DIY Sneckdown and Other Snow-Based Traffic Calming
The Department of Sanitation said yesterday that the city is finally working to clear bike lanes of snow and ice. But five days after Jonas moved on, there's still plenty of slippery, slushy stuff where people walk and bike on New York City streets.
January 28, 2016