Safe Routes to School

Astoria Residents Rally For Safer Streets

Author: 
Georgina Young-Ellis
Media Outlet: 
Queens Gazette
Date: 
December 9, 2009
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Area residents have long considered 21st Avenue, especially between 21st and 28th Streets in Astoria, a dangerous thoroughfare.

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Steven and Brian Beard of the Long Island City Alliance, Democratic District Leader Costa Constantinides and (in rear)Assemblymember Mike Gianaris, along with members of the community rally for a safer 21st Avenue.
Submitted by volunteer on December 10, 2009 - 15:34. categories [ ]

Death by Car

Author: 
David King and Gail Robinson
Media Outlet: 
Gotham Gazette
Date: 
November 23, 2009
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Even if they don't know Diane Schuler by name probably every sentient New Yorker knows what she did and the horror she created.

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Photo (cc) jonfeinstein
Submitted by volunteer on November 24, 2009 - 15:55. categories [ ]

NYC’s Next Four Years: From Good Enough to Great

Author: 
Paul Steely White
Media Outlet: 
StreetsBlog
Date: 
November 11, 2009
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The second installment in Streetsblog's series on the potential direction for transportation policy during Michael Bloomberg's third term comes from Paul Steely White, executive director of Transport

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There is plenty of room to build on the Bloomberg administration's record of support for safer, greener streets. Photosim of 34th Street: Luc Nadal, ITDP.

Parents Enraged by DOE Plans to Pull Bus

Author: 
Ben Hogwood
Author Title: 
Assistant Editor
Media Outlet: 
Queens Chronicle
Date: 
March 5, 2009
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A group of Woodside parents and school officials are separated by a great divide -- this one paved with asphalt and featuring vehicles veering off the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

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Councilman Eric Gioia wants the city to continue providing transport for students who live in the Big Six Towers in Woodside. (photo by Ben Hogwood)
Submitted by volunteer on November 5, 2009 - 18:38. categories [ ]

Civic Concerned about Traffic on Grand Ave

Author: 
Conor Greene
Media Outlet: 
Forum News
Date: 
November 6, 2008

A project to combine two triangles on Grand Avenue into a larger green space has caused traffic nightmares because the city refused to first implement a plan to reduce the amount of truck traffic alon

Submitted by forrest on December 17, 2008 - 12:09. categories [ ]

Pedaling Transportation Alternatives

Author: 
Oliver Haydock
Media Outlet: 
New York Observer
Date: 
August 26, 2008
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It's a golden age for Paul Steely White's advocacy. The 37-year-old executive director of nonprofit Transportation Alternatives talks about biking and public transit in the era of the $4 gallon of gas.

Location: Let's talk about the Summer Streets program. Has it gone as good as you would have hoped?

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Pedaling Transportation Alternatives

Author: 
Oliver Haydock
Media Outlet: 
New York Observer
Image Caption: 
It’s a golden age for Paul Steely White’s advocacy. The 37-year-old executive director of nonprofit Transportation Alternatives talks about biking and public transit in the era of the $4 gallon of gas.

Location: Let's talk about the Summer Streets program. Has it gone as good as you would have hoped?

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'End School Traffic Jam'

Author: 
Matthew Nestel
Media Outlet: 
New York Post
Date: 
September 8, 2008

A traffic-safety study that began more than seven years ago to monitor activity on roads around city schools is taking too long and needs new direction, a Queens lawmaker charges.

Submitted by forrest on September 23, 2008 - 14:11. categories [ ]