Safe Routes for Seniors

Transportation Alternatives Calls For Enforcement To Stop The Carnage

June 3, 2011
Michael Murphy 646-873-6008

A motorcyclist was struck by a van today only a block from the location where a truck jumped the curb just yesterday and mowed down a crowd of pedestrians, killing an 89 year old woman.


Transportation Alternatives Joins With State Senator Squadron And Council Member Chin To Ask DOT To Fix Delancey And Essex

May 17, 2011
Michael Murphy 646-873-6008

After yet another pedestrian fatality last week near the intersection of Delancey and Essex Streets, Transportation Alternatives joined with Senator Daniel Squadron and Council Member Margaret Chin to


Transportation Group Circulates Step-By-Step Guide To Document And Report Lawless Driving

March 31, 2011
Brian Krapf 212-608-0333

Transportation Alternatives, New York's leading transportation advocacy group, today released their "Neighborhood Traffic Monitoring Toolkit," a step-by-step guide to help communities document l


Dangerous Streets

Author: 
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Media Outlet: 
Our Town
Date: 
February 16, 2011
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Laurence Renard was killed by a dump truck on First Avenue and 90th Street on a January afternoon. Jason King was fatally hit by a truck on Madison Avenue and 80th Street in December.

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86th Street and Third Avenue has the highest number of crashes on the Upper East Side, according to a recent Transportation Alternatives study. Photo by Andrew Schwartz

Man killed on Blvd. of Death

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Koslowitz calls for traffic light after elderly pedestrian hit by city vehicle
Author: 
Anna Gustafson
Media Outlet: 
Your Nabe
Date: 
August 12, 2010

City Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) is calling for a traffic light at Queens Boulevard and 80th Road in Kew Gardens, where an elderly man died while crossing what is known as the Boulev

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Police investigate the scene of a fatal accident on Queens Boulevard and 80th Road that claimed the life of Richard Borchers (inset), 76, of Kew Gardens.

Safety Push At Three-Way Intersection

Author: 
Dan Rivoli
Media Outlet: 
West Side Spirit
Date: 
August 4, 2010

The West 71st Street-Amsterdam Avenue-Broadway intersection can be an obstacle.

Rally Against Maspeth Route

Author: 
Cristina Guarino
Media Outlet: 
Queens Gazette
Date: 
March 11, 2010

Elected officials joined residents of Maspeth at noon on Friday, March 5, in a rally to press the Department of Transportation to change Grand, Flushing and Myrtle Avenues from through routes to local

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Transit Group Tackles Most Dangerous Streets

Author: 
Megan Finnegan
Media Outlet: 
Our Town
Date: 
March 11, 2010

A transit advocacy group has identified the five most dangerous intersections on the East Side--and is aiming to halve the number of vehicle crashes that result in pedestrian and cyclist injuries or

New York City Council's Joint Hearing on "Oversight - What is New York City doing to make the streets safer for seniors?"
December 3, 2009

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.