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The Transportation Alternatives E-Bulletin is issued about twice a month, giving information on issues, advocacy, and volunteer opportunities.Please view our recent issues below.
Week of December 16, 2002
Bikes, Mike and Transit Strike T.A. Poll: What would Mayor Bloomberg riding a bike to work mean to you? Ivan Illich, Car-Free Philosopher, Priest, Genius, Dead at 76 Stereolab's Mary Hanson Killed in London Cycling Crash Hey DOT: Pedestrians Still Need Bollards New Bike/Ped Path Opens on the Williamsburg Bridge Important Questions After the Transit Strike
Bikes, Mike and Transit Strike
T.A. Poll: What would Mayor Bloomberg riding a bike to work mean to you?
Ivan Illich, Car-Free Philosopher, Priest, Genius, Dead at 76
Stereolab's Mary Hanson Killed in London Cycling Crash
Hey DOT: Pedestrians Still Need Bollards
New Bike/Ped Path Opens on the Williamsburg Bridge
Important Questions After the Transit Strike
Week of December 2, 2002
Commissioner Weinshall, Pedestrians Need Bollards! T.A. Poll: Are you bullied or menaced by cars in NYC? New Bike Lanes on Clinton Street & Avenue C NYC Comptroller Blasts DOT Pothole Fiasco Straphangers and T.A. Propose Fairer Fares DOT and Community Ignorance Puts Traffic Before School Kids
Commissioner Weinshall, Pedestrians Need Bollards!
T.A. Poll: Are you bullied or menaced by cars in NYC?
New Bike Lanes on Clinton Street & Avenue C
NYC Comptroller Blasts DOT Pothole Fiasco
Straphangers and T.A. Propose Fairer Fares
DOT and Community Ignorance Puts Traffic Before School Kids
Week of November 11, 2002
T.A. Poll: Will you ride your bike more if the base transit fare is raised to $2? It’s Magic! Get Cars off of Sidewalks and Out of Crosswalks Like Crashing in Potholes? Five Easy Things Gov't Should Do to Make Cycling Better in 2003 Make Brooklyn Side of the Manhattan Bridge Safe Remove the Stop Signs on the Hudson River Greenway Fix All Disappearing Bike Lanes Provide Bike Access to All City-Owned Buildings Track Different Types of Summonses Issued to Cyclists Press Watch: Long Island Protestors Paint Crosswalk Press Watch: Plans for Downtown Include Greener FDR
T.A. Poll: Will you ride your bike more if the base transit fare is raised to $2?
It’s Magic! Get Cars off of Sidewalks and Out of Crosswalks
Like Crashing in Potholes?
Five Easy Things Gov't Should Do to Make Cycling Better in 2003
Make Brooklyn Side of the Manhattan Bridge Safe Remove the Stop Signs on the Hudson River Greenway Fix All Disappearing Bike Lanes Provide Bike Access to All City-Owned Buildings Track Different Types of Summonses Issued to Cyclists
Make Brooklyn Side of the Manhattan Bridge Safe
Remove the Stop Signs on the Hudson River Greenway
Fix All Disappearing Bike Lanes
Provide Bike Access to All City-Owned Buildings
Track Different Types of Summonses Issued to Cyclists
Press Watch: Long Island Protestors Paint Crosswalk
Press Watch: Plans for Downtown Include Greener FDR
Week of October 7, 2002
43,000 Sign Petition Calling For a Car-Free Central Park T.A. Poll: East River Bridge Tolls DOT's Midtown No-Turn Initiative is Pedestrian Boon DOT Midtown Ped Boon II — Ped Priority at 37 More Intersections Bloomberg Noise Crackdown: One Night Stand or Long-Term Commitment? Port Authority Eyes Bike Improvements on Both Ends of GWB Deputy Mayor Doctoroff Bicycles to Work T.A. Calls for Bike Improvements in Herald Square Burying West Street: "A Colossal Mistake" International Brief: Car-Free Paris Mayor Stabbed T.A. Poll Results: Secure Bike Parking Matters; E-Bulletin Readers Use a Wide Range of Transportation Options
T.A. Poll: East River Bridge Tolls
Week of September 23, 2002
Commentary: Highway Ho! Why Worry, There's Oil in Africa T.A. Poll: If you had secure bicycle parking at work would you commute by bike? DOT Waiting for Cyclist to Be Killed on Brooklyn Side of Manhattan Bridge T.A. Poll: Do you consider yourself a: Bicyclist, Motorist, Pedestrian, Transit Rider... City's Explanation of Rejection of 3-Month Car-Free Prospect Park Trial is Baloney Massive British Study Shows Closing Streets REDUCES Traffic With Fanfare Chicago Announces Bike-Lane Ticketing Blitz T.A. Poll Results: NYC Cyclists and Pedestrians Say Conditions Stink Candidate Golisano Proposes Eliminating Tolls in NY
Commentary: Highway Ho! Why Worry, There's Oil in Africa
T.A. Poll: If you had secure bicycle parking at work would you commute by bike?
DOT Waiting for Cyclist to Be Killed on Brooklyn Side of Manhattan Bridge
T.A. Poll: Do you consider yourself a: Bicyclist, Motorist, Pedestrian, Transit Rider...
City's Explanation of Rejection of 3-Month Car-Free Prospect Park Trial is Baloney
Massive British Study Shows Closing Streets REDUCES Traffic
With Fanfare Chicago Announces Bike-Lane Ticketing Blitz
T.A. Poll Results: NYC Cyclists and Pedestrians Say Conditions Stink
Candidate Golisano Proposes Eliminating Tolls in NY
Week of September 9, 2002
A Year Later: Building a "Culture of Responsibility" T.A. Poll: How Does NYC Treat Cyclists and Pedestrians? Quote: Car-Free Central Park "Car-Free Summer" for Prospect Park Paris Mayor Scores Big Win Converting Highway to Beach DOT Creates Busway on Trinity and Church Streets Downtown Global Traffic Deaths Put at Million a Year
A Year Later: Building a "Culture of Responsibility"
T.A. Poll: How Does NYC Treat Cyclists and Pedestrians?
Quote: Car-Free Central Park
"Car-Free Summer" for Prospect Park
Paris Mayor Scores Big Win Converting Highway to Beach
DOT Creates Busway on Trinity and Church Streets Downtown
Global Traffic Deaths Put at Million a Year
Week of August 5, 2002
Massive Support for Car-Free Prospect Park Leads to Inconclusive Showdown Taking On Big Taxi Dooring Threat Electeds Call on DOT and Transit Authority to Speed Up Pokey M96 Bus Paris Mayor Converts Busy Highway to Beach Chicago: Drunk Driver Jumps Curb, Injures 2 Pedestrians, Kills 1 New Ped Crossing Law Fixes Irrational Former Rule NYC Century Bike Tour Regular Registration Discounts End August 26th
Action Alert: July 25, 2002
NYC Century Bike Tour Early Registration Discounts End July 31st Car-Free Prospect Park "Rally in the Triangle," Tuesday, July 30th, 6:30 pm Volunteer at the NYC Cycling Championships in Lower Manhattan on August 4 Come to the Magazine Mailing Party on July 31st at 6 pm in the T.A. Office
NYC Century Bike Tour Early Registration Discounts End July 31st
Week of June 24, 2002
Wake Up America! Wake Up NY! It's for Real! All Neighboring Councilmembers Support Three Month Car-Free Test in Prospect Park Iris Weinshall, DOT Commissioner, Opposes Car-Free Experiment in Prospect Park Sidewalk Massacres Horrify City Sheldon Silver Blocks More Red Light Cams for NYC
Week of June 3, 2002
Three Former DOT Bigs Join Call For Car-Free Prospect Park Help the DOT Get Legislative Approval for 25 More Red Light Camera Locations New City Council Disappointment on Transportation and Street Safety Flogging the Dead Horse Harder: Council Committee Passes Draconian Penalties Against Sidewalk Cycling While Sidewalk Motorists Face Few Sanctions Raised Crosswalk Spotted in DUMBO Drunk Driving Cops Who Kill and Injure To Be Dismissed Streets in Shambles: Utility Companies Out of Control Hudson River Greenway Reopens from Harrison Street to Vesey Street
Three Former DOT Bigs Join Call For Car-Free Prospect Park
Help the DOT Get Legislative Approval for 25 More Red Light Camera Locations
New City Council Disappointment on Transportation and Street Safety
Flogging the Dead Horse Harder: Council Committee Passes Draconian Penalties Against Sidewalk Cycling While Sidewalk Motorists Face Few Sanctions
Raised Crosswalk Spotted in DUMBO
Drunk Driving Cops Who Kill and Injure To Be Dismissed
Streets in Shambles: Utility Companies Out of Control
Hudson River Greenway Reopens from Harrison Street to Vesey Street
Week of May 20, 2002
Subway Ridership at 50 Year High, Subway Crime at 30 Year Low
Cyclist Takes 1st, Straphanger 2nd, Motorist Distant 3rd in Annual Commuter Race
Curb Cut Cave In
Draconian Criminal Penalty Proposed for Sidewalk Cycling
Cars Kill, Cyclists Pay
T.A. Sounds General Quarters About Fleet Week Mess on the Hudson River Greenway
Sidewalk Sleuths Action Alert
Week of May 6, 2002
Week of April 22, 2002
Week of March 18, 2002
City Rejects Request for Bus Lane on West Street as Transit Agencies Remain Asleep at the Wheel
DOT Hires First Time Ever "Secure Bike Parking" Coordinator
Street Smart DOT to Install 200 Dummy Red Light Cameras
Head-On Crash in Congress over Transportation Funding
Week of March 4, 2002
Mayor Calls for East River Bridge Tolls: Gores Motoring's Sacred Cow
Anti-Carpool Study by Garage Owners is "False and Misleading"
Sunset Park Connector Bikeway Finally Completed
The Time is Right to Ban Car Alarms
New City Push for More Red Light Cameras; Speed Cams on Hold
Yes to Higher Cab Fares
Lower Manhattan
Week of January 28, 2002
Week of January 14, 2002
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