T.A. Gives Community Groups Tips for Closing Blocks to Traffic
February 17, 2011
Kim Martineau 646-873-6008
Times Square may be a pedestrian playground for tourists, but all over the city, Transportation Alternatives is helping neighborhoods create their own car-free streets where parents can stop to chat a
New Website: Candidates for Council, Citywide Office Weigh in on Transportation
August 19, 2009
Wiley Norvell 1 646-873-6008
T.A. Volunteer University
Date:
**This event is completely full, but if you're interested in attending a future session please email me at volunteer@transalt.org and I will be in touch with our plans for a second round of T.A.
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?
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?
Riding in the new, protected bicycle lane along Ninth Ave. in Chelsea, a model for future protected bike lanes in the city.
The year 2007 may prove to be one of the most important years in the storied history of New York City's development. In a future timeline of urban advances, it might be printed in as big a font and as bold a type as 1811--when the grid system was adopted--or 1904--when the I.R.T. subway opened. The text adjacent to 2007 could say something like "the start of livable streets," or "the bike boom begins," or "congestion pricing kicks off." It may turn out that all of those descriptions may suit 2007. The real question is, in hindsight, will they?
Noon, Tuesday, December 29, 1997
5th Ave. and 50th Street (North East Corner)
Pedestrians will gather to
demand the Mayor abolish pedestrian barricades in Midtown and improve conditions
for pedestrians on crowded Midtown sidewalks. Some participants will dress as
cattle and travel as a herd around the intersection of 5th and 50th to dramatize
the mistreatment of pedestrians. Other participants will carry signs saying:
