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SidewalksPlay Streets Reports and ResourcesPlay StreetsTransportation Group Circulates Step-By-Step Guide To Document And Report Lawless Driving
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 City Has Plan to Fix Mall TrafficMedia Outlet: Your NabeDate: November 18, 2010 The city Department of Transportation is proposing a plan to convert the two-way section of 57th Avenue between 90th and 92nd streets behind the Queens Center Mall into a one-way westbound street. Image Caption: The city DOT is considering changing 57th Avenue, on which the Queens Center Mall's parking garage entrance is situated, to a one-way westbound street. Photo by Christina Santucci
Submitted by volunteer on January 3, 2011 - 18:20. categories [ ]
Another Cabby Out of Control, Another Accident on 71stMedia Outlet: Westside IndependentDate: July 7, 2010 Image: ![cab-accident[1].jpg](http://transalt.org/files/newsroom/media/2009/images/cab-accident[1].jpg "cab-accident[1].jpg") The intersection of 71st Street and Broadway has become a constant site of accidents, with cars hitting pedestrians and even subway stations. At about 5 p.m.
Submitted by volunteer on July 26, 2010 - 13:03. categories [ ]
Union Square Pedestrian Plaza Plan Gets Green Light From Community BoardSubtitle: Traffic around Union Square will also be re-routed in an attempt to make the area safer and more pedestrian-friendly. Media Outlet: DNAinfoDate: July 12, 2010 Image: ![story_xlimage_2010_07_R947_Union_Square_Traffic_and_Plaza_Plan_Approved.png[1].jpg](http://transalt.org/files/newsroom/media/2009/images/story_xlimage_2010_07_R947_Union_Square_Traffic_and_Plaza_Plan_Approved.png[1].jpg "story_xlimage_2010_07_R947_Union_Square_Traffic_and_Plaza_Plan_Approved.png[1].jpg") MIDTOWN -- A plan to reshuffle traffic around Union Square and add a new pedestrian plaza nearby has been given the final green light after months of contentious debate. Image Caption: A rendering of the proposed redesign of E. 17th Street between Broadway and Park Avenue South on the north side of Union Square. (NYC Department of Transportation)
Submitted by volunteer on July 14, 2010 - 14:27. categories [ ]
Ideas Aired on Safer Chinatown Streets and SidewalksMedia Hit link: http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_366/ideasaired.htmlMedia Outlet: Downtown ExpressDate: April 30, 2010 Curb extensions. Timed traffic lights. "Daylighting," or moving back all parking spaces from intersections to increase visibility.
Submitted by volunteer on May 27, 2010 - 11:53. categories [ ]
Confronting the Mire on 34th StreetMedia Outlet: New York TimesDate: April 26, 2010 Image: ![26rfd-image-custom1[1].jpg](http://transalt.org/files/newsroom/media/2009/images/26rfd-image-custom1[1].jpg "26rfd-image-custom1[1].jpg") The Bloomberg administration has announced that it will create a new Midtown pedestrian mall, this one running on 34th Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues -- that is, between Macy's and the Emp Image Caption: Jonathan Fickies/Bloomberg News -- Keep moving, if you can: Broadway and 34th Street.
Submitted by volunteer on May 6, 2010 - 17:24. categories [ ]
Monday: Support Safer Chinatown StreetsMedia Outlet: StreetsBlogDate: February 20, 2009 Image: ![chatham_square_crash_stat[1].jpg](http://transalt.org/files/newsroom/media/2009/images/chatham_square_crash_stat[1].jpg "chatham_square_crash_stat[1].jpg") In November 2006, Manhattan Community Board 3 voiced support for "a comprehensive, community-inclusive initiative to study, identify and build consensus around strategies to improve the safety and con Image Caption: Since 1997, three pedestrians have been killed and dozens injured in collisions near Chatham Square, according to CrashStat.
Submitted by volunteer on November 10, 2009 - 15:13. categories [ ]
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