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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


City Has Plan to Fix Mall Traffic

Author: 
Rebecca Henely
Media Outlet: 
Your Nabe
Date: 
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.

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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 71st

Media Outlet: 
Westside Independent
Date: 
July 7, 2010
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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 Board

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Traffic around Union Square will also be re-routed in an attempt to make the area safer and more pedestrian-friendly.
Author: 
Jill Colvin
Author Title: 
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
Media Outlet: 
DNAinfo
Date: 
July 12, 2010
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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.

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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 Sidewalks

Author: 
Robert Voris
Media Outlet: 
Downtown Express
Date: 
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 Street

Author: 
The Editors
Media Outlet: 
New York Times
Date: 
April 26, 2010
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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

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Jonathan Fickies/Bloomberg News -- Keep moving, if you can: Broadway and 34th Street.

Monday: Support Safer Chinatown Streets

Author: 
Ben Fried
Media Outlet: 
StreetsBlog
Date: 
February 20, 2009
Image: 
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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

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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 [ ]

New Website: Candidates for Council, Citywide Office Weigh in on Transportation

August 19, 2009
Wiley Norvell 1 646-873-6008