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Poll Reveals Strong Support For Safer Streets And More Transportation Choices

December 13, 2011
Michael Murphy 646-873-6008

A new poll released today by research firm Penn Schoen Berland and Transportation Alternatives found widespread support among proven voters in New York City for an NYPD crackdown on dangerous driving


Speeding Tickets Needed To Keep Streets Safe For All

August 8, 2011
Michael Murphy 646-873-6008

The New York Post is reporting that officers of the New York City Police Department have reduced ticket-writing to protest a new NYPD policy intended to address the ticket-fixing scandal.


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


March 11, 2011
Caroline Samponaro 1 646-873-6021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


March 10, 2011
Caroline Samponaro 1 646-873-6021

At Thursday night's Brooklyn Community Board 6 meeting, Park Slope residents will show their overwhelming support for the bike and pedestrian safety improvements on Prospect Park West.


Transportation Alternatives Backs 20 MPH Car Speed Limit in NYC

Author: 
Grace Lichtenstein
Media Outlet: 
Examiner
Date: 
November 19, 2010
Image: 
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Noting that speeding is the number one cause of deadly car crashes on New York City streets, Transportation Alternatives, the advocacy group, held a "Stop Speeding Summit" Friday Nov.

Image Caption: 
Hoboken's Transportation and Parking Director Ian Sacs Photo: courtesy Hoboken website
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Are New York's Bike Lanes Working?

Subtitle: 
Creating Order Out of Chaos
Author: 
Caroline Samponaro
Author Title: 
Director of Bicycle Advocacy for Transportation Alternatives
Media Outlet: 
New York Times
Date: 
December 22, 2010

Bike lanes insert order on streets that were once governed by chaos. Before bike lanes came to Brooklyn's Prospect Park West, 75 percent of cars were speeding.

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Watch Health Commish Tom Farley Make the Case For Traffic Calming

Author: 
Noah Kazis
Media Outlet: 
StreetsBlog
Date: 
December 13, 2010

For New Yorkers concerned about making our streets safer, Transportation Alternatives' Stop Speeding Summit was the place to be on November 19.

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The M42′s slow trek across town

Author: 
Benjamin Kabak
Media Outlet: 
2nd Ave Sagas
Date: 
December 7, 2010
Image: 
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If you're trying to get across 42nd St. in a hurry and the M42 is on the horizon, you're better off walking.

Image Caption: 
Transportation Alternatives' Paul Steely White unveils the Schleppie Award while Gene Russianoff looks on. (Photo courtesy of Kim Martineau/Transportation Alternatives)
Submitted by volunteer on December 7, 2010 - 18:03. categories [ ]