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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

Every community wants safe streets, and the bills passed by the City Council today will help communities identify dangerous intersections and lobby for added traffic enforcement.

"Police enforcement of the most dangerous behaviors on the loop drive is important," said Caroline Samponaro, director of bicycle advocacy.

Traffic fatalities may be up between 2009 and 2010, and the long-term trend may be declining, but even if one person is killed in traffic, how can you rationalize that to a widow, a parent or a son or

Transportation Alternatives and those whose lives have changed forever because of recent horrific car crashes in Brooklyn are reaching out to Borough President Marty Markowitz asking him to support li

In his executive budget released today, Governor Cuomo has proposed taking $100 million in dedicated transit funds from transit riders.

With its wide avenues that encourage speeding, and a high number of residents who get around by walking and biking, Manhattan's East Side leads the city for pedestrians and cyclists injured by motor

A TRAIN RIDERS SEND MESSAGE TO ALBANY
THURSDAY, JAN. 6, 2011, 10:15 AM
UPTOWN A TRAIN, LAST CAR, COLUMBUS CIRCLE TO 125th STREET

Today, the day before New York City-area transit fares are set to increase, a coalition of groups called on Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo and the new state legislature to make a New Year's resolution

Transportation Alternatives . NYPIRG Straphangers . Campaign Pratt Center for Community Development . Environmental Defense Fund . Tri-State Transportation Campaign . PCAC to the MTA .