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Street Hazard ReductionComplete Streets Gains Momentum in AlbanyMedia Outlet: Mobilizing the RegionDate: April 30, 2010 On Tuesday, the Senate Transportation Committee passed Complete Streets (S5711-a).
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Waiting for Raymond: Deadly Driving Too Common for NYPD to Bother WithMedia Outlet: StreetsBlogDate: April 27, 2010 Image: ![Fatality_rates[2].gif](http://transalt.org/files/newsroom/media/2009/images/Fatality_rates[2].gif "Fatality_rates[2].gif") The Post ran a damning article last weekend on reckless yellow cab drivers. Armed with a radar gun, a reporter clocked cabbies regularly exceeding the city's 30 mph speed limit by as much as 20 mph. Image Caption: Pedestrians have a slim chance of living through a collision with a driver traveling 10 mph above the city speed limit -- which still doesn't meet at least one cop's threshold for issuing a ticket.
Submitted by volunteer on May 26, 2010 - 17:18. categories [ ]
Broome St. collisionMedia Hit link: http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_325/broomestreet.htmlMedia Outlet: Downtown ExpressDate: July 17, 2009 Image: ![cli[1].jpg](http://transalt.org/files/newsroom/media/2009/images/cli[1].jpg "cli[1].jpg") A taxi banged into a bike messenger on a narrow section of Broome and Thompson Streets last Thursday afternoon, sending the messenger to the hospital in an ambulance. Image Caption: Downtown Express photo by Tequila Minsky -- A taxi and biker collided on this narrow stretch of Broome St. last week.
Submitted by volunteer on November 3, 2009 - 16:28. categories [ ]
New Website: Candidates for Council, Citywide Office Weigh in on Transportation
"Biking Rules!" aimed at promoting civic riding and easing bike-pedestrian friction
With 185,000 daily cyclists, NYC celebrates with rides and six commuter rest-stops
When: Friday, May 15, 8 am Where: City Hall Park, corner of Chambers Street and Centre Street Before Hitting the Road on Two WheelsMedia Hit link: Before Hitting the Road on Two WheelsMedia Outlet: New York Times BlogDate: March 24, 2009 The ice cream trucks are out, there are bulbs poking up in the parks and cyclists are again flocking to the city's paths, bridges and new on-street lanes. Image Path: /files/newsroom/media/2009/images/0324nytimes.jpg
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**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. Federal Funding, Cost-Savings and Lives at Risk
Pedaling Transportation AlternativesMedia Hit link: Pedaling Transportation AlternativesMedia Outlet: New York ObserverDate: August 26, 2008 Image Caption: 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? Image Path: /files/newsroom/media/2008/images/0826observer.jpg
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