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Transportation Alternatives

Jun
27
Borough President Joins March To Honor Children Killed By Drivers In NYC

Borough President Joins March To Honor Children Killed By Drivers In NYC

BUSHWICK – Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams will be joining Families for Safe Streets [https://www.facebook.com/NYCSafeStreets/], Transportation Alternatives
2 min read
Mar
13
Hundreds March for Safe Streets in Park Slope

Hundreds March for Safe Streets in Park Slope

Children led the way during a march for safer streets in Park Slope last night (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)PARK SLOPE
6 min read
Dec
05
Politicians Demand Information, Action from MTA and DOT Regarding L Train Closure

Politicians Demand Information, Action from MTA and DOT Regarding L Train Closure

Local politicians, activists, business owners and community stakeholders came together in Williamsburg to demand action from the MTA and DOT
3 min read
Nov
27
14-Year-Old Bicyclist Struck And Killed In Sunset Park Saturday Afternoon

14-Year-Old Bicyclist Struck And Killed In Sunset Park Saturday Afternoon

SUNSET PARK – The driver of a BMW struck and killed a 14-year-old delivery boy as he was  cycling in Sunset
2 min read
Nov
09
Numbers Don’t Back Up Mayor’s Coming Crackdown Against E-Bikes

Numbers Don’t Back Up Mayor’s Coming Crackdown Against E-Bikes

A delivery e-bike chained to a bike rack (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Last month, when Mayor De Blasio announced a crackdown
2 min read
Sep
11
Century Ride Exposes How Little The City Cares About Its Bicyclists

Century Ride Exposes How Little The City Cares About Its Bicyclists

Photo by Kenneth Miraski of the fence that forced bikers onto Belt Parkway. Yesterday’s Transportation Alternatives bike ride gathered
2 min read
Sep
08
Century Bike Tour This Sunday

Century Bike Tour This Sunday

Routes via TAPROSPECT PARK — Transportation Alternatives [https://biketours.transalt.org/nyccentury] is holding their 28th annual urban bike ride on
1 min read
Jul
25
“You Will Be Brought To Justice” Say Officials To Hit-And-Run Drivers

“You Will Be Brought To Justice” Say Officials To Hit-And-Run Drivers

Council Members Mark Treyger, Stephen Levin, and Ydanis Rodriguez, with Executive Director of Transportation Alternatives Paul Steely-White, July 25, 2017.
3 min read
Dec
07
Meet The 25-Year-Old Cyclist Working To Make Brooklyn’s Streets Safer

Meet The 25-Year-Old Cyclist Working To Make Brooklyn’s Streets Safer

Bahij Chancey. (Photo by Lindsay Abrams / BKLYNER)In what will turn out to be the final days of the Cobble
6 min read
Dec
06
[Updated] Flatbush Avenue Bike Lane Petition Builds Momentum This Week

[Updated] Flatbush Avenue Bike Lane Petition Builds Momentum This Week

(Sample 2-way bike lane image via Transportation Alternatives petition [https://campaigns.transalt.org/petition/two-way-protected-bike-path-flatbush]) [Updates 12/7 & 12/
4 min read