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It's T.A. at the finish! At the Harlem Skyscraper Cycling Classic, T.A.'s professional racing team took gold for the second year in a row. Image courtesy Victor Chan |
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Mr. Budnick said that people armed with summons data, by police precinct and by borough, can match it to crash data to map out dangerous areas that can be made safer. The spot where officers issue the most tickets for running red lights, for instance, can be matched with crashes at that intersection to see if there is a correlation.
"In New York, the most common cause of fatal crashes is speeding, so New Yorkers can see how many crashes are occurring because of speeding and then see how the precincts are responding," said Mr. Budnick. "I think it will open up a good conversation about how to make the best use of limited resources, and work toward zero deaths."
-- T.A. Deputy Director Noah Budnick on the potential effect of T.A.'s Saving Lives Through Better Information Act. "Over Time, Traffic Cars Are Looking Like Police Cars"The New York Times , 6/23.
A Signature to Save Public Transit
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Last week, this guy changed civil rights for New York. Now T.A. is hoping he will change transportation for New York too. |
The Transit Funding Lockbox Act:
In recent years, service cuts have shrunk our public transit system, while fare hikes have left us all paying more to get around. This is what happens when elected officials use transit-dedicated dollars for whatever budget items are low on cash. To help prevent this budgetary burglary, the
The Complete Streets Act:
Improvements to our streets tend to appear in fits and starts: major avenues reimagined while adjacent streets remain unsafe. But now, all that could change for the better. T.A.'s Complete Streets Act would create safe streets in continuity. The
In the final throes of the legislative session, the Transit Funding Lockbox Act and the Complete Streets Act passed the New York State Senate and Assembly. But there is one loose end left to tie: T.A.'s two bills are waiting for a signature from Governor Cuomo.
While his stance remains unstated, Governor Cuomo was elected on a platform that defended public transit, equitable transportation and transparency in government. T.A. has faith that Governor Cuomo will sign these bills and make New York State transportation, roads to rails, sustainable for the long term.
Conversation Starters with the NYPD
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More smiles than The Wire: T.A. and the NYPD work together to street-team about safety. |
Most Summonsed Moving Violation:
Disobeying a traffic sign, which includes stop signs but not parking.
Least Summonsed Moving Violation:
Following too closely, more commonly known as tailgating.
The John McClane Precinct:
The 75th Precinct, covering East New York, issued a whopping 2,339 moving violation summons in May. The 103rd Precinct, including Jamaica, Hollis and Lakewood, Queens came in a close second, issuing 2,255 summonses for moving violations.
Chief Wiggum Traffic Cops:
The 72nd Precinct, covering parts of Brooklyn's Sunset Park and Windsor Terrace, issued only 395 moving violation summons in May. The 72nd Precinct was the only precinct to issue fewer moving violations than the Central Park Precinct, who only have five roads in their command. Ouch.
While the internet was revealing so much of what T.A. wants to know about our local police precincts, T.A. has been in the streets, glad-handing bicyclists, pedestrians and drivers alike with one of New York City's most safety-conscious NYPD precincts. When Captain Stephen Komar, Executive Officer at Brooklyn's 94th Precinct, noticed an uptick in crashes and conflicts in his jurisdiction, he called T.A. for help.
At Captain Komar's request, T.A. Bicycle Ambassadors and officers from the 94th Precinct spent the day on the corner of North 6th Street and Kent Avenue, where there had been a recent rise in crashes. Police officers and T.A. Bicycle Ambassadors spoke with passing drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians about how safer streets are in part a product of everyone's polite behavior. In English and Polish, officers distributed flyers alerting bicyclists of behaviors that endanger pedestrians and drivers of behaviors that endanger everyone else. At the end of the day, everyone went home with a better understanding of one another.
T.A. hopes other NYPD precincts will reach out to arrange street corner safety blitzes. Until we're on your block though, T.A. wants you to stay up-to-date on traffic enforcement in your neighborhood. We have collected all the information the NYPD has released and converted it to a variety of human-friendly formats:
In the summer, New York City bustles: between the outdoor movies and the outdoor parties, it can be hard to find time to get outside for a plain old bike ride! For our members, T.A. has a special discounted destination-less treat: the Tour de Queens. It's the ultimate way to tool around on your bicycle in the summertime: a leisurely bicycle ride with a few thousand of T.A.'s friends on the Tour de Queens. As a T.A. member, you
Tour de Queens Last Chance
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Check out our trailer for the Tour de Queens, and watch it enacted live this Sunday. |
In an overt display of borough pride, the fourth annual Tour de Queens will be ceremoniously set off by Queens' own Mr. Met aboard a tricycle custom-built by Queens' own Worksman Cycles. How's that for a Queensian name-drop?
While the Tour de France is cranking up and down francophone hills, across the pond (and the East River) the
On the Tour de Queens, riding marshals are T.A.'s eyes and ears along the route. If you are a reasonably experienced bicycler and you know how to patch a flat, you too can be a riding marshal on the Tour de Queens. The best part? A fabulous orange vest, and in thanks, permission to ride the Tour de Queens for free. Register
Sunday, July 10, 2011
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Communicating Better Public Transit
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At least someone is listening. |
For our first effort, T.A.'s Rider Rebellion Campaign has teamed up with local elected officials in Flushing, Queens to foster a conversation about public transit needs, funding and the effect of public transit cuts on transit riders there. T.A.'s Flushing Community Forum on Transportation will be hosted by Assembly Member Grace Meng and Assembly Member James Brennan, and is sponsored by T.A.'s Rider Rebellion Campaign in partnership with Asian Americans for Equality.
If you have something you need to get off your chest about the 7 train or anything else you need to express about how public transit makes you feel, T.A.'s Rider Rebellion campaign is here to listen. First in Flushing, Queens: Let us hear it.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
35-01 Union Street
6:30 pm
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