Highways

Rally Against Maspeth Route

Author: 
Cristina Guarino
Media Outlet: 
Queens Gazette
Date: 
March 10, 2010

Elected officials joined residents of Maspeth at noon on Friday, March 5, in a rally to press the Department of Transportation to change Grand, Flushing and Myrtle Avenues from through routes to local

Submitted by volunteer on March 18, 2010 - 15:19. categories [ ]

Maspeth Leaders Call for End to Truck Route

Author: 
Jeremy Walsh
Media Outlet: 
Your Nabe
Date: 
March 10, 2010

The city's study on a truck bypass that would send commercial traffic around downtown Maspeth may be underway, but 18-wheelers still clog Grand and Flushing avenues, prompting elected and civic lead

Submitted by volunteer on March 18, 2010 - 15:12. categories [ ]

Transportation Alternatives Street Redesign Contest Announces Winners

Subtitle: 
Designs Turn Brooklyn Traffic Nightmare Into Safe Public Space
Author: 
Raanan Geberer
Media Outlet: 
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Date: 
November 5, 2008
Image Caption: 
'Streets for Everyone' by Rogers Marvel Architects is one of three winners of a competition sponsored by Transportation Alternatives to redo the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Ninth Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Photo courtesy of Rogers Marvel Architects

GOWANUS -- Transportation Alternatives announced three winners recently for "Designing the 21st Century Street," an open design competition that challenged New Yorkers to safely accommodate pedestria

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Pedaling Transportation Alternatives

Author: 
Oliver Haydock
Media Outlet: 
New York Observer
Date: 
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?

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Pedaling Transportation Alternatives

Author: 
Oliver Haydock
Media Outlet: 
New York Observer
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?

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Port Authority Under Fire For Free E-ZPass Policy

Subtitle: 
NYC, N.J. Residents, Politicians Don't Understand Why Employees And Retirees Deserve A Free Ride
Author: 
Marcia Kramer
Media Outlet: 
WCBS
Date: 
August 11, 2008

NEW YORK (CBS) ? There may be no such thing as a free lunch anymore, but if you work for the Port Authority there is such a thing as a free ride.

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The State of the City's Streets: A Year to Remember?

Author: 
Graham T. Beck
Media Outlet: 
The Villager
Date: 
March 6, 2008
Image Caption: 
Riding in the new, protected bicycle lane along Ninth Ave. in Chelsea, a model for future protected bike lanes in the city.

The year 2007 may prove to be one of the most important years in the storied history of New York City's development. In a future timeline of urban advances, it might be printed in as big a font and as bold a type as 1811--when the grid system was adopted--or 1904--when the I.R.T. subway opened. The text adjacent to 2007 could say something like "the start of livable streets," or "the bike boom begins," or "congestion pricing kicks off." It may turn out that all of those descriptions may suit 2007. The real question is, in hindsight, will they?

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