Rebuilding Lower Manhattan

Transportation Alternatives Hails Continued Growth In Support For Bike Lanes

Bike lane opponents suffered another devastating blow today with the release of a poll by Assembly Member James Brennan (D-Brooklyn) showing that a strong majority of neighborhood residents support th

Subtitle: 
Another Poll Shows Strong Endorsement Of Prospect Park West Bike Lane
Release Date: 
April 1, 2011
Press Release Contact: 
Michael Murphy

What’s Good for Green Transport Is Good for Business in the East Village

Author: 
Noah Kazis
Media Outlet: 
StreetsBlog
Date: 
June 1, 2010
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Wherever parking spaces are replaced with infrastructure for sustainable transportation, you can usually find a local merchant yelling about how it will destroy his livelihood.

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Second Avenue shoppers are far more likely to arrive via bus, bike, or foot than private car. Photo: akuban/Flickr
Submitted by volunteer on June 28, 2010 - 09:49. categories [ ]

Dim Bulbs

Media Outlet: 
Tribeca Citizen
Date: 
January 24, 2010

When the "bus bulbs"--occasional extensions to the sidewalk along Broadway, in Soho and Tribeca, where bus passengers can wait--were added in 2007, the Department of Transportation claimed that

Submitted by volunteer on February 1, 2010 - 14:46. categories [ ]

An Earth Day that Saves Green

Bike commuters from all boroughs and occupations available for interview.

Subtitle: 
Biking to work cuts emissions, saves $5K per year
Release Date: 
April 21, 2009
Press Release Contact: 
Wiley Norvell
Submitted by ali on April 21, 2009 - 11:34. categories [ ]

A Traffic Plan Presented by the Borough President

Media Outlet: 
Civic Center Resident Coalition NYC
Date: 
January 23, 2009

Borough President Scott Stringer Demands New Pedestrian Safety Plan For Chinatown

Submitted by forrest on February 5, 2009 - 16:06. categories [ ]

Pedaling Transportation Alternatives

Author: 
Oliver Haydock
Media Outlet: 
New York Observer
Date: 
August 26, 2008
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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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