Transportation Alternatives

After Policy Change, NYPD Begins Responding To Crashes With Serious Injuries

Previously, crash investigators were summoned only when at least one victim had died or was “likely to die.”

2013/03/11

FILE - Passengers crowd onto a bus on First Avenue. (credit: STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Lawmakers, Advocates Want Countdown Clocks Installed At NYC Bus Stations

Councilman Brad Lander and other lawmakers say countdown clocks at city bus shelters will make commuting for New Yorkers a little easier.

2012/12/10

A man bikes across the Brooklyn Bridge as Hurricane Sandy begins to affect the area on October 29, 2012. (credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Nation’s Largest Bike Share System To Launch In May 2013

The country’s largest bike sharing system will launch in New York City next spring.

2012/12/07

Brooklynite Aims To Break Subway Record To Protest Fare Hike

Stefanie Gray is about to make that MetroCard swipe worth every penny and she tries to set the record for passing through every subway station.

2012/10/22

Subway tracks are seen in New York, NY (file / credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Straphangers Campaign, Transportation Alternatives Denounce MTA Capital Plan

Albany leaders have agreed to fund the last three years of the MTA’s current five-year capital plan, but it could mean fare hikes down the line.

2012/03/27

MTA Bus (credit: Jesse Zanger, CBSNewYork.com)

Survey Finds MTA Commute Has Worsened For Straphangers Since 2009

More than 600 people texted their responses over the last week to Transportation Alternatives on whether their MTA commutes have improved, worsened or remained the same since the agency made major cuts since 2009.

2012/01/30

Crash stats for 125th Street And Lexington Avenue (credit: Transportation Alternatives)

Report: Children In Low-Income Areas More Likely To Be Struck By Cars

The report, which focused on neighborhoods on Manhattan’s East Side, found that children are most often struck by drivers near public housing.

2012/01/19

The M50 Bus - New York, NY - Dec 1, 2011 (credit: Marla Diamond / WCBS 880)

Manhattan’s M50 Crosstown Bus Wins ‘Pokey Award’

The winner of this year’s uncoveted gold snail on a pedestal is the M50 crosstown bus which the groups said clocked in at 3.5 mph at noon on a weekday.

2011/12/01

Erika Lefevre at a demonstration outside One Police Plaza on Nov. 30, 2011 (credit: Juliet Papa/1010 WINS)

Advocates For Safer Streets Hold Rally Outside One Police Plaza

Transportation Alternatives and concerned citizens took to One Police Plaza on Wednesday demanding the NYPD enforce traffic laws to make city streets safer for pedestrians and bikers.

2011/11/30

Family Seeks Answers In Brooklyn Artist’s Hit-And-Run Death

Artist Mathieu Lefevre, 30, was struck and killed by a flatbed truck last Wednesday while riding his bike at Meserole Street and Morgan Avenue in Williamsburg.

2011/10/26

A woman locks up her bike on a Manhattan street on September 15, 2011 in New York City. (credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Poll: NYC’s Planned Bicycle Sharing Program Enjoying Wide Support

According to a Quinnipiac University poll, 72 percent of voters support Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to rent 10,000 bicycles from some 600 rental stations.

2011/10/20

CrashStat (credit: Transportation Alternatives)

Transportation Alternatives Maps NYC Pedestrian Crashes

The system – called CrashStat – is an interactive map. So, you can check out your own neighborhood.

2011/10/17

Parking Day at Forham University at West 60th Street and Columbus Avenue - New York, NY - Sep 16, 2011 (credit: Peter Haskell / WCBS 880)

Parking Day Observed With Outdoor Theater At Fordham Manhattan Campus

It’s not exactly Shakespeare in the Park, but they are calling it Shakespeare in the Parking Space.

2011/09/16

Bicycle lanes in NYC. (credit: Getty Images)

Quinnipiac Poll: Bicycle Enthusiasm, Business On The Rise In NYC

Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s office is boasting that bicycles are now the toast of the town — up 14 percent, with close to 19,000 city cyclists every day compared to spring 2010 where that daily number was 16,463.

2011/07/28