Transportation Alternatives Archives — Page 5 of 8

Mayor Will Endanger School Kids During a Pandemic

Mayor de Blasio said on Monday that he's willing to sacrifice school-bound kids to more road carnage — temporarily, of course, because, you know, the pandemic.

Julianne Cuba

August 3, 2020

Mayor Will Endanger School Kids During a Pandemic

Streetsblog NYC |Car-Free Streets

NYC ‘Open Streets’ Are In Wealthier Neighborhoods

Mayor de Blasio’s Open Streets program — meant to give New Yorkers socially distanced recreation space during the COVID-19 crisis — caters to the rich, a Streetsblog analysis shows.

Julianne Cuba

July 27, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Boondoggles

City’s Previously Announced Secure Bike Parking Pilot Will Not Happen

"One of the goals was to examine the financial feasibility," a DOT spokesperson told Streetsblog. "Unfortunately, we concluded it was not feasible."

Dave Colon

July 10, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |DOT

Campaign To Remove NYPD From Traffic Enforcement Gains Steam

An influential Manhattan panel voted to return street safety to the DOT. Will Mayor de Blasio heed the call?

Julianne Cuba

June 25, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Bicycle Infrastructure

NYPD Targets BIPOC Cyclists For Biking On Sidewalk

Biking while Black is still a thing in New York City.

Julianne Cuba

June 22, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Bicycling

Trek Bicycles Declines To Divest From NYPD

The company that sells bicycles to the NYPD has refused activists' demands that it divest from its relationship with a brutal department.

Julianne Cuba

June 10, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Andrew Cuomo

NYS Order Declares Bike Shops ‘Non-Essential’

Gov. Cuomo's just-issued shelter-in-place order allows for "essential" businesses to remain open, but the car-loving Big Dog has defined "essential" to include auto repair shops, but not bicycle repair shops.