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ConnDOT officials will target pedestrian safety improvements at the section of Post Road East near the popular Shake Shack restaurant in Westport. | Photo: The Hour Operation 130 Safe Passage aims to address pedestrian safety along New Jersey’s most dangerous road. | Photo: Burlington County Times Since the release of TSTC’s most recent Most Dangerous [...] Purple lights could replace the blue lights on New York City’s Select Bus Service buses. | Photo: MTA.info/Observer It’s been an exciting week in Albany, with three important bills working their way through the New York State Legislature. Speed cameras Governor Cuomo made news last month when he directed the state Department of Motor [...] The driver of a green Ford Taurus, who allegedly robbed multiple Manhattan banks today, jumped the curb on just outside of TSTC’s offices on West 31st Street this afternoon. It appears the driver drove along the sidewalk for about 100 feet, damaging tree pits along the way, before abandoning the vehicle. No one was injured, as far as we can tell.  Photo: Joseph Cutrufo  Photo: Joseph Cutrufo Vision Long Island’s 2013 Smart Growth Awards are just one week away. The ceremony takes place on Friday, June 14 at 11:30 a.m. at The Huntington Hilton in Melville, New York. This year’s honorees include: United States Representative Peter King Superstorm Sandy Cleanup and Rebuilding Volunteers LaunchPad Mineola Smithtown Main Street Bolt Bus [...] Citi Bike stations are clustered in Lower Manhattan and parts of northern Brooklyn, but elected officials in other parts of the city are already calling for its expansion. | Map: citibikenyc.com/stations And so it begins… Citi Bike launched less than one week ago, and (as TSTC predicted earlier this month) elected officials who [...] It’s only a matter of time until Citi Bike is seen as just another component in the public transportation system. | Photo: Flickr user Planetgordon.com via Huffington Post While this week’s Citi Bike launch has received a great deal of the attention both on the streets and in the headlines, it seems bike sharing [...] In early measurements, Citi Bike has had slightly more daily trips per bike than Boston or Washington bike share systems did during the earliest stages of their initial rollouts. | Photo: AM New York/Getty New York City’s bike share program is much larger than any other system in the United States, so comparing [...]  New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg takes the podium at Monday’s Citi Bike launch. | Photo: Ben Rosenblatt New York City’s long-awaited bike-share program, Citi Bike, launched yesterday, and TSTC was there to document the action. (Photos and videos below!) As of 5 p.m. on Monday, 6050 Citi Bike trips had been logged, totalling 13,768 miles. The length of the average trip was just over 20 minutes, and for those keeping score at home, Citi Bike now has 16,463 annual members (and counting). If you think that data is fun, here’s an animated map that uses colored dots to show how full (or empty, if you’re that sort of person) each station was at every 10-minute interval since Citi Bike launched. Even though Citi Bike has only been up and running in New York City for two days, Paul Feiner, Town Supervisor of Greenburgh in Westchester County, New York, is already talking about bringing a bike share system to his community.
Retired stone dealer John DeRosa, 70, just won the “debate” on bike share in New York City. “Let me tell you something. This is a damn good idea. I’m 70 years old. I’ll ride that sucker, no problem.” A New Jersey bill would allow neighborhoods to request lower speed limits on residential streets without sidewalks, which would improve safety for walking and cycling. | Photo: visualphotos.com How do you implement complete streets policies on low-volume streets in residential communities where it’s rare to find sidewalks, bike lanes or even shoulders? A [...] |
 
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