A group from Transportation Alternatives, Environmental Defense Fund, Straphangers Campaign and Tri-State Transportation Campaign headed to Albany last week to lobby for the inclusion of
The following is a first-person account by Tri-State’s new Albany legislative advocate, Nadine Lemmon. I joined TSTC last week, and will be based in Albany
Even in cities that embrace transit-oriented development, too much parking can counteract efforts to create a walkable, attractive downtown. Two recent stories in the Stamford
New York City has big plans for speeding up buses, seeking to build on the success of the Select Bus Service on Fordham Road in
A report released last month by the Tri-State Transportation Campaign named Atlantic Avenue the most dangerous road for pedestrians in Brooklyn with 9 deaths over
NYCDOT has another daring project planned for Midtown: the transformation of 34th Street through the addition of a physically separated busway and pedestrian improvements. The
At tomorrow’s MTA board meeting, New York City students will ask to meet with MTA Chairman Jay Walder and discuss the agency’s plan to begin
To much fanfare, USDOT announced the winners of the stimulus’ TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grants yesterday, with two coming to our region. New
NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is mobilizing parents and straphangers in defense of the city’s endangered free student MetroCards. His office is seeking volunteers
Mayor Bloomberg and NYCDOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced this morning that the makeover of Broadway, with pedestrian plazas replacing traffic lanes for seven blocks in
