Climate Week NYC is just around the corner. Don't miss our incredible lineup of speakers, including: @bfurnas.bsky.social @schatz.bsky.social @casten.house.gov Register for Heatmap House here: info.heatmap.news/heatmap-hous...

I wrote about what should be done about Canal Street a couple of years ago. Glad the city is doing something but there is yet so much more that could be done. medium.com/@reorientati...

🚨 Daylighting Rally and Lobby Day September 15! 🚨 Join us, a coalition of street safety groups, and City Council members this Monday at 9:30 a.m., at City Hall Park. We’re fighting to pass @cmjuliewon.bsky.social's Intro 1138, the bill to bring universal daylighting to New York City.

NEW: Transportation Alternatives Calls For Investigation Into All Stalled Street Safety Projects After Corruption Charges Against Lewis-Martin

We had a great time yesterday at the Big Boro Bike Ride, celebrating cycling, advocacy, and community power! Looking to join another ride? Join us September 21 for the Century!

After a tragic accident on Scott Avenue claimed the life of 29-year-old motorcyclist Philippe Haussmann last summer, DOT has worked with the Haussmann family, advocates, local community boards, & our office to swiftly plan and implement safety improvements to the area. Read about the plans below ⬇️

New research on the causes of irregular bus arrival times: "The most significant contributors to the variability of headways are variability in schedules and dispatching at terminals." Bus operator experience matters, too. doi.org/10.3390/smar...

"It's City Hall's job to protect New Yorkers — not to sell them out to special interests. It’s a scandal that so many street safety projects are stuck in limbo, and that more New Yorkers are being hurt in crashes because of the Adams administration's inaction" - @bfurnas.bsky.social

My daughter Robyn was killed in New York City doing bicycle messenger work on June 24th, 2019 due in part because of unsafe road conditions. I fully support a safer McGuinness Boulevard. @fam4safestreets.bsky.social @familiesforsafestreets.bsky.social @transalt.bsky.social

To make this a more effective safety strategy, it would help if DOT actually informed people this is a thing (old pic from the N Point St in SF)

I teased some initial thoughts about the new Flatbush center bus lane designs with @nyc.streetsblog.org a few weeks ago. Now @walterhook.bsky.social and I have done an in-depth analysis. In short, there are critical issues that must be resolved. reorientations.medium.com/designing-a-...

BREAKING: "If These Allegations Are True, The Adams Administration Takes Bribes; New Yorkers Die": Statement from Transportation Alternatives on the Alleged Corruption Charges Facing Lewis-Martin and the Argentos Read our full statement here:

A devastating crash in Astoria has left three people dead. I'm heartbroken for the victims and their loved ones. We can't normalize this. It's time to commit to streets that are safe for everyone.

There's plans to make Astoria safe, but they haven't moved forward. In June, DOT presented on a street safety project for 19th Avenue, and local elected officials and community advocates have also also called for a comprehensive street safety plan. assembly.state.ny.us/write/upload...

the peds beat the bus riders by *8* minutes!!! over 1.5 miles. “Thirty-Fourth Street today and 42nd Street tomorrow," says @bfurnas.bsky.social executive director of Transportation Alternatives, one of the race hosts. great advocacy. 42nd St. will be danceable!

People have been wrongly claiming bike lanes hurt business ever since the first bike lane was built. But let's set the record straight: the data is anything BUT unclear. Bike lanes: 💼 support local businesses 📉 reduce commercial vacancies

A huge win - activism works!

New signage on Bedford Avenue.

Do you know a kid who needs a bike? A generous donor in Harlem has donated a bike that's perfect for a child around 3'6" to 3'9" tall. Go to transalt.org/bikematch to apply!

The legal battle over the Bedford Avenue protected bike lane continues... @emilylip.bsky.social explains the latest developments: youtube.com/shorts/KoQO9...

Very good news. Glad @transalt.org is fighting City Hall on this.

🚨 BREAKING: Over 220 New Yorkers Sign Pledge to Sue the City if Hit and Injured Along Bedford Avenue

New York City has been a laboratory for bus priority measures. The data is now in on how well different measures have worked. Check out our new report: peopleoriented.org/nyc-bus-prio...

A young kid was tragically killed earlier this week by a driver behind the wheel of an SUV, an “accident” according to the Post. Can we start ripping out the car lanes on Eastern Parkway now? nypost.com/2025/06/28/u... #crashnotaccident @transalt.org @tabk.bsky.social

🚨 BREAKING: Bedford Avenue Temporary Restraining Order Remains in Place; Judge Continues to Bar Adams Administration from Ripping Out Safety Improvements

🚨 SAFE STREETS WIN: The first piece of legislation to regulate delivery app companies is set to pass! But we can't stop here: we need a full regulatory package to make sure these companies can't exploit loopholes — and their workers.

Not only did Shahana Hanif win, but she easily won in the parts of the district closest to the rezoning where she pissed off local NIMBYs (EDs 31-36). They're all talk! enr.boenyc.gov/CD26925AD443...

On Saturday morning, a car driver allegedly ran a red light and hit a father and his son riding their bikes. The boy was taken to the hospital on a stretcher. The crash was a block away from the Bedford Avenue safety improvements. Mayor Adams wants to rip up these safety upgrades.

☀️ It's hot this week. And if you're taking the bus, there's a good chance you're standing in the sun, baking while it takes its sweet time to arrive. We worked with NASA to reveal the 100 spots where New Yorkers swelter waiting for the bus:

NYC bus stops lack tree shade because Parks won’t plant new ones within 40’ of an intersection, even though some existing trees are this close. Ironically, the city opts out of state daylighting law and allows cars to park all the way up to the corner www.nycgovparks.org/pagefiles/53...

Secure bike parking could become a reality, but we need your help! In May 2024, DOT promised to launch a network of 500 secure bike parking stations around NYC, but there haven’t been any updates since. Sign the petition to call for DOT to enact this program: actionnetwork.org/petitions/se...

The EA "predicted possible trip diversions and related increases in personal vehicle and commercial truck traffic in the Bronx, Staten Island, and Bergen and Hudson Counties in NJ. These areas have instead largely shared in the benefits of reduced congestion." rpa.org/news/lab/con...

RPA STUDY: Congestion pricing "has reduced traffic not only in Manhattan’s congestion relief zone (CRZ) but on roadways across the region. These time savings seem to be stable — remaining consistent and undiminished" -- rpa.org/news/lab/con...

🚨 We're suing the City of New York and Mayor Eric Adams. The Adams administration announced plans to remove portions of the Bedford Avenue protected bike lane “improperly, irrationally, without proper legal notice and in an abuse of discretion.”

Tonight, Community Board 10 passed a motion in support of the proposed Citi Bike expansion into Bay Ridge. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to call Councilmember Brannan’s office and to write CB 10 and DOT. This wouldn’t have happened without your support.

Every story is, on some level, about either traffic congestion or parking

Mayor Adams' plan is unwarranted, illegal, and reckless. Protected bike lanes make streets safer for everyone, reducing speeding, crashes, and the number of people killed or seriously injured by 29% for all pedestrians and 39% for senior pedestrians.

Incredible policy moving in New York!

A very good start given the uphill climb such things often face in Albany. Nice work by all the advocates and @agounardes.bsky.social on this important piece of legislation!

🚨 Stop Super Speeders just passed the State Senate! The bill requires speed limiters in cars that receive at least 16 school zone speeding tickets in a year. Drivers with 16 speed camera tickets are 2x as likely to be involved in a crash resulting in serious injury or death.

Some sights and sounds of Belsize Village in my favorite corner of London.

Publicity still from “Jacob’s Ladder” (1990) w/Tim Robbins running across the old, dilapidated Williamsburg Brg shared bike/ped path. I recall a late 1990s @transalt.org rally across with 2 trash cans on fire & large holes you could the roadway below you! It was scary as hell! @bfurnas.bsky.social

Something a lot of people who don't cover transportation politics don't know is that there's a small number of deeply unwell guys who show up to aggressively heckle at transit/safe streets events and make content of it. It's breaking containment now, which is uh, cool

Our Fred Kent, a founding board member of @transalt.org, meeting the Executive Director, @bfurnas.bsky.social, at the #StreetsForPeople party, thanks to Alison Sant. #NYCStreets @jonorcutt.bsky.social @streetfilms.bsky.social @ethankent.bsky.social

Pinch points actually slow drivers down more than speed bumps, in my experience, and are much more pleasant on a bike / etc.

For #WorldBicycleDay we share our latest on how embracing bike culture can humanize cities: www.sociallifeproject.org/how-embracin... by Fred Kent, @drtpanova.bsky.social, and Kathy Madden @placemakingx.bsky.social @transalt.org @bfurnas.bsky.social #biking #bikes #Bicycles

via I Love Bees

Paris's outdoor-dining structures are very simple - but they effectively improve street life.