T.A. Media Round-Up

[Joseph Ferris]

While the weekly media round-up will return to its regularly scheduled time next Friday, here is a collection of articles mentioning Transportation Alternatives over the last few weeks. 

T.A. In the Media 

Must Reads

City Gearing Up As More Cyclists Commute To Work And Ride For Fun

http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/city-gearing-up-as-more-cyclists-commute-to-work-and-ride-for-fun-1.3702514

Bicycle Injuries: Is the Right-Of-Way Fight Getting Ugly?

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/20/health/bicycle-injuries/index.html

Elmhurst Reps Want LIRR Station Reopened And New Revenues To Pay For It

http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/04/12/elmhurst-reps-want-lirr-station-reopened-and-new-revenues-to-pay-for-it/

Straphangers Swoon For David Paterson: Advocates Cautiously Optimistic on Governor's Appointment To MTA Board

http://observer.com/2012/04/23/straphangers-swoon-for-david-paterson-advocates-cautiously-optomistic-on-governors-appointment-to-mta-board/

What A Drag: Majority Of McGuinness Drivers Break Traffic Laws

http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/14/dtg_mcguinnessspeed_2012_03_30_bk.html

Jane's Walk 2012: A Great Success!

http://mas.org/janes-walk-nyc-2012-a-great-success/

Bicycling

Bike Beats Subway In Race-To-Work Commute

http://www.metro.us/newyork/local/article/1143311--bike-beats-subway-in-race-to-work-commute

Cycle And The City

http://www.newyorkfamily.com/newyork/article-972-new-york-familys-march-issue.html

The Price Worth Paying For New York's Bike Share

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/bike-blog/2012/may/08/price-worth-paying-new-york-bike-share 

New Website Celebrates Bike Month In NYC

http://parkslope.patch.com/articles/new-web-site-celebrates-bike-month-in-nyc 

Pedestrian And Cycle Path Slated For Western Queens Waterfront

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/pedestrian-cycle-path-slated-western-queens-waterfront-article-1.1072157?localLinksEnabled=false

Quinn: Bike Share Will NYers "Healthy, Green Way To Navigate The City"

http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/05/07/quinn-bike-share-will-give-nyers-healthy-green-way-to-navigate-the-city/ 

NY's Rocky Road To A Bike Share Sponsor - Or Why The Rollout Will Take Longer Than Planned

http://transportationnation.org/2012/05/08/nys-rocky-road-to-a-bikeshare-contract-or-why-the-roll-out-will-take-longer-than-planned/ 

The Powers of New York

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/05/06/nyregion/the-powers-of-new-york.html#/#cohen

No Bike Share For Queens, Despite Citi's Sponsorship

http://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/no-bike-share-for-queens-despite-citi-s-sponsorship/article_671178e0-9871-11e1-8780-0019bb2963f4.html 

Queens Misses Out On Bike Share Plan [Updated]

http://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/queens-misses-out-on-bike-share-plan/article_52d1607e-c80c-5c33-b7ae-e0b85f1e0a26.html

Citigroup Sponsors Bike Share, Now Called Citi Bike

http://parkslope.patch.com/articles/citi-sponsors-bike-share-now-called-citi-bike 

Bike Advocates Make Their Case In Bay Ridge

http://americancity.org/daily/entry/bike-advocates-make-their-case-in-bay-ridge 

Bike Brainstorming

http://www.thevillager.com/?p=4481

Bike Boom! Almost As Many Bicycles As Cars On One New York Route

http://www.treehugger.com/bikes/bike-boom-almost-many-cycles-cars-one-new-york-route.html 

Transportation Alternatives PSA: A Ride With Paul Steely White

http://redux.com/stream/item/2247465/Transportation-Alternatives-PSA-a-ride-with-Paul-Steely-White?ref=Y2hhbm5lbC0xNTU2LXNoYXJlc3F1ZXVlLXR5cGVzLWltYWdlLHZpZGVv

Paul White Wins At Prospect!

http://www.siggisracing.com/posts/racing/paul-white-wins-at-prospect/ 

Noah Budnick: New York's Tireless Alt-Transportation Advocate, Part 1

http://www.thebicyclestory.com/2012/04/noah-budnick-new-yorks-tireless-alt-transportation-advocate-part-1/

Noah Budnick: New York's Tireless Alt-Transportation Advocate, Part 2

http://www.thebicyclestory.com/2012/05/noah-budnick-new-yorks-tireless-alt-transportation-advocate-part-2/

NYC Goes Dutch: New Amsterdam Bicycle Show On April 28-29

http://www.core77.com/blog/events/nyc_goes_dutch_new_amsterdam_bicycle_show_on_april_28-29_22220.asp 

New Amsterdam Bike Show

http://chicksonbikesradio.com/?p=354

Occupy Wall Street Members Making Boerum Hill Their Economic Hub

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-05-09/news/31644903_1_businesses-shirt-advocacy 

New York's Bike Revolution Goes Electric

http://www.earthtechling.com/2012/05/new-yorks-bike-revolution-goes-electric/

"No Impact Man" Colin Beavan Takes on Jeffries And Barron For Congress

http://prospectheights.patch.com/articles/no-impact-man-colin-beavan-takes-on-hakeem-jeffries-and-charles-barron-for-congress

First Year Book For Upcoming School Year Has Been Chosen

http://www.uncmirror.com/first-year-book-for-upcoming-school-year-has-been-chosen-1.2871508#.T7UEI-tYtI4

History On Wheels - Bike Tour, Landmark West!

http://histpres.com/history-on-wheels-bike-tour-landmark-west 

Public Transit

Bronx Town Hall Meeting Addresses Transportation Frustration

http://www.norwoodnews.org/id=7340&story=bronx-town-hall-meeting-addresses-transportation-frustrations/ 

Legislators Try To Resurrect A Failed Measure To Protect MTA Money From Raiding By Albany

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/04/5729415/legislators-try-resurrect-failed-measure-protect-mta-money-raiding- 

Just How Bad Is All That MTA Debt Anyway?

http://secondavenuesagas.com/2012/04/03/just-how-bad-is-all-that-mta-debt-anyway/ 

Dispatch From Albany: Speed Cameras And The Transit Lockbox Redux

http://blog.tstc.org/2012/04/19/dispatch-from-albany-speed-cameras-and-the-transit-lockbox-redux/ 

Poll Finds Elmhurt Favors LIRR Station

http://www.timesledger.com/stories/2012/16/transportmeet_jh_2012_04_19_q.html

G Train Petition Now In MTA's Hands - Literally

http://windsorterrace.patch.com/articles/g-train-petition#photo-9498032 

NY Governor Nominates His Predecessor To MTA Board

http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/wnyc-news-blog/2012/apr/23/ny-governor-nominates-his-predecessor-mta-board/ 

Ex-Governor Paterson To Replace Paul McCartney's Wife On MTA Board

http://gothamist.com/2012/04/23/former_governor_paterson_to_replace.php

Former Gov. Paterson Nominated To MTA Board

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/united-states/former-gov-paterson-nominated-to-mta-board-226229.html

Former Gov. Paterson Named To MTA Board

http://prospectheights.patch.com/articles/former-gov-paterson-named-to-mta-board 

Buy Land Buy Sea? East River Ferry Operators Wants To Accept Metrocards

http://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2012/18/dtg_ferrymetrocards_2012_05_04_bk.html

Advocates: Tappan Zee Plan Violates State, Federal Environmental Laws

http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/04/03/advocates-tappan-zee-plans-violate-state-federal-environmental-laws/ 

Slippery When Lit: Solar Panels Will Grease The Rails On Culver Viaduct

http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/17/dtg_culversolar_2012_04_27_bk.html

Cuomo Waives Bond Fee And More

http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2012/05/cuomo-waives-bond-fee-and-more/ 

Bridge Tolls To Combat Downtown Traffic: Discussion

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/united-states/bridge-tolls-to-combat-downtown-traffic-discussion-235396.html 

My Proposed Bus Route Changes For Sheepshead Bay And Adjacent Neighborhoods: Part 1 of 2

http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2012/05/my-proposed-bus-route-changes-for-sheepshead-bay-and-adjacent-neighborhoods-part-1-of-2/

Pedestrian Safety

Study Shows Majority of Drivers Still Racing Down McGuinness 

http://www.greenpointstar.com/view/full_story/18136988/article-Study-shows-majority-of-drivers-still-racing-down-McGuinness-?instance=home_news_2nd_left 

Oral Arguments in Mathieu Lefevre Case This Afternoon

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/04/oral_arguments.php

Janette Sadik-Khan Tours Howard Avenue After Fatal Bike Crash

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120515/grymes-hill/janette-sadik-khan-tours-howard-avenue-after-fatal-bike-crash

Bratton Still Uses His NYPD Parking Card - 16 Years Later

http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2012/04/bratton_still_uses_his_ny.php

Fishy Commishy

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/fishy_commishy_yalnfs1QqwlPbQeFW23bwN?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Local

Ex-NYPD Commissioner Bratton Parks Illegally With Impunity

http://gothamist.com/2012/04/02/former_nypd_commissioner_parks_ille.php

Seeking Pedestrian Advocates In LA, Where People Actually Do Walk

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2012/04/seeking-pedestrian-advocates-l-where-people-actually-do-walk/1756/ 

New Reports and More From Transportation Alternatives

http://www.peoplepoweredmovement.org/site/index.php/site/blog/new_reports_from_transportation_alternatives/

Rockefeller Foundation Asks New York City To Nominate Next Jane Jacobs Medal Recipients

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/rockefeller-foundation-asks-new-york-city-to-nominate-next-jane-jacobs-medal-recipients-2012-04-09 

Norwalk Chief: Beach Road Speeders Are The Norm

http://www.thedailynorwalk.com/news/norwalk-chief-beach-road-speeders-are-norm 

Pizza But Not Pedestrians Will Be Safer Following Echo Park Traffic Accident

http://www.theeastsiderla.com/2012/04/pizza-but-not-pedestrians-will-be-safer-following-echo-park-traffic-accident/

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Joseph Ferris
Communications Coordinator
Transportation Alternatives

Phone: 646-873-6030
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