Transportation Alternatives magazine is a quarterly publication sent only to T.A. members. All members of Transportation Alternatives should receive a copy of the Fall 2004 T.A. magazine by the end of November. If you are not yet a member, please join, but in the meantime, use the form below to request a sample copy of the magazine. If you're serious about biking, walking and sensible transportation in New York City, you don’t want to miss a single issue of Transportation Alternatives Magazine. Each quarterly issue contains news on transportation and cycling issues that affect you. Go behind the scenes at City Hall and the D.O.T., to find out what improvements — or problems — are in store for cyclists and pedestrians in New York. Find out what New York can learn from London or Bangkok. Learn how you can help improve cycling and walking conditions in New York City.

• [Page 2] Provocateur:
  • Step 1: Admit you Have a Problem That's Out of Control
• [Page 3] Publisher's Letter:
  • The Politics of Fear and and the Specter of Traffic Gridlock
• [Page 4-8] Cycling News:
  • The Bane of the Would-Be Bicyclist
  • The Pen is Mightier Than the Bike Lock!
  • Bike Parking at Transit
  • Adams Street Revival Reveals Tillary Danger
  • DOT Study: Quality Bike Lanes Work
  • DOT Studies 8th Avenue Bike Lane
  • T.A. Survey: 1 in 4 Bridge Users Crash on Williamsburg Bumps
  • Manhattan Bridge Access Assessed
  • Threat Level Red for Walkers While Cars and Trucks get Green
  • Critical Mass Reaches Boiling Point
  • Bike Shorts
    • Parks Officers Get Police Bike Training
    • More Bike Maps for More People
    • City to Adopt Better Measures for Bicycling Progress
• [Page 9] Sensible Transportation:
  • Will the New "Big 3" Decimate NYC Transit?
  • The "Pokey" Awards
• [Page 10-13] Safe Streets:
  • Putting Dangerous Streets on the Map
    • T.A. Launches Crashstat.org: NYC's First Publicly Accessible Pedestrian Death and Injury Map
    • Crashstat.org Basics
    • New Streets for People!
• [Page 14] Parks:
  • Nearly 1000 Rally for Car-Free Central Park
  • Next Steps: Take Action for a Car-Free Park!
• [Page 15] Lessons from London:
  • NY Assembly Still Camera Shy
• [Page 17] Reclaiming the Streets:
  • T.A Calls Upon the DOT to Make More Time for Seniors
• [Page 18] World News:
  • World Car-Free Day
  • New Menace for Greenways and Streets
  • City Liable for Girl's Death
  • Walking may Literally Help Save Your Sanity
• [Page 19] Metropolitan News:
  • Bronx Hears Case for Road Removal
  • New York Bridges Falling Down?
  • New York City Big Box Boom
• [Page 21] Commuter Profile: Michael Rodriguez and Christine D'Ercole-Rodriquez
• [Page 23] Community Profile: 23rd Street Block Association
• [Page 25] Letters
• [Page 26-27] Century:
  • The Ride of the Century
  • Thank You Volunteers! Thank you NYC!
  • NYC Century Bike Tour Facts

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