Transportation Alternatives

When Mayor-elect Mamdani takes office, he will control over 6,300 miles of streets throughout the five boroughs. Reducing car dependence is one of the best ways to reduce costs for New Yorkers. Owning a car costs nearly $9,000 annually, while taking transit costs just $1,500.

Is Mayor Mamdani the next Anne Hidalgo? 🗽➡️🥖👀 How Paris transformed its streets, and what New York can learn from the City of Light's cycle socialism:

We're giving 100 JOCO riders complimentary @TransAlt memberships! Together, we're empowering delivery workers with advocacy, resources, and a stronger voice to help build safer streets across NYC. 🚲💚

The end of lugging your bike up the stairs to your fifth-floor walkup is near 😤 @NYC_DOT is bringing 500 secure bike parking lockers to New York City's streets by the end of 2027! And there's still time to request one for your block 👇

How a pair of socialist mayors transformed the streets of Paris — with lessons for New York City: transalt.org/reports-list/h…

Between 2005 and 2024, air pollution in Paris fell by 50%, with air quality surpassing London and Madrid.

Lots of people riding the bike this morning on 4th Ave in Manhattan.

Read the unlocked article: nytimes.com/2026/07/15/nyr…

Tremont in the Times: "The project will bring a dedicated 'busway' — which is reserved for buses, emergency vehicles and trucks during peak travel times — to a stretch of Tremont Avenue, a change that city officials said would shorten commutes for 39,000 bus riders each day."

"With the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, the Queensboro Bridge and the Triborough Bridge, drivers enjoy 26 total lanes that connect Queens to Manhattan, while cyclists share half of a single lane: the two-way North Outer Roadway." nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/15/few…

“The existing lane is really narrow, which makes it dangerous for passing,” said Transportation Alternatives spokesperson Alexa Sledge. “If it was twice as wide, it would be fantastic for reducing the number of conflicts.”

We're excited to see this busway treatment advance, and we look forward to seeing DOT's evaluations of its effectiveness — along with how the busway might be expanded in the future.

We're thrilled that the Bronx is finally getting its very first busway, which will bring faster, more reliable bus rides to tens of thousands of New Yorkers! Tremont bus riders from Roberto Clemente to Throggs Neck deserve world-class service.

By the time New York’s Citi Bike launched six years after Vélib’, Paris would already have the most shared bikes per capita of any bike share system in the world, with one bike per every 97 Parisians. transalt.org/reports-list/h…

🥖🇫🇷 How a pair of socialist mayors transformed Paris from a congested mess into the pedestrian paradise we know today: First came Mayor Bertrans Delanoë in 2001, who would double the width of most sidewalks, create the Vélib’ bike share system, and scale it up rapidly.

Our new report: How Paris Transformed Streets transalt.org/reports-list/h…

Over the past 20-odd years, Paris has been transformed into the most walkable and bikeable city in the world. What was once a car-choked metropolis is now filled with bike lanes, pedestrianized streets, and trees. Can’t we do the same thing in New York City?

“The COGE panel found that these regulations have allowed non-experts to undermine DOT’s planners and designers, drained city resources with repetitive feedback sessions, and set back desperately needed revamps in a city where roughly 50,000 people are injured” each year.

And sign our petition! act.transalt.org/a/more-than-su…

"And the aforementioned Colombian capital is famous for its Ciclovía, which bars cars from more than 75 miles of streets every Sunday all year. That’s every Sunday, not five Saturdays. And nearly four times the mileage." Read about it in Streetsblog: nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/10/bum…

"Residents of foreign lands don’t covet New York’s Summer Streets because they have far-more-expansive public space. The Paris Plage annually transforms an expressway for cars along the Seine into an urban beach."