2013-2014 ANNUAL REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS

MESSAGE FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 5 PAUL STEELY WHITE

THE BIG IDEA: VISION ZERO 6

STOPPING THE SPEEDING EPIDEMIC 8 AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS 10 NEW YORK CITY’S SPEED LIMIT 12

HAZARDOUS ARTERIAL STREETS 14 MANHATTAN 15 BRONX 16 QUEENS 17 STATEN ISLAND 18 BROOKLYN 19

MILESTONES 20

FINANCIAL INFORMATION 23

SUPPORTERS 24

2 TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES IS YOUR ADVOCATE

Transportation Alternatives’ mission is to reclaim New York City’s streets from the automobile and promote bicycling, walking and public transit as the best transportation alternatives.

Since 1973, the hard work and passion of Transportation Alternatives advocates, members and activists have transformed the streets of New York City.

BY THE NUMBERS

16,500

bicyclists riding five annual 12,000 bike tours dues-paying members

108,000 1,000 local activists online organizing in advocates five boroughs 48,000 petition signatures and letters sent to New York City and state officials in 365 days

TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES 2013-2014 ANNUAL REPORT 3 At a City Hall rally to demand the protection of pedestrians’ and bicyclists’ right of way, Transportation Alternatives Executive Director Paul Steely White stands with Greg Thompson, whose 16-year-old sister Renee was struck and killed by a truck driver in a Manhattan crosswalk.

4 MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DEAR FRIENDS, MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS

very day I open the paper to another story of a New Yorker killed crossing the street. Every 30 hours in our city, another pedestrian’s life is lost. E In the face of such staggering violence, there is the reason for everything Transportation Alternatives does. We are fighting to save lives. Arterial roadways re-engineered with new bike lanes and public plazas, the speeding epidemic halted by a safer speed limit and automated enforcement cameras — these are all rungs on the ladder to Vision Zero, a city where no one is killed or injured in traffic. When a long-running campaign is sidelined by a recalcitrant community board member, or an ill-motivated politician kills a critical safety bill, that’s what I tell my staff and the hundreds of local activists who make T.A. so effective: With Transportation Alternatives, you are saving lives. It’s why we hold the hands of the survivors and learn about the deaths, and the great lives, of those who did not survive. On the phone with reporters, at City Hall rallies, at conferences with policy makers and in the offices of politicians, I repeat these stories of the injured, the dead and the families left behind. I repeat the need for each story to be the last of its kind. Guided by the bravery of these remarkable New Yorkers, we say again and again: Not one more. Greg Thompson became an advocate after his 16-year-old sister Renee was killed by a truck driver who failed to check the crosswalk before turning. David Shephard became an advocate after he saw his fiancée killed by a speeding driver while they were out Christmas shopping. These men have taught me an unforgettable lesson. There’s no statistic I can repeat or demand I can make that is more powerful than the stories of those who have lost a loved one on a New York City street. What do you say to someone who has just lost their parent, their child, their partner in life, as their tears are welling up and yours, too? There are no perfect words. The best response is to take action. Transportation Alternatives is a family of New Yorkers, activists, community organizers, families and friends who grasp the gravity of these stories. Together, every day, we are taking action to prevent tragedy from striking again. That is the right response, the only humane response. And fighting for a better way may be the most healing thing for those who have been through such hell. For those in mourning, there’s no language that can salve the heartache, and no speech that can bring back their missing pieces. There is only action. When we change the status quo, preventing the next tragedy, we honor the victims of New York City’s dangerous streets. That is the only comfort. That is why New Yorkers who have suffered such loss, like Greg and David, keep taking action. Their legacy, forged in the name of their lost loved ones, is an extraordinary gift to the future of New York City. Every brave speech or wretchedly powerful quote has the potential to inspire a stricter law or a new safety measure. Because the victims of crashes are speaking up today, New Yorkers of tomorrow are less likely to be harmed. These future New Yorkers will not just survive on our streets and sidewalks — they’ll thrive in a city where every single human life has value. With the stories of those we’ve lost in traffic as a point of departure, we’re building a city where the value of human life is indelibly etched in the streets themselves — with protected space, humane speed limits and rigorous, fair enforcement. Your continued support is how we will build that city. Together.

Paul Steely White Executive Director Transportation Alternatives

TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES 2013-2014 ANNUAL REPORT 5 THE BIG IDEA VISION ZERO

o loss of life on New York City streets is acceptable. With the N inauguration of Mayor Bill de Blasio, this mission statement has been inked into the agenda of City Hall. This is the decade of Vision Zero. It is the simple idea that no one should be killed or seriously injured in traffic. First officially introduced as a road safety initiative of the Swedish government more than a decade before Mayor de Blasio took up the cause in January 2014, Vision Zero is a moral barometer that has guided the decisions of Transportation Alternatives activists for 41 years. When the idea was adopted by City Hall, it heralded a new focus for Transportation Alternatives activists: prevent the tenets and goals of Vision Zero from being watered down in the wash of New York City politics. Vision Zero will not be reached in a single leap. From pinpointing the dangers of arterial streets to getting tough on speeding drivers to amplifying voices of crash victims, realizing Vision Zero will In the past year, Transportation spaces. Citywide, advocates rallied involve changing behavior and culture in a Alternatives activists launched a campaign thousands behind changing New York’s city built to be fast-paced. to pressure New York officials to square speed limit and expanding automated There is consensus that the road city policy with what America’s best speed enforcement. to Vision Zero will be built with two traffic engineers say will make Vision Zero New York City is on the road to Vision tools — enhanced enforcement and possible: a parallel push to stop speeding Zero. To improve commutes for hundreds redesigned streets — and with a decade and fix New York City’s most-used streets. of thousands of New Yorkers who ride of persistence. Targeting enforcement In all five boroughs, local activists fought bicycles every day, to guarantee that can stop the speeding drivers who cause a to take the treacherous arterial roadways New York’s 8.4 million residents feel majority of fatal crashes, and re-imagining that run through every borough and safe crossing the street, to make sure not arterial roadways can change the transform them into Complete Streets — one more life is lost to dangerous streets functionality of the intersections where with protected bike lanes, dedicated bus and reckless drivers, Transportation most fatal crashes occur. lanes, wide sidewalks and new pedestrian Alternatives is leading the way.

6 HOW NEW YORK CITY FOUND VISION ZERO

1997 Sweden introduces Vision Zero, a road safety policy that aims to create a highway system where no 2009 one is killed or seriously Transportation Alternatives injured in traffic by 2020. board member Steve Hindy publishes an open letter to New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly in Reclaim magazine introducing Vision Zero to New York City officials and laying out a road map of traffic enforcement policies to get there. 2010 Generous Transportation Alternatives supporters help 2014 bring Great Britain’s Rod King Mayor de Blasio releases the to New York City for the first-ever City’s Vision Zero Action Plan, a Stop Speeding Summit, where he 63-step programmatic approach explains to policy makers how a to Vision Zero, the majority of its lower speed limit can eliminate recommendations pulled directly traffic deaths. from Transportation Alternatives’ reports and studies.

2011 Transportation Alternatives 2013 publishes a report After receiving more than recommending the City of New 4,500 letters from Transportation York adopt a Vision Zero policy Alternatives activists, and personal — redesigning arterial roads, pleas from the crash survivors and expanding automated enforcement victims’ families who would go on to and lowering the speed limit to form Families for Safe Streets, mayoral reduce traffic fatalities and candidate Bill de Blasio announces serious injuries to zero. that, if elected, his administration would launch a citywide Vision Zero initiative.

TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES 2013-2014 ANNUAL REPORT 7 STOPPING THE SPEEDING EPIDEMIC

8 TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES is fighting to stop the epidemic of speeding, the number one cause of fatal crashes on New York City streets. Stopping speeding can change the nature of our streets, preventing hundreds of deaths and thousands of devastating injuries.

Buoyed by the moral authority of Families for Safe Streets, a new group of crash survivors and the families of those killed in traffic, in the past year Transportation Alternatives launched two campaigns to address New York City’s deadly speeding juggernaut — advocating for more automated speed-enforcement cameras and for lowering the speed limit citywide.

TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES 2013-2014 ANNUAL REPORT 9 BY THE NUMBERS 2,340

intersections where New Yorkers told T.A. an automated speed- enforcement camera needs to be 4,000 installed

letters sent to Governor Andrew Cuomo in support of automated speed- enforcement cameras 950

handwritten letters delivered to State Senator Martin Golden’s Bay Ridge office after he expressed opposition to automated speed- enforcement cameras

Bay Ridge activists march in the rain to deliver a stack of handwritten letters asking State Senator Martin Golden to support automated speed-enforcement cameras. 10 STOPPING THE SPEEDING EPIDEMIC

AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS

utomated enforcement cameras the backing of the City Council, the mayor emails and phone calls demanding can extend the reach of any and the police commissioner. The bill had lifesaving automated speed-enforcement A police force, creating a sweeping passed the Assembly, and after weeks of cameras. And all those New Yorkers had deterrence to dangerous driving. In fact, meetings in Albany, T.A. advocates were indeed changed Senator Golden’s mind. New York City’s automated red light confident that they had secured more than It was 4:30 in the morning on June 22, enforcement camera program, launched enough votes in the Senate for the bill to 2013, when the bill came up for a vote in in 1988 at the urging of Transportation pass. the Senate. It passed with overwhelming Alternatives activists, issues more than 95 But Senator Golden, the only person support. percent of all summonses for running red who could bring the bill to a vote, “The people of New York spoke up, lights. That ability to multiply the police remained unconvinced. that’s how this fight was won,” explains force’s effectiveness, combined with the That’s when the people of New York Noah Budnick, T.A.’s Deputy Director. fact that speeding is the number one cause City spoke up. Staff and volunteers “Politicians should make streets safer, not of fatal crashes in New York City, led T.A. phoned every T.A. supporter in Senator stand in the way, and New Yorkers let their activists in 2013 to push the New York Golden’s Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, district. In elected officials know that, loud and clear. State Legislature to authorize red light the next two weeks, local activists took to This change came because the people of cameras’ sister technology, automated the streets of Bay Ridge, talking to their New York demanded it.” speed-enforcement cameras. neighbors and collecting handwritten In August 2013, Governor Cuomo Two weeks before the New York State letters to Senator Golden. Thousands signed the bill into law, allowing the City Legislature wrapped up its 2013 session, it of New Yorkers from across the city of New York to install 20 speed cameras in appeared that T.A.’s campaign to automate called and emailed Governor Cuomo. school zones. The following January, the enforcement of the speed limit had hit Days before the end of the session, Vitaly cameras were turned on, and immediately a brick wall. The bill that State Senator Obodovsky, whose fiancée was killed by a created a real deterrent to speeding, Jeffrey Klein had introduced in the Senate speeding driver in Bay Ridge, led a march summonsing 11,500 drivers traveling at and had rallied the critical votes to pass in the rain with his neighbors to Senator deadly speeds in just two months. in the Assembly — to pilot an automated Golden’s office door. The day after advocates won the speed-enforcement camera program in In Albany, legislators were buzzing battle for the first automated speed- New York City — was being held in limbo about the number of phone calls and enforcement cameras, T.A. launched by a powerful state senator. emails they had received demanding a a campaign to grow the number of Senator Martin Golden would floor vote. In the halls of the Senate, every those cameras. In 2014, the New York determine the Senate agenda for the final legislative aide had a single question for State Legislature agreed to this next days of the session, including whether or Transportation Alternatives staff: Did you demand, increasing the number of speed- not T.A.’s speed camera bill would be put change Senator Golden’s mind? enforcement cameras installed on New to a vote. Transportation Alternatives Thousands of residents of New York York City streets by 600%. advocates had already rallied a huge City made their voices heard, inundating coalition of support for the bill, including Senator Golden’s office with letters,

TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES 2013-2014 ANNUAL REPORT 11 BY THE NUMBERS 3,200

letters sent to elected officials demanding a lower speed limit 150 New Yorkers traveled to Albany by bus for 50 30 meetings with state legislators about New active members of Families York City’s speeding for Safe Streets, a new group epidemic of crash survivors and families of New Yorkers killed and injured in traffic

Amy Cohen, with a photo of her son Sammy, testifies at a City Council oversight hearing on Vision Zero. 12 STOPPING THE SPEEDING EPIDEMIC NEW YORK CITY’S SPEED LIMIT

owering the speed limit by just fight for safe streets. At their inaugural day began with Amy Cohen standing on five miles per hour can reduce the meeting in January 2014, these brave New the steps of the New York State Capitol, L number of pedestrians killed in Yorkers voted on their own name and a telling the story of her son. traffic crashes by half. That’s the lifesaving profound but exigent goal: Families for “One small change and my son impetus behind a campaign launched by Safe Streets would lower New York City’s Sammy would be alive today,” Cohen Transportation Alternatives activists in speed limit. told the gathered crowd of reporters and 2014 to lower New York City’s default 30 “Families for Safe Streets was the game- politicians. That change was simple: lower mph speed limit to 25 mph. changer,” explains Caroline Samponaro, New York City’s speed limit. In the wake of tragedy in 2013, a leader T.A.’s Senior Director of Campaigns and Sammy’s story, and all the other horrific emerged who would be critical to reaching Organizing. “Their stories, and their stories Families for Safe Streets told and that goal: the mother of a bar mitzvah boy- willingness to tell those stories in service retold, made the need for change manifest. to-be named Sammy Cohen Eckstein. In of a safer New York, is the most powerful In June, by an overwhelming majority, October 2013, the 12-year-old was struck thing I’ve ever seen. From our first the New York State Senate and Assembly by a fast-moving van driver outside his meeting I knew, with these brave people passed bills that would allow the City of Park Slope home. He did not survive. taking the lead, we could win this fight.” New York to lower the default speed limit After Sammy’s death, his mother, Amy, Less than one month later, in February, to 25 mph. made a decision that would change New Families for Safe Streets inspired In summer 2014, Governor Cuomo York City’s future. She decided to take hundreds of New Yorkers to stand with signed the bill into law, giving the New action before tragedy struck again. them at a City Hall rally. In the months York City Council a green light to set Following Amy’s example, T.A. that followed, their coalition prompted the speed limit at 25 mph. It’s a change advocates began to reach out to people thousands more New Yorkers to call, that would not have happened if not for they knew had lost a loved one to New email and write to their elected officials, a coalition of brave New Yorkers who York City’s dangerous streets: the siblings asking them to lower New York City’s chose to turn their mourning into action. who emailed T.A. for legal advice, the speed limit. By leading the movement to lower the parents T.A. helped find a voice in the In May, hundreds packed into buses to speed limit with the moral authority of press, the children and partners who, in the State Capitol. Carrying signs that said their stories, Families for Safe Streets mourning, called T.A. for answers. Story Not One More and Survivor, the members convinced New York’s most powerful by story, a coalition grew. For the first of Families for Safe Streets prepared for decision makers of what many considered time ever, crash victims and the families of a day of meetings where they would tell unthinkable — that a lower speed limit people killed or seriously injured in New their heart-wrenching stories to New makes sense. Their success will save York City traffic would unite to lead the York State legislators and their aides. That countless lives.

TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES 2013-2014 ANNUAL REPORT 13 HAZARDOUS ARTERIAL STREETS

TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES is focused on redesigning hazardous arterial streets. Working with groups of activists in the five boroughs, Transportation Alternatives pinpoints problematic arterial roadways and organizes local campaigns to redesign how those streets function. Fueled by neighborhood demand, these dangerous corridors are being turned into Complete Streets — with protected bike lanes, dedicated bus lanes, wide sidewalks and new pedestrian spaces. Teams of T.A. activists are transforming roads that once divided neighborhoods into places for New Yorkers to come together.

14 HAZARDOUS ARTERIAL STREETS MANHATTAN

AMSTERDAM AVENUE Avenue.” bring more customers to their storefronts This winter, Community Board 7 and improve their bottom line. fter four-year-old Ariel Russo was agreed that all users of Amsterdam Transportation Alternatives activists in A struck and killed by an SUV driver Avenue could benefit from a Complete Manhattan realized that building Complete while she walked to school with her Street, redesigned for biking, walking Streets on 5th and 6th avenues could boost grandmother in 2013, Transportation and public transit, and the board voted business, prevent crashes and save lives, Alternatives activists in Manhattan knew to ask the Department of Transportation but transforming the heart of Manhattan that the status quo on Amsterdam Avenue to study the proposal. In summer 2014, is no small task. That’s why the Manhattan needed to change. These activists turned the Department of Transportation Activist Committee’s 5th and 6th Forward to Community Board 7 with a proposal to chose Amsterdam Avenue as one of the campaign is being led by a powerful install a Complete Street to calm traffic hazardous streets slated for traffic calming coalition of commercial businesses and on Amsterdam Avenue, and provide a safe as part of the City’s new Arterial Slow real estate interests. By summer 2014, more northbound route to match Columbus Zone program, and agreed to study T.A. than 1,500 local businesses and institutions Avenue’s protected bike lane. They backed activists’ proposal. had signed on in support of the campaign. up their proposal with a video featuring In addition, nearly 12,000 New Yorkers some of the 208 local business owners FIFTH & SIXTH AVENUES signed a petition in support of bringing who support the plan, and a petition with these Complete Streets to the middle signatures of 1,800 of their neighbors. ixth Avenue is the most bicycled of Manhattan. That’s what convinced “Amsterdam Avenue is in the heart of S street in New York City. Fifth Avenue community boards 2, 4 and 5 to join in. the Upper West Side, but it is so incredibly has a greater density of pedestrian traffic In 2013, after each of these community dangerous and scary that no cyclist, during rush hour than anywhere else in boards endorsed the plan, the Department pedestrian or motorist is unaffected by Manhattan. But with minimal space for of Transportation agreed to study the the craziness of the street,” explains biking or walking on these high-traffic feasibility of the project, and in summer Manhattan activist Sarah Zell Young. “It avenues, thousands of pedestrians and 2014, planned traffic calming on Sixth is unfortunate that an activity that gives bicyclists have been injured in the past Avenue as part of the City’s new Arterial us so much freedom, like biking, is made decade. Business owners in this thriving Slow Zone program. scary by the conditions on Amsterdam commercial center know a safer street will

TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES 2013-2014 ANNUAL REPORT 15 HAZARDOUS ARTERIAL STREETS THE BRONX

THE GRAND CONCOURSE the middle of the street. In a campaign the new Bronx River Greenway, remained they named Boogie on the Boulevard, inaccessible without bike lanes to connect he Grand Concourse is a historic activists gathered 1,600 petition people to the parks. So they proposed a T thoroughfare that touches nearly signatures in support of three car-free solution: Bronx activists drew up a plan every neighborhood of New York City’s Sundays on the Grand Concourse, slated for bike lanes in and around Co-op City, northernmost borough. It’s also a for August 2014. After 29 community connecting New York’s largest housing dramatically wide arterial street, which organizations and businesses signed on development to surrounding parkland. is why Transportation Alternatives in support of the campaign, Community It only took a few months for the activists in the Bronx identified the Grand Board 4 endorsed the idea. Department of Transportation to Concourse as an ideal candidate for a In 2014, City Hall took note of the recognize the potential of the Bronx Complete Street transformation. overwhelming neighborhood enthusiasm Activist Committee’s proposal and break “There is a bike lane, but on almost for changing the iconic street and ground on a new network of bike lanes in every block, you can find someone double officially approved Boogie on the Co-op City and on 222nd Street, creating parked in it,” explains Bronx activist Boulevard as part of its summertime direct access to the Bronx River Greenway Hatuey Ramos-Fermín. “The Concourse Weekend Walks programming. from Co-op City. In 2013, Transportation is also one of the widest streets in the Furthermore, this spring the City Alternatives hosted Bronx activists and city, and with a little creativity it can be announced that the Grand Concourse Council Member Andy King for a ribbon- transformed easily to accommodate safe would be included in its new Arterial cutting ceremony and an inaugural bike protected bike lanes, wider pedestrian Slow Zone Program, making the street ride. crosswalks and bus lanes, as well as lanes more complete, vibrant and welcoming “I’ve seen many more cyclists recently, for regular car traffic.” than ever before. including seniors, who make up a large But with few bike lanes or pedestrian part of this community,” explains spaces in the Bronx, local activists CO-OP CITY Stephanie Clark, a Co-op City resident understood they would have a tough and T.A. activist who led the campaign time convincing the Department of n the Bronx, a proliferation of highways for the new lanes. “Being connected to the Transportation that the neighborhood I and a lack of infrastructure for rest of the Bronx via bike lanes has opened wanted to diverge from the status quo. bicyclists makes it hard to travel between people’s eyes to the fact that there is another, That’s why they began by campaigning neighborhoods and nearly impossible to healthier option than driving or waiting for for a temporary change that would leave the borough without a car. Local crowded buses, and that parks, greenways demonstrate the potential of the Grand Transportation Alternatives activists saw and other neighborhoods are within reach.” Concourse: a summertime play space in that the Bronx’s expansive parkland, like

16 HAZARDOUS ARTERIAL STREETS QUEENS

21ST STREET board and both Council members formally With the help of T.A. activists, who have asked the Department of Transportation recruited a coalition of parents, parent- n 21st Street between the Long to add traffic calming infrastructure, new teacher associations and family groups to O Island Expressway and Grand pedestrian spaces and a shared bike lane lead the way, Queens Boulevard finally has Central Parkway, drivers rarely slow to 21st Street. The department is currently a plan for a safer future. After collecting down to the speed limit of the residential studying the street for pedestrian safety more than 4,800 petition signatures neighborhoods sandwiched between the improvements. from Queens residents who want to see two highways. Everyday speeding does a change on the dangerous street, and not change the fact that Queens residents QUEENS BOULEVARD the support of more than 200 businesses need to use 21st Street for shopping, and community centers, these activists transportation and more. In the last ten any New Yorkers know Queens presented their plan for a Complete Street years, seven pedestrians and bicyclists M Boulevard by its morbid moniker, on Queens Boulevard to Community have been killed on 21st Street and more the Boulevard of Death, but few are Board 6 and the transportation committee than 100 have been injured. as familiar with the dangers as the of Community Board 2 this spring. When Transportation Alternatives Transportation Alternatives activists in Both endorsed the idea. All five Council activists in Queens launched a campaign Queens who have been fighting to change members whose districts touch Queens to change 21st Street, they knew if they the street for decades. Boulevard formally requested that the could get local decision makers to take “My family lives along Queens Department of Transportation conduct a walk there, the treacherousness of Boulevard and I see every day how a feasibility study, and in spring 2014, the crossing would make their argument dangerous it is, how fast the cars drive, department chose Queens Boulevard as for them. And they were right. After how difficult it is for pedestrians to cross, one of the hazardous streets slated for the Queens Activist Committee hosted and how dreary and ugly and depressing it traffic calming as part of the City’s new Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer is,” explains Queens activist Peter Beadle. Arterial Slow Zone program. and Council Member-elect Costa “Every day my own 12-year-old son has to In July, Transportation Commissioner Constantinides on their 21st Street cross the Boulevard of Death, twice, to get Polly Trottenberg joined local activists Safety Walk, both Council members to and from school. It is a constant source and City Council members for a visit to signed on in support of the campaign. of anxiety and he is one of hundreds, the street, where everyone agreed that Their endorsement, along with the 1,600 perhaps thousands, of other children who Queens Boulevard was long overdue for Queens residents who signed a petition have to make similar trips every day.” a new vision. Local activists will continue in favor of calming traffic on the street, It’s not only the widest street in New to push for that vision to be grounded in convinced Community Board 1 to support York City, it’s a critical connection community input, and to build a street the campaign. In 2014, the community between countless Queens communities. that’s safe for all users.

TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES 2013-2014 ANNUAL REPORT 17 HAZARDOUS ARTERIAL STREETS STATEN ISLAND

CLOVE ROAD measures and a protected bike lane would anyone traveling outside the confines of a create a better, safer, healthier, cleaner car or truck. icyclists and recreation-seekers community in this beautiful borough.” In an effort to transform Richmond B of all stripes rely on Clove Road as Their effort was so needed that it only Terrace into a street that can serve the a critical connection between some of took petition signatures from 473 New needs of all Staten Island residents, Staten Island’s largest parks and the miles Yorkers and the support of 24 businesses especially those who ride bikes, walk of bicycling and walking paths along the and coalition partners before Community or need to access area bus lines, Staten Island Greenbelt. The fact that this Board 1 signed on in support of their Transportation Alternatives activists wide street remains a haven for speeding campaign for a protected bike lane on the in Staten Island proposed the creation drivers and tracks a high rate of crashes dangerous street. Together with the local of a Complete Street there. More than inspired Transportation Alternatives community boards in fall 2013, Staten 700 people signed on in support of activists in Staten Island to endeavor to Island activists requested the Department the campaign, backed by another 28 make this dangerous road friendlier to the of Transportation conduct a traffic study businesses and cultural institutions. cyclists who rely on it. about their proposal. That show of support convinced elected “I got involved because I use Clove officials on both the city and state levels Road frequently and do not feel safe on RICHMOND TERRACE to back the campaign, with activists it. It matters deeply to me because I want recruiting New York City Council to see Staten Island’s roads designed ichmond Terrace is a critical route Member Debi Rose and State Assembly in a way that encourages cycling and R for any New Yorker connecting to the Member Matthew Titone to speak up walking,” explains Staten Island activist Staten Island Ferry or the Staten Island about the need for a Complete Street on Laura Barlament. “Traffic calming Railway. It’s also fundamentally unsafe for Richmond Terrace.

18 HAZARDOUS ARTERIAL STREETS BROOKLYN

ATLANTIC AVENUE Avenue by lighting their path, drawing double parking isn’t the only problem. attention to the intrinsic danger of the To fix Jay Street’s extreme overcrowding, tlantic Avenue traverses ten street they were walking across. Transportation Alternatives activists in A Brooklyn neighborhoods and is “We need Atlantic to be so much more,” Brooklyn have proposed a more fair way to known as treacherous in every one. explains Brooklyn activist Michelle share the road — a Complete Street, with That’s the driving force for the group of Chai. “It must be safe and efficient for a protected bike lane, wider sidewalks, Transportation Alternatives activists pedestrians, bicyclists and motor vehicles. safe crosswalks and dedicated bus lanes. in Brooklyn who proposed big changes It must support public transportation Already, their demand for this simple, for this big street. In spring 2014 they options. It must support crossing to ease commonsense solution has been endorsed presented their idea for a Complete access to neighborhoods it physically by more than 1,500 New Yorkers and Street for Atlantic Avenue to Community separates. The possibilities are endless. businesses like Forest City Ratner, Etsy and Board 2 with a letter signed by local City Now is the time for us to be bold and Tough Mudder. To put their vision for this Council members, more than 3,000 New envision a better street for our future.” crowded street at the top of local decision Yorkers and more than 100 community makers’ agendas, activists helped Council partners, including the Atlantic Avenue JAY STREET Member Steve Levin, Community Board 2 Business Improvement District, the and local business improvement districts Brooklyn Academy of Music and Two n Jay Street, a narrow, painted host the Department of Transportation, Trees Management. Community Board O bike lane is intended to provide the New York Police Department, Brooklyn 2 unanimously supported the proposal. safe haven for the tens of thousands of Borough President Eric Adams and more When the Department of Transportation bicyclists who commute to and from the than 100 New Yorkers this spring at chose streets for the new Arterial Slow Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges. Yet Re-imagine Jay Street, an event that kicked Zone program in spring 2014, Atlantic every day, double-parked cars pack the off a community process to recreate the Avenue was number one on its list. lane. With the convergence of numerous corridor so it can serve everyone who uses But Brooklyn activists say that isn’t subway and bus routes, and thousands of it. Now, activists are reporting back on enough. On a recent Friday night, they New Yorkers walking to work and school that process with a publication about the protected pedestrians crossing Atlantic at MetroTech and Long Island University, community’s vision for Jay Street.

TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES 2013-2014 ANNUAL REPORT 19 MILESTONES

IN EACH BOROUGH, NEW YORKERS are fighting to change local streets and city policies so their neighborhoods can be better places to live. These are just a few of the small milestones that Transportation Alternatives activists reached in the past year, each a giant leap toward Vision Zero for New York City.

MARCH 2013 After the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles follows T.A.’s recommendation to replace the word “accident” with “collision” in all agency SEPTEMBER materials, thousands sign a T.A. petition to convince the NYPD to follow suit. The NYPD 2013 immediately agrees to stop using the word More bicyclists ride the NYC “accident” and to expand the purview of the Century Bike Tour than ever Collision Investigation Squad to include before, setting a new record crashes involving serious injuries. of 7,800 riders.

APRIL 2013 T.A. launches a campaign to get AUGUST candidates running for mayor and 2013 City Council on the record about biking and walking. More than MAY After hosting four City Council and 4,500 New Yorkers send letters three mayoral candidate forums, to the candidates declaring, “I 2013 Transportation Alternatives becomes bike, I walk and I vote.” The first Neighborhood the first advocacy organization Slow Zones — traffic-calming to sponsor the official mayoral, installations enforced with a comptroller and public advocate 20 mph speed limit, an idea debates. proposed by T.A. activists in 2011— are installed.

20 MAY 2014 More than 600 New York City workplaces and more than 2,000 employees participate in the second annual Bike to Work Challenge. MARCH 2014 The fourth annual Tour de Staten Island sells out in 48 hours.

FEBRUARY 2014 The City of New York publishes the Vision Zero Action Plan, detailing a T.A.-recommended strategy focused on stopping speeding and fixing arterial streets.

JANUARY OCTOBER 2014 2013 The 78th Precinct in Brooklyn initiates New York City’s first-ever On the eve of the election, T.A. failure-to-yield sting operation, a activists from five boroughs deliver best practice recommended in a 4,500 letters to then-candidate November 2013 T.A. report. Bill de Blasio, asking him to adopt NOVEMBER Vision Zero policies that improve conditions for bicycling and 2013 walking citywide. After releasing a traffic safety platform based on Vision Zero, Bill de Blasio is elected mayor of New York City. T.A. recommends that former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton and U.S. Department of Transportation Under Secretary for Policy Polly Trottenberg be appointed police and transportation commissioner, respectively.

TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES 2013-2014 ANNUAL REPORT 21 POWERED BY PEOPLE

TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES is powered by the passion and financial support of New Yorkers who believe in Vision Zero. T.A. members are the driving force behind the most powerful advocacy organization in New York.

In 2013, contributions totaled more than three million dollars — roughly triple T.A.’s annual budget a decade ago. Fully three- quarters of T.A.’s income came from individual donors. In the past year, the people who donated to T.A. pushed a big idea into New York City’s future: no one should be killed or injured in New York City traffic.

22 2013 INCOME FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Corporate DECEMBER 31, 2013, 2012, 2011 3.3% Government 2013 0.5% REVENUE & OTHER 2013 Temporarily Foundations SUPPORT Unrestricted Restricted 2013 Total 2012 Total 2011 Total 14.8% Contributions $1,844,206 $- $1,844,206 $1,707,531 $1,508,015 Membership $353,399 $- $353,399 $279,843 $216,381 Grants $161,228 $328,844 $490,072 $515,399 $525,398 Program service fees $446,502 $- $446,502 $394,195 $366,937 Sponsorship $108,503 $- $108,503 $134,015 $129,771 81.4% Interest income $2,238 $- $2,238 $2,643 $3,383 Individuals Other $69,224 $- $69,224 $33,060 $14,779 Funds released from restriction $288,368 $(288,368) $- $- $- TOTAL REVENUE & OTHER SUPPORT $3,273,668 $40,476 $3,314,144 $3,066,686 $2,764,664

EXPENSES Program services $2,920,982 $- $2,920,982 $2,576,173 $2,140,281 Management $351,399 $- $351,399 $254,024 $337,118 Fundraising $224,290 $- $224,290 $174,398 $213,755 2013 EXPENSES TOTAL EXPENSES $3,496,671 $- $3,496,671 $3,004,595 $2,691,154 CHANGE IN NET ASSETS $(223,003) $40,476 $(182,527) $62,091 $73,510 Fundraising 6.4% NET ASSETS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR $1,481,837 $57,633 $1,539,470 $1,477,379 $1,403,869 Management NET ASSETS AT END OF YEAR $1,258,834 $98,109 $1,356,943 $1,539,470 $1,477,379 10.0%

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION 83.6% DECEMBER 31, 2013, 2012, 2011 Program ASSETS 2013 2012 2011 Services Cash & cash equivalents $957,366 $1,284,661 $1,290,567 Accounts receivable $373,401 $207,244 $156,645 Prepaid expense $48,944 $27,860 $21,780 Deposits $16,583 $16,583 $16,583 Fixed assets, net of depreciation & amortization $56,067 $57,079 $51,465 TOTAL ASSETS $1,452,361 $1,593,427 $1,537,040

TOTAL REVENUE LIABILITIES Accounts payable & accrued expenses $87,918 $53,957 $59,661 $4,000,000 Deferred revenue $7,500 $- $- TOTAL LIABILITIES $95,418 $53,957 $59,661 $3,000,000 NET ASSETS

$2,000,000 Unrestricted net assets - board designated $400,000 $400,000 $400,000 Unrestricted net assets $858,834 $1,081,837 $1,024,879 $1,000,000 Temporarily restricted net assets $98,109 $57,633 $52,500 Total net assets $1,356,943 $1,539,470 $1,477,379 $2,320,081 $2,320,081 $2,764,664 $3,066,686 $3,314,144 $0 TOTAL LIABILITIES & ASSETS $1,452,361 $1,593,427 $1,537,040 2010 2011 2012 2013

TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES 2013-2014 ANNUAL REPORT 23 SUPPORTERS

TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES gratefully acknowledges the following individuals and organizations whose generous contributions provide the financial resources to sustain T.A.’s campaigns for safe streets. The following list represents major gifts received in 2013. T.A. is supported by more than 12,000 dues-paying members and a network of 100,000 supporters, and is immensely grateful to all the members whose gifts are not listed here due to space limitations.

INDIVIDUAL $5,000 - $9,999 Florent Morellet & Peter Cameron Howard & Donna Ganson SUPPORTERS Anonymous Leif Parsons Carla Geisser & Samantha Lipson Jonathan Brandt Mathew Pokoik & Aynsley Theodore Gewertz & Claire Chappell Vandenbroucke $100,000+ Daniel Brodsky Daniel Gillmor Anonymous, via Foundation Source Amanda Burden Jeff Prant Agnes Gund Mark Gorton Martin & Michele Cohen Eric Schwartz & Debra Fram Susan Hagamen & Ken Pinkes Thomas L. Kempner, Jr. Sebastian Delmont & Meibell Contreras Joe Standart Steven Hakusa & Meredith Whitley Steven Eisenstadt Gordon Travers & Elizabeth Beautyman Laura Hansen & Jim Stubbs $50,000 - $99,999 Jill Eisenstadt & Michael Drinkard James Wagman & Anne Landsman Michael Heimbinder & Daisy Deomampo The Estate of Daniel Lieberman Paul Gertner & Rochelle Serwator Jonathan Weiner David Held Doria Tenca Frederick Harris Howard Yaruss & David Berman Damon Hemmerdinger Julie Kay & Tom Fergus Elizabeth Yockey & Jared Brothers Lee Herman $25,000 - $49,999 Laurence Levi Julie Hirschfeld & Bennett Killmer Anonymous Stephen Lyle $1,000 - $2,499 Dieter Hoeppli Marc Agger & Francesca Connolly Donald B. Marron Fredrik Akesson Sarah Horne George Beane & Patricia Begley Joshua & Beth Mermelstein John Allgood Georges Jacquemart Richard & Elizabeth Cashin Aaron Naparstek & Joanne Nerenberg Thurstan Bannister Richard Kahn Christopher Davis & Sharon Saul Davis Chris O’Brien Blair Brewster Richard Kassel & Penny Venetis Mike Epstein & Jesse Mintz-Roth Donald Passantino Elizabeth Brody Robert Kotch Alexandra & Paul Herzan Michael & Elena Patterson Suzanne Buchta David Kramer Noah & Annette Osnos Mark Ryan Karen Burkhardt Andrew Kuziemko Donald Wilkinson, III Sandra & Steven Van Der Zwan Abraham Burmeister Joan Leake Suzanne & Peter Wunsch Lloyd Westerman James Capalino Lance Leener & Jamie Nicholson-Leener Adam Wolfensohn & Jennifer Small Andrew Capitman Andrew Lerner $10,000 - $24,999 Priscilla & Ward Woods Jean Cappello William Logan Benjamin Appen & Leslie Chang Edward Cerullo Dr. Cathleen London Julie Blackburn $2,500 - $4,999 Jon Chonko Carol Lutz Peter Frishauf & KC Rice Anonymous Thomas & Oonagh Christie Kenneth Martin & Christine Hepburn Elizabeth Gilmore Christine Berthet Henry Cordes Dr. Moira McCarty & Dr. Patrick Schnell Jerome Gottesman Sundeep Bhan Ken Coughlin Eric McClure & Lumi Michelle Steve Hindy & Ellen Foote David Byrne Jeffrey Cox Risa Mickenberg & Felix Andrew Daniel Kaizer & Adam Moss Joshua David & Stephen Hirsh Laurence Cranch Rod Millott Mary Beth Kelly Mark di Suvero Amanda Cynkin Andrew Milstein Adam Mansky & Chloe Wasserman Hampton Finer & Yvonne Regn Joe Deplasco Megan Morgan Richard Miller & Aviva Goldstein John & Sara Henry Danielle Dimston Alan Mukamal & Elizabeth Ernish Joshua Rechnitz Bradford Jordan Jack Donaghy Andy Padre Kristen Richardson Justin Kalifowitz & Shayna Kulik Ian Dutton & Shea Hovey Thomas Pennell & Stephanie Gould Nicholas Rohatyn & Jeanne Greenberg Karen Karp Tressa Eaton Serge Permyakoff Rohatyn Axel Kramer & Patricia Hallstein Marcia Ely & Andrew McKey Mark Phillips Lela Rose & Brandon Jones John Lieber Joel & Arline Epstein Neil Platt & Yolanda Wu Michael & Ariana Smith Janet Liff Alexander Eysymontt Benjamin Posel & Jessica Bauman Adam & Ann Spence Bevis & Clara Longstreth Hugh Freund Neysa Pranger & Michael Ward

24 DIVERSITY PLAZA In Jackson Heights, the New York City neighborhood with the least parkland per capita, a pedestrian plaza is a symbol of the power of open space. Since Transportation Alternatives activists helped secure Diversity Plaza in 2012, the car-free area has boosted local business revenue, provided space for civic organizations to host cultural festivals, calmed a dangerous intersection and made public transit easier to reach. And, as further proof that plazas are a boon for any neighborhood they touch, public space became fuel for civic discourse when, in summer 2013, Diversity Plaza hosted the first-ever community board meeting in a public plaza.

Clifford Press Benjamin & Susan Baxt Joel Harper Carrie Peterson Jonathan Pressman & Sally Poblete Colin Beavan Matthew Hiller & Ting Chang Luke Peterson Joshua Rabinowitz & Janet Gochman Nancy Beckett Robert Hoffman Aleksander & Chantay Pilipovic Barbara Randall Daniel Berkley Shannon Horneck & Philip Lee Caleb Pollack & Hannah Fremmer Kamakshi Rao Dr. Barry Berson & Roni Rubenstein Mark & Eleanor Horowitz Christophe & Remy Porsella Julie Raskin Graeme Birchall Hilge & Jennifer Hurford Stuart Post & Christopher Kelley Matthew Reich Sophie Blackall Tom Inck & Wendy Blattner Linda Prine & Nathan Smith Henry Rinehart & Dinneen Viggiano Mona & Steve Blumstein Steve & Marsee Israel Jean Putzer Peter & Diana Samponaro James Boorstein & Melissa Chaney John Jacobs Daniel Radosh Steven Schechter David Bragdon Eve Jochnowitz & Greg Liambas Dr. Michael & Sarah Repucci Meryl Schwartz & David Weinraub Nathan Brauer & Hilda Cohen Hannah Johnston Anthony Richter & Eileen Kelly Daniel Sherr Robert & Helen Braun Martin Karp David Rodriguez Larry Silverton Lauren Cardarelli Adam Kaufman Patricia Rosenblum Lisa & Mark Sladkus Christopher Caruana Diane Keefe & John Levin Casey Ross Samuel Slaton & Rachel Stuckey Hugh Chatfield David King Martha & Robert Rowen Robert Steel Hiram Cody Wolfgang Klier Alex Rubin Robert & Yuka Stern Jeff Coyle John Konther Paul Sailer R Alexandra Taylor Micah Craig John Kupiec & Julia Pinover Roger Schwed & Laura Dukess Sean Thompson Frank Dabek Cliff Landesman & Shanny Peer Mark Seaman Christine Tornabene Donald Donovan & Jennifer Lake David Lansner & Carolyn Kubitschek Sylvia Silberger Steve Vaccaro Ryan Doyle Douglas Le Nomi Silverman Bridgette Vidunas Dr. Joel & Victoria Ernst Donald Lemke & Richard Young Barton & Amy Slavin Wesley Weissberg & David Goldberg Mark Forscher Taliah Lempert David Smiley Adam D. White Bindu Frank Alexander Lloyd & Matthew Billings Lisa Smith & Dr. Alan Salzberg Sarah Williams & Andrew Kimball Chenda Fruchter & Michael Fives Randy Locklair Joanna & Ian Smith Howard Wolfson Laurie Garrett Grace Lyu-Volckhausen Willow Stelzer & Chris Hamilton Kathryn Wylde Robin Gautier Jennifer Mathews Peter Sternberg Henry Zernike & Jennifer Wu Andra Georges & Timothy Shepard Paul Mayo & Charlotte Malasky Dr. Mahlon Stewart Eric & Dagmar Goebelbecker David Melchior Richard Stohlman & Christine Newman $500 - $999 Michael Goldman & Karen Falk Tom Miner Damon Strub & Sarah Haga Laurence & Susan Ach James Goldstein Andrew Mitchell & Jackie Eckhouse Dennis Sughrue Jorn Ake & Claudia Salomon Doug Gordon & Leora Kaye Molly O’Meara Sheehan & Joe Sheehan Frank Todisco Curtis Archer Richard Greenspan David Packer & Mayhsin Hsiung Dr. Luis Tollinche Dr. Eugene Aronowitz & Linda Piester James Gross & Kate Whitlow David Pechefsky & Cena Tejani Tim Tompkins Deirdre Bader David Gurin Daniel Peng Joshua Trauner

TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES 2013-2014 ANNUAL REPORT 25 Shin-pei Tsay Climate Ride Brooklyn Beta, Inc. IN-KIND GIFTS Andreas & Kai Turanski Grace Jones Richardson Trust Brooklyn Public Library Bareburger Thomas Turnbull Hamond Family Foundation Brooklyn Roasting Company Beer Table Sarah Ungerleider Summit Charitable Foundation, Inc Capobianco Belle Helmets Margaret & George Vranesh The J.M. Kaplan Fund Clearview Festival Productions Brooklyn Boulders Marya Warshaw The Scherman Foundation Cleverhood LLC Brooklyn Brewery Sue & Bob Wasko Equinox Brooklyn Cruiser Sandra Wijnberg $9,999 and below Flanzig and Flanzig, LLP Brooklyn Roasting Company Don Wiss & Diane Pearson AG Foundation Forest City Ratner Brooklyn Slate Company Dan Witz C.R. Passantino Charitable Trust Fort Greene Park Conservancy Brooklyn Winery Willy Wong Carl Forstmann Memorial Foundation Green Mountain Energy Cabot Creamery Linus Wong City Parks Foundation Imprint Projects Campbell Cheese Shop Michael & Katrina Yoder Donald B. Marron Charitable Trust Limited Brands Inc. Cedar’s Mediterranean Laurence Zuckerman Enablement Fund Maker Media Cleverhood Ernst & Young Foundation Marlow, Inc Cleverhood LLC TEAM T.A. Foundation for Fairer Capitalism Municipal Art Society of New York Cory Vines Bradford Jordan Georges & Claire Mabardi Foundation Nau Dara Barr L.Ac. Karen Karp Hagamen Family Fund New York Cycle Club Eleanor’s Christine Tornabene Heimbinder Family Foundation New York Hall of Science GiveLoveCycle Sean Thompson Hester Street Collaborative New York University Greenwood Park Sarah Horne IFF Foundation NYCE Wheels, Inc Holstee Jack Donaghy JEMP-D Foundation NY League of Conservation Voters James Beard Foundation Linus Wong Jennifer & Jonathan Allan Soros Open Society Foundations Jamis Bicycles Foundation Amanda Cynkin OSMO Nutrition Juice Hugger Café Sylvia Silberger Jewish Federation of Cleveland Partnership for New York City Julie Saul Gallery Jeff Coyle Kenneth Martin and Christine Hepburn Planet Bike KIND Foundation Ben Kintisch Public Bikes Kings County Distillery Maple Tree Fund RBA Group Maglia Rosenthal CLIMATE RIDE Quadra Foundation Redbeard Bikes Malu Dan Berkley Rachel M. Ratner and Richard Greenspan Unemployed Philosophers Guild Meatball Shop Philanthropic Fund Jenny Cooper Shinola Natural Gourmet Institute Alix Cotumaccio Shepard Family Philanthropy Fund Sid’s Bike Shop Nau Alexandra Deprez The Frances & Benjamin Benenson Silverstein Properties Nina.B.Roze Foundation Fragida Diaz Simco Engineering Nitehawk Brooklyn LLC Lily Gilbert The Luminescence Foundation Superfly New York Festivals LLC Osmo Michele Gilliam The Lutz Fund TransitCenter Outlier Brendan Gray The Smith-Salzberg Family Fund Village Voice Owl and Thistle Sari Harris van Ameringen Foundation Pasanella and Son Vintners A Sarah Hreha Weissberg Foundation GOVERNMENT Patagonia Hilge Hurford SUPPORT Peace, Love and Pedals Jen Hurford SPONSORSHIP New York City Council Speaker Peanut Butter & Co. Christine Quinn Elizabeth Lorde-Rollins SUPPORT Planet Bike Chris Merriam Bloomberg LP New York City Council Member Popchips Sara M. Gonzalez Katy Mixter Brooklyn Brewery PRINT.Restaurant Caroline Paulsen Con Edison Fund for Public Health in New York Pushcart Coffee Eileen Quigley Giro Easton Bell Sports New York City Council Member Rose Water Restaurant Gale Brewer Paul Schreiber Jamis Bicycles Shake Shack Steve Scofield Law Office of Vaccaro & White New York City Council Member Slope Wellness Julissa Ferreras Lisa Soverino Lucarelli and Castaldi, LLP Specialized Nika Stelman SmartSign New York City Council Member Suite ThreeOhSix Daniel R. Garodnick Scott Wolpow 42nd Street Development Association Surname Cycling Goods Co. Bontje Zängerling AECOM New York City Council Member Sweetgreen Stephen Levin American Traffic Solutions The Queens Kickshaw GRANT SUPPORT Atlantic Salt - Eastern Minerals New York City Council Member Tiny Empire Rosie Mendez $10,000+ Bicycle Habitat Tom Cat Bakery The Adam R. Rose Foundation Bike New York New York City Council Speaker Turnstile Tours Melissa Mark-Viverito Bikes Belong Coalition SmartSign Uncommon Goods craigslist Charitable Fund Brightroom Vaya

26 CITI BIKE In 2006, Transportation Alternatives advocates first proposed a bike share program to city officials. In 2013, Citi Bike launched, and since its inception, T.A. has fought to make bike share work better. Throughout the past year, T.A. activists took up posts at Citi Bike docking stations around the city, helping riders learn how to use the system, providing directions and sharing tips for bicycling in New York City. To determine how Citi Bike could improve, T.A. activists conducted the first-ever poll of Citi Bike riders. Thousands reported their experiences, assessing the effectiveness and convenience of the system. Now, T.A. is leading the charge for expansion and reform, and watchdogging the program as it settles into New Yorkers’ lives to assure that bike share is a New York City success story.

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Laurence Levi, Chair Mary Beth Kelly Marc Agger Cover: Cassandra Giraldo VO2 Partners Clinical Social Worker Thurstan Bannister / Psychotherapist Pg 4: Steve Hindy, Vice Chair George H. Beane Andrew Hinderaker Brooklyn Brewery Neysa Pranger David Byrne Pg 6: Control Group Cassandra Giraldo Joshua David Richard B. Miller, Secretary Pg 7-8: Consolidated Edison Company Jeff Prant Paul Gertner Andrew Hinderaker Photographer Mark Gorton Pg 10: Christine Berthet, Treasurer Dmitry Gudkov Sunnyside Records Lela Rose Alex Herzan Pg 12: Karen Karp Andrew Hinderaker Curtis Archer Mark Seaman Pg 14: Rich Kassel Harlem Community Development Port Authority Dmitry Gudkov Corporation Mary Beth Kelly Pg 15: Andrew Hinderaker Gordon Travers Janet Liff George H. Beane Nxegen, LLC Pg 17: A. R. Walker & Company, Inc. Randy Locklair Andrew Hinderaker Shin-pei Tsay Stephen Lyle Pg 18: Andrew Hinderaker Colin Beavan TransitCenter Adam Mansky No Impact Man Pg 21: Linda Prine Daniel S. Burnstein, Paul Steely White Dmitry Gudkov Ken Coughlin Transportation Alternatives Henry Rinehart ElderLawAnswers Pg 22: Lisa Sladkus Cassandra Giraldo, Howard Wolfson Andrew Hinderaker Doug Ellis Bloomberg Philanthropies Michael Smith Pg 25: Slipstream Sports Steve Vaccaro Andrew Hinderaker Susi Wunsch Pg 27: Mike Epstein VeloJoy Lloyd Westerman Andrew Hinderaker Google Inc. Adam Wolfensohn Howard Yaruss Daniel Kaizer Attorney Design by Sarah Lang

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