STREETSBLOG GETS ACTION! City Mulls Protected Bike Lanes on Lower East Side
Move would create alternative routes as the East Side Greenway is closed for flood protection.
November 15, 2019
Op-Ed: Jewel Avenue is the New Boulevard of Death
Jewel Avenue — like neighboring Queens Boulevard — excels in road injuries and fatalities. DOT should redesign it, stat!
November 13, 2019
Op-Ed: Move Quickly on the Vehicular Violence Accountability Act
Law makers must pass a much-needed bill early in the next session, the Manhattan DA says. Let's urge them to do so.
November 12, 2019
Op-Ed: Fordham Road is the Busway We Need Next
In the city's third-largest shopping district, buses crawl, drivers kill and fumes endanger people and the environment. Time for a new busway.
November 5, 2019
Free Parking Isn’t Free — But Upper West Side Car Owners Want To Keep It That Way
Entitled drivers bristle at a community board forum that envisions better uses for public space than car storage.
October 30, 2019
Op-Ed: How Cities Should Regulate Scooters
Some principles or avoiding a "Wild West" environment from a key official with Lime, the scooter company.
October 29, 2019
City Slow-Walks a Great Plan to Pedestrianize Part of Broadway
DOT says it is developing ideas for reclaiming the street on the Upper West Side. But it'll take a few years!
October 28, 2019
Brooklyn DA: Past Time To Raise the Penalty for Hit and Runs
The Brooklyn district attorney calls for a change in the law that incentivizes drunk drivers to flee crashes.
October 27, 2019
UPDATED: Bronx Drivers Will Show they Value Parking Over Lives
Locals seek to tear up new crosswalks on street where a child was killed by a motorist. How many parking spaces is the life of a child worth?
October 17, 2019
Op-Ed: New York Needs More Micro-Mobility Lanes Now
Cities are setting ambitious goals to reduce the impact of climate change. But most are hoping electric cars save the day. They won't. They're still cars.
October 14, 2019
