DCP Bringing Parking Reform to Downtown Brooklyn
Downtown Brooklyn could finally get a reprieve from the onerous and outdated parking requirements that have forced developers to build costly, anti-urban garages which sit unused.
June 1, 2012
NYPD Bike Equipment Checkpoint Snares Cyclists For Missing Bells
Check your bells, New York City cyclists, and check your reflectors. The NYPD looks to be stepping up its bike safety efforts -- not by ticketing speeding motorists or bike lane blockers, and not even by citing reckless cyclists, but with checkpoints for improperly equipped bikes. Based on an initial report, the checkpoints seem more like an exercise in cyclist harassment than an effort to help cyclists ride safely.
June 1, 2012
DOT Plans Four Pairs of Midtown Bike Lanes in Time for Bike-Share
Has any district in New York City ever seen the kind of bike infrastructure transformation coming to Midtown in 2012?
May 31, 2012
After Traffic Claims Another Life on ACP Blvd, Will CB 10 Take Action?
A motorist struck two women crossing Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard in Harlem last Sunday evening, according to the NYPD. One, 35 years old, died from her injuries at Lincoln Hospital. Police did not release the names of the victims.
May 31, 2012
Transit-Free Tappan Zee Bridge Financial Plan: It’s “Dynamic”!
The Cuomo administration plans to select a team to build the new Tappan Zee Bridge this summer and begin construction this year. So it's about time for the governor to say how he plans to pay for the bridge, right?
May 29, 2012
Lanza Introduces Amended Speed Cam Bill in State Senate
Albany legislation to let New York City enforce its speed limit using automated cameras got a new lease on life last week. A slate of amendments have made the bill more politically palatable, and Staten Island Republican Andrew Lanza has introduced a version of the bill in the State Senate, the first time this version of the bill has been live in the legislature's upper chamber.
May 29, 2012
You Can’t Catch Speeders If You Don’t Have a Radar Gun
Here's how unconcerned the New York Police Department is with deadly traffic violations: For at least a month, and possibly longer, reports DNAinfo, Brooklyn's 76th Precinct went without a radar gun.
May 25, 2012