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Thursday’s Headlines: Car Harms Edition
It's time to vote for why YOU think cars are so terrible! Plus other news.
December 2, 2021
OPINION: Cars Are Killing Us (Says a Former City DOT Official!)
We let their production dominate our economies without a thought of how private car ownership would affect our living spaces.
November 30, 2021
Friday’s Headlines: Cars and Corruption Edition
The latest (and last?) de Blasio administration scandal involves (no surprise!) vehicles. Plus, other news.
October 8, 2021
Monday’s Headlines: How to Blow Up a Pipeline Edition
A letter to the editor in the Daily News prompts some serious talk about the future of civilization. Plus all the other news from a busy weekend.
October 4, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: The Mayor’s Unused Arsenal
Leave it to our national treasure cartoonist Bill Roundy to once again turn the de Blasio administration's war on surrender to gridlock into an indelible, sharable panel.
September 29, 2021
Incoming Manhattan Council Members Tell Us Their Transportation Priorities
Six districts are getting new representatives — perhaps the most progressive crop the borough has seen. We took their temperature.
August 31, 2021
OPINION: In Car Culture, Crash Victims are Always Blamed (Even By Loved Ones)
First, a driver hit me. Then many in my social circle implicitly blamed me. That’s reason enough for examining our deadly deal with the automobile.
August 17, 2021
KOMANOFF: With Cuomo Sidelined, the MTA Must Get Congestion Pricing Done
Leaving NYC’s congestion-pricing program to wander and die in Albany's dysfunction over Gov. Cuomo is not acceptable.
August 4, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: The Port Authority’s Addiction to Cars
Last week's story about the Port Authority's need for car revenue was our top story for a reason — but it was missing one thing: a graphic that perfectly encapsulated the problem. Our cartoonist has fixed that.
August 3, 2021
ANALYSIS: City’s Most Car-Centric Neighborhoods are Supporting Eric Adams
In the 50 ZIP codes with the highest car ownership, Adams has received more campaign contributions than any other Democratic candidate, according to a Streetsblog analysis of campaign finance data and census estimates.
June 7, 2021