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Upper East Side Candidate Billy Freeland One-Ups Competitor By Calling for Replacing FDR Drive
An Upper East Side council hopeful is pushing his own bold vision for transportation in a neighborhood council race that is already one of the most progressive in town.
March 30, 2021
New Sunset Park and Red Hook Warehouses Mean More Death from Trucks: Locals
Locals have resisted residential rezoning, but now are faced with another crisis: massive distribution centers and more truck traffic.
March 28, 2021
Manhattan DA Drops Charges Against Reckless Driver Who Totaled Luxury Car
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office dropped all charges against a notoriously reckless car buff who was allegedly high on drugs.
March 23, 2021
ONE YEAR LATER: What Did De Blasio Do After Telling New Yorkers to ‘Bike or Walk to Work’
"When I compare it to Paris, Milan, London it just feels like we wasted a historic opportunity," said one activist.
March 10, 2021
OPINION: Treat Traffic Violence as an Epidemic
March 8, 2021
Transportation Alternatives Wants Mayoral Candidates To Commit to 25% More Open Space
Vision Zero? How about Vision 25 by 25?
March 1, 2021
OPINION: It’s Time to End NYPD’s Current Role in Crash Investigations
A victim of road violence speaks.
February 23, 2021
ANALYSIS: Is Jailing Killer Drivers the Only Way Forward for Street Safety?
The indictment of a killer driver earlier this year is a turning point in how prosecutors hold drivers accountable — but it also might be an inflection point as the safe-streets movement confronts the role of incarceration in making roadways safer. A deep dive.
February 9, 2021
POST-MORTEM: Cyclist Victims Killed In 2020 Were Low-Income, Essential Workers
More than half of the 26 cyclists killed last year died on streets where the median income falls below the citywide average.
January 22, 2021
Street Safety Groups to President Biden: Commit to a Federal Vision Zero Plan
"For decades ... we have lacked the leadership to make roadway safety a national priority in the United States," says the letter, which is signed by groups including New York's own Families for Safe Streets.
January 21, 2021