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STREETS WEEK! New Truck Management Report is Heavy on Historic Details; Light on Future Plans
That said, it's "a step in this direction," said Kate Slevin of the Regional Plan Association.
May 14, 2021
Four New Bronx Metro-North Stations Are A Good Time to Talk about Fair Rail Fares
Yes, Bronx residents will get amazing commuter-rail service — but what will the fare be? No one is talking.
May 13, 2021
Survey Says: City Voters Support Public Money Invested in Bike Share
Residents of New York City overwhelmingly approve of using taxpayer dollars to expand cycling and increase the reach and equity of the Citi Bike system, a new survey shows.
May 11, 2021
STREETS WEEK! DOT Commish Diagnoses Conduit Boulevard, Then Prescribes The Wrong Treatment
As Streets Week! begins, here's an existential question that Mayor de Blasio doesn't like to answer: Why does New York even have roads like Conduit Boulevard?
May 10, 2021
DECISION 2021: Nine Candidates Vie To Represent Lower Manhattan
There's a rock ’em sock ’em Democratic primary to represent the oldest part of the city — which presents candidates with some thorny street-safety issues.
May 7, 2021
There Was No Medical Episode, Says Family of Driver Who Killed Queens Delivery Man
Even the woman whose allegedly reckless driving killed a delivery worker in Queens last week is denying cops’ theory that she had a “medical episode” before the fatal crash.
May 5, 2021
Vision Zero in Decline: New Stats Show Blood Tide of Road Violence is Unchecked
April was the cruelest month — but the other months sucked, too.
May 4, 2021
OPINION: What is ‘Traffic Violence’ and Why Do We Need To Talk About It?
We were all raised in car culture — which normalizes the idea that 40,000 people will die in car crashes every year. But it's not normal. And it needs to be called what it is.
May 4, 2021
ANALYSIS: ‘Permanent’ Open Streets Program Will Only Be As Good As The Next Mayor Wants It To Be
Meet Open Streets 2.0.
April 30, 2021
NYPD: E-Cyclist Struck and Killed Elderly Man Stepping into UWS Bike Lane Between Cars
An elderly man has died after police say he was struck by an electric bike rider in the Amsterdam Avenue bike lane earlier this month — highlighting a lack of safe infrastructure and a culture that caters more to vehicles than the safety of pedestrians and cyclists.
April 29, 2021
