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Brooklyn Pols: Fix Grand Army Plaza and Make it Safer
The letter by Council Members Crystal Hudson and Shahana Hanif said the DOT needs to build on work it has already done.
May 11, 2022
Pols Want Every Kid in NYC to Learn How to Ride a Bike
Learning to ride a bike in New York should be like riding a bike!
April 29, 2022
Support For Camera Enforcement Increases When Put in Racial Justice Context, Study Finds
Researchers hope the results can increase support nationwide for swapping out cops for cameras, effective tools at keeping reckless drivers off the road and reducing fatal and injury-causing crashes.
April 25, 2022
Mayor Adams Puts Nearly $1 Billion Into Street Safety
The Street Master Plan gets a much-needed boost.
April 23, 2022
Pols and Advocates to Mayor: Put More Money Into the Streets Master Plan
There's impatience in the air.
April 22, 2022
Long Island City Getting Some Protected Bike Lanes
Redesigns are coming to three dangerous corridors, crucial connectors to the Pulaski and Queensboro bridges.
April 6, 2022
Is This The Year The Addabbo Bridge Protected Bike Lane Actually Happens?
Could the state and city departments of Transportation be finally bridging their differences?
March 25, 2022
Two More Queens Pedestrians are Killed By Drivers (Neither of Whom Has Been Charged)
A 75-year-old woman was backed over on Tuesday night and a Flushing senior died of wounds incurred last week on Northern Boulevard.
March 16, 2022
Media Reminds Us of Pete Alonso’s Great Stats — But Not the Deadly Stats of Road Violence
In Hillsborough County, there were 28,014 crashes in 2021, resulting in 18,965 injuries and 271 deaths — a staggeringly high number. But no one reported that.
March 14, 2022
North Brooklyn Seeks Some of that Jersey Barrier Magic on Grand Street
Without barricades, "it’s only a matter of time before the next preventable death," a letter to DOT states.
March 4, 2022
