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NYPD Criminal Bike Crackdown Continues Even as Mamdani Makes Overtures to Tisch
Street safety advocates should not be pleased by Zohran Mamdani's decision to invite NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch to stay on. Here's why.
November 3, 2025
The ‘Disconnect’: City Traffic Cops Ignore Severe Parking Scofflaws
The NYPD's Traffic Enforcement Agents don't check the city towing database, which means thousands of drivers keep on driving.
August 18, 2025
Northern Disclosure: Canada’s Road Laws Could Help Save U.S. Lives
The U.S. would be safer if we implemented some of Canada's most common roadway laws — but the politics are complicated.
August 7, 2025
NYPD’s Red Light Criminalization Marks ‘Obscene’ Escalation: Advocates
The dangers of NYPD's new policy are vast. Here's the second installment of our ongoing series on a quiet change in police practices.
May 5, 2025
Monday’s Headlines: NYPD Bike Crackdown Edition
NYPD's criminalization of several common cycling violations attracted plenty of haters after Streetsblog exposed it on Friday. Plus more news.
May 5, 2025
Policy Change: NYPD Will Write Criminal Summonses, Not Traffic Tickets, for Cyclists
Quietly, the NYPD has changed its policy and will now make criminal cases against cyclists who go through red lights, a change that will have predictable and unpredictable ramifications.
May 2, 2025
Friday Video: Meet the British Cyclist Doing His Own ‘Criminal Mischief’ Campaign
Meeting England's version of our editor Gersh Kuntzman.
February 7, 2025
DOT to Albany: Don’t Forget to Reauthorize Our Life-Saving Speed Cameras
New York City's speed cameras are an unqualified success, but they still need to be renewed.
January 24, 2025
Adams Considering Letting Midtown Business Group Issue Parking Tickets So NYPD Can Tackle ‘More Serious Issues’
The Department of Finance retracted its proposal to allow the 34th Street Partnership to be the first business improvement district empowered to enforce city parking rules after we started asking about it.
December 5, 2024
How Feds Can Help End Racially Biased Policing on the Roads
Policing is often seen as a state or local issue — but US DOT could play a huge role in encouraging better practices, a new report argues.
April 4, 2024
