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Save the Date: Baby Carriage Blockade is Back on Jan. 11
Call it Mothers Against Deadly Driving.
December 20, 2019
Why Was Killer Trucker Even on the Road? Because Public Officials Are Inept
He didn't have a valid license. So why was Jaime Sabogal behind the wheel when he killed a 3-year-old?
December 19, 2019
Speaker Johnson: No, Really, This Time the City Will End Placard Abuse! (Or at Least Start to End it!)
If that sounds like a lot of hemming and hawing, ha ha, well, it is!
November 27, 2019
Hey, Skeptics, Here’s Why We Need a Bike Mayor (And It’s Not Just Because 28 Cyclists Have Died)
Is a bike and a pedestrian mayor a luxury, as a TV reporter asked? Is it unnecessary, as the mayor suggested? No and no, said two council members.
November 26, 2019
Op-Ed: Copenhagen’s Lessons for the ‘Green Wave’
As New York expands the bike network, it should protect lanes on both sides and employ people-powered data.
November 22, 2019
NYPD and Mayor Have Ignored Repeated Warnings About Recklessly Driving Cops
Neither took action against reckless cops that might have saved the life of Officer Garman Chen, a speed demon with a long list of moving violations.
November 17, 2019
These Nine Council Members Voted Against Life-Saving Street Safety — Here’s Why
They all opposed Corey Johnson's "Streets Master Plan" bill. Here's what the "nays" said.
November 6, 2019
BETTER LATE? De Blasio Signed Onto ‘Streets Master Plan’ Bill After He Was Let Off the Hook
The amended bill gives the mayor until Dec. 1, 2021 to create the five-year plan — one month before the end of his rein as New York's leader.
October 28, 2019
Key Council Member: NYPD Transportation Bureau Chief Chan ‘Needs Improvement’
"There are no shortage of issues we want the NYPD to be better at, and this is one of them," Donovan Richards said.
October 28, 2019
NYPD Secretly Alters Victim-Blaming Narrative of Death of E-Bike Rider and Charges Trucker
"There is no excuse for this practice," said Marco Conner of Transportation Alternatives.
October 18, 2019
