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SEE IT: Hit-and-Run Driver With Fake Plate Seriously Injures Cyclist
The 5 p.m. crash occurred at Flushing and Waverly avenue near the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
March 28, 2024
Final Cargo Bike Rules are a Win For Safety and Sustainability: Experts
Under fire from sustainable freight leaders, the Department of Transportation has tweaked its final cargo bike rules to no longer ban the longer bike-trailer combinations that have become a dominant and safe player on the streets.
March 27, 2024
Mega-Cars Violate Brooklyn Bridge Weight Ban with Impunity
The city does virtually nothing to stop the onslaught of excessively heavy vehicles on our roads and bridges.
March 27, 2024
Komanoff: Here’s Why the MTA Board Should Proudly Approve Congestion Pricing
The board will likely be slammed by the stragglers who will never accept the hard truths about the cost of their driving, but congestion pricing will do even better than the MTA realizes.
March 26, 2024
SAFETY LAST: DOT Added No New Protected Bike Lanes in Four ‘Priority Districts’
"My community has been asking for it. The Commissioner has made a commitment. He needs to step up and do it now," said one Council member in Brooklyn.
March 26, 2024
Commercial Waste Zone Rollout Too Slow and Unclear: Advocates
The city should waste no more time in regulating private carters, reformers urged at a public hearing.
March 26, 2024
SEE IT! Ghost Car Driver Hits Cyclist Then Puts Back on His Plate
A driver with a record of removing his plate so he can speed without being caught struck a cyclist in Brooklyn on Monday morning — and put his license plate back on his ghost car in full view of a cop.
March 25, 2024
Indianapolis’ BRT Mess the Troubling Power of ‘State Preemption’
What happens when state legislatures try to stop sustainable transportation projects that city dwellers badly want? Indianapolis provides a troubling case study.
March 25, 2024
Want Safer Streets? Get the Worst Drivers off the Road, Report Says
The city could save roughly 50 lives every year by simply getting the worst drivers off the road — but doing so is going to be a heavy lift at 1 Police Plaza, City Hall and in the state Capitol, a new report shows.
March 21, 2024
City: BQE Must Be Rebuilt to Last a Century … To Prevent More Pollution
Paging Mr. Orwell: Doubling down on the Robert Moses highway is actually good for neighborhoods nearby, the city claims.
March 21, 2024
