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A Car Driver Ripped Off a Woman’s Leg in Broad Daylight
A Brooklyn driver drove onto a busy sidewalk in central Williamsburg and maimed a 33-year-old pedestrian. Why can't our officials prevent this kind of predictable incident?
December 10, 2025
Book Excerpt Special: Jonathan Lethem’s ‘Program’s Progress’
Class struggle. Infirm secondary superheroes. Suicidal sheep. It’s all in Jonathan Lethem's new collection of short stories, "A Different Kind of Tension." Here's one — featuring class struggle with cars!
November 28, 2025
Drivers Run Red Light, But Cops Ticket Cyclists at Dangerous Delancey Intersection
Drivers are zooming onto and off the Williamsburg Bridge in Lower Manhattan by running red lights. But cops are targeting cyclists instead.
November 11, 2025
HEAVY TRAFFIC: Driving Continues to Rise, Undermining Literally Every Effort to Make the City Better
The trend of increased vehicle miles traveled undermines safety initiatives, pollution reduction efforts and the traffic mitigation of congestion pricing, a new report makes clear.
October 22, 2025
Gale’s A-Blowin’: Brewer Abandons Daylighting Bill After Push By Parking-First DOT
DOT's anti-daylighting "scare tactics" have peeled off Council Member Gale Brewer, who says the policy will gobble up too many parking spots.
September 30, 2025
Friday Video: How Car Culture and the Internet Attention Economy Waste Your Time
Our favorite YouTuber breaks down what happens when car culture, hyper-consumerism, and internet brain rot collide — and how to claw our way out.
September 26, 2025
MTA Employees’ Personal Cars Create Dirty, Hazardous Environment In East New York
MTA employees completely disrespect residents of the neighborhood with cars that they never move.
September 16, 2025
DOT Downsizes Very Modest Brooklyn Bike Lane Plan After Pushback
Activists were furious that such a minimal initial proposal had been truncated further after predictable bikelash.
September 8, 2025
The Perfect Beast: Even Google’s AI Thinks Streets Are for Cars
Artificial intelligence is completely naturally addicted to promoting cars.
July 25, 2025
BREAKING: Key ‘Super Speeders’ Bill Won’t Pass This Session, Says Assembly Transportation Chair
A bill that would require recidivist speeders to install a simple device to block the car from being driven recklessly is a bridge too far for our upstate pols.
June 8, 2025
