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Newsday Endorses Move NY for 2016, While the Times Misses Its Chance
Two of the region's papers laid out their Albany 2016 agendas in New Year’s weekend editorials. Both led with ethics reform, but the similarities ended there. One paper boldly called on the legislature to "adopt some version of the innovative Move NY tolling-and-congestion pricing plan." The other was silent on transit and traffic, even as it spurred Gov. Andrew Cuomo to "lead on climate change.”
January 4, 2016
Help TA and Families for Safe Streets Convince the AP to Drop “Accident”
The word “accident” is so ingrained in media practice that reporters use it to describe basically any motor vehicle crash scenario, even when a driver is impaired or accused of using a car as a weapon. This is harmful because it disregards the fact that most collisions can be traced to preventable causes, including reckless driving and unsafe street design.
November 4, 2015
Giving Up on Public Spaces Is Exactly What NYC Did in “The Bad Old Days”
Normally Streetsblog would just ignore Steve Cuozzo's rant yesterday about the evils of giving New Yorkers more room to walk and sit. But yanking out public space is a surprisingly credible threat these days, so here goes.
September 9, 2015
Trottenberg: DOT Will Soon Propose Amsterdam Avenue Bike Lane
DOT will release a long-awaited proposal for a bike lane and other traffic calming measures on Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side this September or October, Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg said on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show this morning.
August 14, 2015
Hey Brian Lehrer — Traffic Congestion Is Not a Vision Zero Tactic
This morning on WNYC Brian Lehrer said he didn't understand why Mayor de Blasio would want to penalize Uber for making traffic congestion worse, since the mayor is "causing congestion purposely" to make streets safer for walking and biking.
July 24, 2015
Hey Daily News: NYC Pedestrians Are Safer With Right of Way Law
In its latest attack on efforts to make New York City streets safer for everyone who walks, bikes, and drives, the Daily News editorial board says the Right of Way Law isn't working. But the available evidence suggests NYC streets are safer since the law took effect.
July 7, 2015
Richard Brown: No Charges for Driver Who Killed Boy on Neighborhood Street
An 8-year-old boy hit by a driver on a neighborhood street in Queens on Memorial Day died from his injuries. NYPD and Queens District Attorney Richard Brown filed no charges.
June 3, 2015
The Post’s Highly Selective Outrage About Traffic Violence
Yesterday, a driver fleeing police killed a cyclist on East 129th Street near Madison Avenue. DNAinfo, the Daily News, CBS 2, and WPIX all covered the crash. So did the Post, but the paper reserved its front page for a different bike story, assigning a reporter and photographer to tail Jason Marshall, the cyclist who struck and killed pedestrian Jill Tarlov in Central Park last year.
May 28, 2015