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Federal Funding Bill Contains $45M for New Active Transportation Program
That great news was soured slightly, though, by the very small dollar figure attached to it.
December 23, 2022
Council Member Alexa Aviles: DOT Needs to Do ‘Better’ with Plan for 7th and 8th Avs.
When the Department of Transportation pitched a plan last to turn two-way Seventh and Eighth avenues in Sunset Park into one-way streets, with traffic-calming measures like protected bike lanes and expanded sidewalks, there was a backlash and the agency pulled back. But now the neighborhood has new leadership — and we spoke to her!
December 5, 2022
Why Do People With Disabilities Have to Sue To Get Accessible Sidewalks?
November 17, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: City to Launch Long-Overdue Traffic Study for Congested DUMBO
Any objective study would show what we all know to be true: that cars are the true culprit.
November 14, 2022
DOT Kicks Off Outreach on New Grand Army Plaza Fix: ‘Dream Big’
The journey of a thousand meetings begins with a single tabling. But the DOT is definitely talking about serious changes.
November 13, 2022
Days After Two Girls Were Critically Injured, DOT Hits Reset on its Sunset Park Safety Fix
Back to the drawing board. The Department of Transportation has scrapped a redesign of two dangerous avenues in Brooklyn that the agency proposed fixing in 2021.
November 9, 2022
Can An App That Pays Americans to Walk Get Them To Leave Their Cars At Home?
November 1, 2022
Cyclists Will Finally Be Welcome on Cross Bay and Henry Hudson Bridges
The MTA is finally following up on state legislation mandating more bike access.
October 26, 2022
‘Pedestrian Delivery Robots’ Have the Same Challenges As … Pedestrians
These delivery robots will struggle in its promise to reduce car and truck deliveries — to say nothing of conflicts with pedestrians, a new study finds.
October 6, 2022
Opinion: How Roundabouts Increase Safety for Vulnerable Road Users
Congress has not only codified roundabouts into federal law for the first time, and put them at the top of the list of examples of highway safety improvement projects. They've also defined them as providing “for the safety of all road users.”
September 25, 2022
