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Opinion: Let the Schools Use the Streets
The city's opening of streets for restaurants provided a lifeline in the pandemic. The schools deserve no less.
August 6, 2020
City Must Act Now to Save Transit, Prevent Carmaggedon and Improve Equity in Mobility: Report
Yet mayor de Blasio thinks he's doing just fine.
July 31, 2020
Opinion: Citi Bike? Outdoor Restaurants? We Can Have Both — Just Limit the Cars!
Now that the Citi Bike rack in front of Gene's restaurant has been relocated, one West Village resident thinks people were waging the wrong battle.
July 24, 2020
Op-Ed: Making Black Lives Matter in Street Safety
Our racial-equity lens must foster real policies that can be regularly evaluated and measured.
July 1, 2020
Tuesday’s Headlines: Under the Knife Edition
The latest on our old man editor's surgery today, an explanation for all our typos, and all the other news from around our reopening city.
June 23, 2020
Mayor Reveals ‘Open Restaurants’ Plan — And Industry is Pleased
A bubbly Mayor de Blasio announced a major, and streamlined, open streets for restaurants plan that, he says, will save 5,000 eateries and their 45,000 employees.
June 18, 2020
Post-COVID, A New ‘Office of Public Space Management’ Could Efficiently Fix the Current Mess
To address the indignities of our streetscape, we need to provide better service at a lower cost and change how we value our streets. Streets are not just conduits for traffic. Streets are places for people.
June 11, 2020
City Hall to Create Space for Outdoor Dining When Phase 2 Starts — But When is That?!
Don't make your reservations just yet.
June 5, 2020
Op-Ed: Let People March In the Streets
We must recognize the ad-hoc nature of the urban streetscape. Yes, our avenues can move bicycles, busses, trucks, cars and pedestrians but they can also propel our democracy.
June 1, 2020
Feds Recommend More Driving — And de Blasio and Cuomo Shrug Off the Carpocalyse
The Centers for Disease and Control wants urban Americans to drive more in the short term. Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo seem to be all right with that for now.
May 29, 2020
