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Three Common Types of Bike Laws That Are Overdue for an Overhaul
There is almost no evidence that cycling regulations are making U.S. streets safer, and more than enough evidence that they should be overhauled to prevent disproportionately harmful impacts against people of color, a new study finds.
August 24, 2022
NYC to Contractors: We Want To Get Serious About Trash Containerization
Forget about the small-ball (and bin!) pilots. This is the Big Kehuna — a 'scalable' pilot that will modify 'sanitation fleets and staffing practices.'
August 22, 2022
Eighth Ave. Road Diet Marches North, But Community Wants ‘Concrete’ Plan
A Manhattan community board is generally supportive of a Department of Transportation plan to increase pedestrian space on Eighth Avenue while also narrowing the wild west roadway, but wants the agency to fully build out the changes with concrete, not just paint.
August 4, 2022
Advocates: The City’s ‘Clean Curbs’ Pilot is Too Small
The limited scale of Clean Curbs — basically, the piloting of off-the-shelf storage sheds for bags — hampers the city's goals because it does not require the total rethinking of garbage-collection methods, which is what the city ultimately needs.
May 10, 2022
City Will Extend Tiny Clean Curbs Program to All Boroughs
A pilot program to get trash bags off sidewalks will move beyond Manhattan — first, to Brooklyn. But can it do enough fast enough to curtail 'NY's 5 o'clock shadow'?
April 21, 2022
Eyes on the Street: The Broadway Bridge Construction is a Clusterf—k
Long-term unsafe conditions will continue on the Broadway Bridge spanning the Spuyten Duyvil Creek between Inwood and Marble Hill as the city rehabs the key Harlem River crossing.
December 14, 2021
OPINION: Streetside Dining Is the Future — And Here’s How To Do It Right
August 10, 2021
OPINION: Sorting Out Space for Pedestrians and Cyclists
What the next mayor can do for safety. (Hint: widen sidewalks at the expense of car lanes.)
July 16, 2021
SURVEY SAYS: West Side Sidewalks are Unsafe and Unclear — And the City Must Act
New York's sidewalks are chopped up and dirty — and Hells Kitchen and Chelsea residents continue their fight to change that.
May 28, 2021
PARKING MADNESS 2021: An Upper Manhattan Battle of Two Heavyweights
It's the 3-0 vs. the 3-4 — and everyone has been waiting for this matchup for years.
March 9, 2021
