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NO TRICK, ALL TREAT: City to Ban Cars on Some Streets for Halloween
A good safety announcement in Queens comes amid rabid heckling from the pro-car minority.
October 24, 2022
One Down, Thousands to Go: Cops Bust A Really Bad Driver For Doing Less-Dangerous Stupid Thing
Police in Bay Ridge collared a reckless driver who was, in the words of the local Council member, "driving like an asshole" and doing donuts on Shore Road — but the seizure of the car only reveals the weakness in the larger system of getting dangerous drivers off the road.
October 21, 2022
Federal Safety Administrator: Let’s Legalize the ‘Idaho Stop’
One of the Biden Administration’s top road safety officials has come out in favor of legalizing the so-called “Idaho stop,” which allows cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs and red lights as mere stops signs.
October 20, 2022
SAFETY LAST: DOT Admits To Intentionally Endangering Cyclists on Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue
The Department of Transportation is forgoing a city law by refusing to create a temporary bike lane to protect cyclists on Fourth Avenue amid construction along the crucial Brooklyn corridor — a pro-car, anti-safety move that one activist called "bullshit."
October 20, 2022
Vision Zero Cities: How to Fix Our Most Dangerous Roads
October 18, 2022
Report: New York Remains a Tale of Two Cities for Public Space Equity
See the city in a whole new light — an unflattering one.
October 18, 2022
Advocates Like (But Don’t Love) the DOT’s Third Ave. Redesign
Hey, DOT — 2010 called and it wants its street redesign back.
October 18, 2022
No Charges for Truck Driver Who Killed Cyclist Despite Being on a No-Truck Route and Failing to Yield
The driver who killed a 25-year-old cyclist on Wednesday has still not been charged in the death by the NYPD.
October 14, 2022
Thursday’s Headlines: A Bike Lane Grows in Brooklyn Edition
A hard-fought street redesign hopes to put and end to the depredations of malefactor motorists. Plus other news.
October 13, 2022
Commander of Downtown Brooklyn Precinct Has Dangerous Driving Record
This fish drives terribly from the head down.
October 7, 2022
