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Study: Congestion Pricing Could Get Drivers Out of SUVs
Drivers are increasingly buying huge cars, in part because of all the time they spend stuck inside them at rush hour — but a new study suggests that if drivers had to pay congestion tolls, they’d be significantly more likely to pick smaller vehicles.
May 19, 2021
Drunk Driver in Large SUV Kills Woman in Williamsburg: Cops
A drunk driver fatally struck a woman in Williamsburg on Friday afternoon, cops said.
February 27, 2021
KOMANOFF: Takeaways from America’s Diesel Pickup Pollution Disaster
Combustion vehicles invite law-breaking. Petro-masculinity is deep-seated in American culture. But California, at least, has vanquished emissions tampering. These are the takeaways from last week's report of super-spreader pickup trucks.
December 1, 2020
Tuesday’s Headlines: There is a Way Out of this SUV Mess Edition
We don't have to just throw up our hands about the scourge of SUVs on our streets. Plus all the other news from yesterday.
September 22, 2020
Labor Day Car Sales Showing Trend Toward Sedans
It's bad news: City dwellers may be buying small cars to avoid transit, analysts say.
September 4, 2020
ANALYSIS: Growing SUV Carnage Shows Need for Tougher Policies
Rising crash injuries and basically flat traffic deaths point to the shortcomings of Vision Zero. And data from Crashmapper shows the dangers of SUVs.
June 4, 2020
Gounardes Seeks State Rating System to Reflect the Danger of Cars — To People Outside Them
A new state database would rate vehicles on a scale of one to five stars based on safety criteria and crash records.
February 28, 2020
Op-Ed: Wanted — a Strategy for Curtailing SUVs and Monster Trucks
New York's 'shaming' campaign is a start, but activists should push for national pedestrian-safety standards and local car-free zones.
January 8, 2020
Around and a Roundy: The NYPD’s SUV Obsession
This week's editorial cartoon was inspired by our story about how the NYPD is buying SUVs instead of traditional sedan squad cars.
December 30, 2019
New NYPD Transport Chief: We ‘Need’ Our SUVs!
Cop culture + car culture = more SUVs for New York's Finest!
December 24, 2019
