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How to Cut Drunk Driving — Discourage the Drinking … Or the Driving?
New York transportation officials are backing a bill that has been proposed more or less every year, yet never makes it out of committee. There has to be a better way.
December 22, 2022
SEE IT: Pedestrian Struck by Reckless Driver in Bath Beach
It's so horrifying to see — yet, apparently, there's nothing to see here.
December 9, 2022
Friday’s Headlines: We Know Where You Live Edition
An editor's viral videos start attracting the wrong kind of attention. Plus other news.
December 9, 2022
Civilian Enforcement: A Get-Rich-Quick Scheme That Also Makes the City Safer
Want to make a six-figure salary and never leave your neighborhood? AND make the city safer? It may soon be possible.
December 9, 2022
CYCLE OF RAGE: The DOT’s Reckless Driver Program Scratches the Very Outer Membrane of the Surface
Like jumbo shrimp or military intelligence, the Dangerous Vehicle Abatement Program is an oxymoron. Let's look at the numbers.
December 9, 2022
Opinion: Here’s Why I am Against ‘Narc Urbanism’
I believe that turning citizens against one another, even in the name of pedestrian safety, is a terrible mistake.
December 6, 2022
Freedom for Adam White! Brooklyn DA Declines to Prosecute ‘Criminal Mischief’ Maker
"The case was declined prosecution — insufficient evidence to prosecute," said the spokesman for Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez.
November 30, 2022
#StuckAtDOT: Whatever Happened to Those Awesome Rule Changes for Cyclists?
The Department of Transportation has not moved forward with a series of ambitious rule changes that would have improved cycling and encouraged more people to get around on two wheels, Streetsblog has learned.
November 25, 2022
Should People Be Able to Issue Their Neighbors Traffic Fines?
Imagine a world where every cell phone in every pocket in America could be instantly transformed into a portable traffic camera, capable of issuing misbehaving motorists a ticket with little more than a few swipes on a touch screen.
November 24, 2022
Pedestrian Struck and Killed on Dangerous Staten Island Arterial; No Charges
A senior citizen was run over and killed by the driver of a Ford van on Monday afternoon at a notorious Staten Island intersection, but the driver was not charged, said the NYPD.
November 22, 2022
