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Tuesday’s Headlines: Gridlock Alert Day Photo Op Edition
It's another "Gridlock Alert Day," which means it's another day for the city Department of Transportation to surrender and beg people not to drive. Plus all the other news.
September 21, 2021
How To Avoid the Other COVID Plague: Traffic
But there is a willingness for citizens to move to active methods of travel, such as cycling, rather than replacing public transport modes with cars.
August 23, 2021
Thursday’s Headlines: One Sure Way to Tame Traffic Edition
A press release about new crossing guards for adults in Soho brings to mind decades of Armageddon in Lower Manhattan. Plus the rest of the day's news.
August 19, 2021
Can the MUTCD Catch Up with the New Mobility Revolution?
May 17, 2021
STREETS WEEK! De Blasio Announces Fairly Ambitious Bike and Bus Lane Plans in Lame Duck Push
Hizzoner revealed five "bike boulevards," plus the intention to finish 30 miles of protected bike lanes and 28 miles of dedicated bus lanes — both records.
May 11, 2021
OPINION: Time for Our Airports To Put Transit First
February 19, 2021
The Space We Give to Passenger Cars Only
A cartogram shows the tremendous range of limited-access expressways in metropolitan New York.
February 12, 2021
KOMANOFF: Hey, Drivers, Here’s How to Stop Worrying and Love Bike Lanes on Bridges
Drivers are already complaining, but expert Charles Komanoff shows in this clarion call op-ed that congestion pricing will reduce traffic so much that SIX lanes could be taken away from drivers and they wouldn't even feel it.
January 29, 2021
Study: Taking An App Taxi More than Doubles Your Roadway Impact
The average Uber or Lyft customer is responsible for adding more than twice as many car miles to his city's roads as he was before he started using app-taxis to get around.
January 24, 2021
REPORT: Council Seeks Per-Minute ‘Empty Charge’ for Uber, Lyft
The proposal comes after a judge threw out a Taxi and Limousine Commission proposal to reduce the percentage of time that app-based cabs could be cruising from 41 percent to 31 percent. The report argues that a fee will work better.
January 12, 2021
