Traffic
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Eighth Avenue To Get a Road Diet to Give More Space to Walkers, Cyclists
The city is proposing a sweeping transformation between 38th and 45th streets that will reduce car lanes by 20 feet, extend a northbound protected bike lane that currently ends at 39th Street, and widen, by 10 feet, the overcrowded sidewalk from 39th to 41st streets.
June 21, 2019
CPW Gets Protected Bike Lane (Yay!) And Loses 400 Parking Spaces (Yay!)
It’s a pretty sizable win in the ongoing war against cars.
June 12, 2019
Op-Ed: Treat Traffic Deaths Like the Measles
Mary Beth Kelly: As safe-streets advocate, I am constantly amazed at just how many New Yorkers remain blasé about the serial killer hiding in plain sight.
June 5, 2019
The DOT Quandary: Double-Parking Isn’t Illegal — Except When It Actually Is
A new proposal aims to reduce congestion-causing deliveries, but objectively speaking, it won't change much on New York's chaotic streets unless the city stops giving so much free parking to car owners.
May 2, 2019
De Blasio’s City Fleet Cuts Don’t Come Close to Reducing the Car Problem He Created
More city workers are driving and their overall mileage is way up.
April 1, 2019
Comptroller Scott Stringer Wants the BQE for Trucks Only
Step 1: Ban cars. Step 2: Build a new (and long) park from Dumbo to Carroll Gardens.
March 14, 2019
No Wonder Bus Ridership is in Freefall — TransitCenter Grades 75% of Lines at ‘D’ or ‘F’
Almost three-quarters of New York City bus lines, and almost all of the routes in Manhattan, have earned a D or F grade from a leading transit advocacy group.
March 6, 2019
KOMANOFF: Want Fair Taxi Congestion Surcharges? Embed Them Within Congestion Tolling
A nationally respected expert says a City Council taxi bill is a springboard for a better congestion-pricing plan.
January 28, 2019
Eyes on the Street: Staten Island Express Bus is Great, But Expensive
There is a quick and pleasant way to get from Staten Island to Manhattan during the morning rush, but it comes with a high price tag.
January 22, 2019
UNFINE PRINT: Andrew Cuomo is the Latest to Wrongly Blame Bike Lanes for Congestion
Is Andrew Cuomo taking Whoopi Goldberg pills?
January 18, 2019
