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An Open Letter To DOT Commissioner Rodriguez on Eve of #FixCanal Workshop
An architect sets us up for tonight's Canal Street workshop.
March 7, 2022
New City Hall Climate Teams Must Focus On Transportation Emissions Reductions, Advocates Say
What does Mayor Adams’s new climate office mean for the main challenges: reducing car ownership and overturning years of environmental racism?
February 2, 2022
Vision Zero Cities Op-Ed: Lessons from Britain’s ‘School Streets’
How London learned to keep children safe and healthier by restricting cars.
October 20, 2021
Vision Zero Cities Op-Ed: How To Manage a City of Eight Million
New York needs a 'director of the public realm,' argue officials at two important municipal not-for-profits.
October 19, 2021
Vision Zero Cities Op-Ed: Cheap, Rapid, and in Our Control
How cities are making streets safe more quickly and easily than ever before.
October 16, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: The Feminist City
Talking to the author of "Feminist City" about how our public spaces could transform our society for the better — and even improve our friendships.
August 20, 2021
Here’s Your Big Chance To Guide The Streets Master Plan
Uncle DOT wants YOU ... to fight for street safety. So fill out the Streets Master Plan survey!
July 7, 2021
#StuckAtDOT: The Case of the Missing Crosswalk
A block in Astoria with a playground and a school lacks crucial pedestrian infrastructure. Why?
May 24, 2021
OPINION: The Time To Cap the Cross Bronx Is Now
President Biden's infrastructure bill creates an opening for rectifying a deadly historical wrong.
April 23, 2021
DECISION 2021: How Should the Next Mayor Move the City Beyond Vision Zero?
It's the final chapter of our seven-part series on the mayoral candidates.
December 22, 2020