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Lower East Side Panel Joins Growing Chorus Against Tisch’s E-Bike Criminalization
Another New York neighborhood is calling for an end to the “disproportionate consequences” that e-bike users face under the NYPD’s sweeping crackdown.
July 24, 2025
Friday Video: Why NYC Needs ‘Low-Traffic Neighborhoods’
London's Church Street, like so many of our business corridors, was choking on cars — until the advent of the low-traffic neighborhood.
July 4, 2025
Chinatown Business Owners Who Drive to Work Say That Congestion Pricing is Bad
Shops in Lower Manhattan claim they're losing business in a survey full of hearsay.
March 10, 2025
Monday’s Headlines: ‘Unlicensed’ to Kill Edition
The horrific Fourth of July DWI vehicular killing of three pedestrians was a national story. Plus more news.
July 8, 2024
Eyes On The Street: Coastal Resiliency Causes Mess For Pedestrians and Cyclists
Unfortunately for cyclists and pedestrians, this situation won't be fixed until "at least 2026.”
April 30, 2024
WALK THIS WAY: NYPD Removes Some Barricades on Park Row
Some barricades are gone from the Civic Center security theater, but many still remain. And it's just plain wrong, locals say.
January 3, 2024
City Adds Another Moving Lane to Appease Car Drivers Near Williamsburg Bridge
Induced demand isn't just a theory — it's apparently a policy of the city Department of Transportation.
December 11, 2023
TRUMP ARRAIGNMENT SPECIAL: Bad Day for a President, Great Day for Cyclist in Lower Manhattan
All it took was the historic arraignment of a former President of the United States to get the NYPD and the state court system to keep the Centre Street bike lane clear.
April 4, 2023
State’s ‘Green Amendment’ Evoked in Lawsuit Against the Two Bridges Mega-Development
Will the court rule against urban development — which by definition is far more polluting than, say, an open field of trees — or rule in favor of it on the grounds that dense housing is better for the environment than sprawl?
November 22, 2022
Two More Miles of Open Streets Coming Tomorrow: Broadway, Lower East Side and 34th Ave. in Queens
"We're ready to go into higher gear," the mayor said on Wednesday, announcing just 1.9 more miles of open streets.
May 6, 2020
