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Two Scooter Companies Claim They Have the Tech to Stop Sidewalk Parking
Two e-scooter-share companies, Bird and Lime, unveiled new tech for combatting the single-biggest complaint about scooters: riders who leave them all over the sidewalk.
May 11, 2022
Brooklyn Pols: Fix Grand Army Plaza and Make it Safer
The letter by Council Members Crystal Hudson and Shahana Hanif said the DOT needs to build on work it has already done.
May 11, 2022
OPINION: It’s Time To Mandate Composting Citywide
Small waste programs in underserved Brooklyn neighborhoods show it can be done, argues the Council's Sanitation Committee chairwoman.
May 5, 2022
Bronx Scooter Share Has Been a Huge Success, DOT Says as Phase II Prepares to Launch
Hundreds of thousands of rides and no fatalities or even serious injuries.
April 27, 2022
OPINION: Swap Out Car Lanes for a Center-Running Bus Lane, Better Bike Facilities on Queens Boulevard
Here's a better way to fix of the 'Boulevard of Death' than the DOT has yet proposed.
April 26, 2022
Will Double-Parked Truck Driver Be charged for Causing Fatal Moped Crash? Cops Won’t Say
A fatal crash in Brooklyn caused by a double-parked delivery truck may not have even resulted in a simple ticket for the truck driver.
April 21, 2022
Battery Park City Residents Don’t Want South End Avenue Safety Redesign
Safety and cycling — what could be worse for a neighborhood that will be one of the first to be submerged if the world doesn't arrest climate change?
April 20, 2022
Study Says Fresh Direct Warehouse Brought More Auto Traffic to the South Bronx
Fresh Direct doesn't mean fresh air.
April 13, 2022
City DOT Still Mum on Long-Delayed Fifth Avenue Busway
The busway is still dead in the water, even as bus speeds sink back to pre-pandemic levels and as busways in other boroughs are proving successful.
April 8, 2022
