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Transportation Professionals Saw Elon Musk’s Lies and Disdain for the Public Firsthand
Just ask anyone in Chicago.
Steven Higashide
April 7, 2025
A Faster Future: Unbreaking Passenger Rail to Deliver the Rapid Service We Need
A report released Wednesday by the Marron Institute at New York University offers ways to break the intercity rail logjam in America.
March 31, 2025
Gov. Hochul Could Transform Our City with Parking Reform
Here's another take on why residential parking permits might be a good thing.
February 20, 2025
Opinion: Weakening Injury Insurance Coverage for Cabbies Will Harm Victims of Road Violence
A victim of road violence talks about her experience with insufficient liability insurance coverage.
February 12, 2025
Memo to Mayor Adams: Reliable Buses Start with You
Congestion pricing’s success and legacy depends on improving bus service. Mayor Adams must act.
February 4, 2025
OPINION: Candidates Must Pledge to Strengthen ‘City of Yes’ to End Parking Mandates
Anyone not supporting the elimination of parking mandates is only perpetuating our city's housing crisis, says this planning expert.
January 27, 2025
OPINION: Slow Down on Our Bike Paths!
Our bike lanes have become what social critic Ivan Illich once defined as degraded public space. Here's one possible fix.
January 24, 2025
ESSAY: A Brush With Danger Made Me Exhibit A in My Fight for Better Bike Lanes in Brooklyn
I was cycling home on Henry Street in Brooklyn on Dec. 20 when I became Exhibit A in my campaign for protected bike lanes in Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens.
January 9, 2025
OPINION: Can Regional Governance Break New York Out of Its Constant State of Transit Emergency?
The New York region needs to fundamentally change the way it governs its transit system, our contributor writes.
December 20, 2024
Op-Ed: Council E-Bike Registration Bill Is Impossible to Enforce, Unnecessary … and Won’t Even Work
It sounds common-sense: register electric bikes just like cars. But there are so many flaws to this Council bill. Let us set you straight.
December 10, 2024
