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State Senate Overwhelmingly Supports 24/7 Speed Cameras for the City
Now it's on to the Assembly.
June 1, 2022
Tuesday’s Headlines: It’s Definitely Not Monday Edition
These long, languorous, stay-in-New-York-City-because-it's-awesome-when-all-the-cars-leave weekends can really wear you out and confuse you. So let's remember, it's Tuesday, and here's the news:
May 31, 2022
Memorial Day Headlines are No Headlines at All
The staff of Streetsblog join all Americans in honoring and mourning all those who have been taken from us through violence, war or other human failure today and every day. We'll be back tomorrow with our normal news digest.
May 30, 2022
We Need More — And Better — E-Bike Incentive Programs Across America
Nonetheless, e-bike incentives still aren't an easy sell among the groups that are best poised to create them.
May 24, 2022
Thursday’s Headlines: We Want to Party with You, Cowboy
And now a word from our sponsors... Plus all the other news.
May 19, 2022
Not Just Albany: Council Members Also Wary on Speed Cameras … Unless Mayor Allocates Money to their Districts
Mayor Adams is facing a mini revolt in the East Wing of City Hall, where some Council members want speed camera money spent in their districts.
May 16, 2022
Let’s Face It, ‘Home Rule’ on Speed Cameras is Dead — Blame Focuses on City Hall
Mayor Adams will not get what he claims he wants from the state legislature this year — city control of the speed- and red-light camera programs — a devastating blow to advocates' dream of no longer having to beg Albany to reauthorize the life-saving system every few years.
May 11, 2022
Tuesday’s Headlines: God Save the NY Times Edition
When it comes to coverage of transportation issues in the city that bears its name, the New York Times is just an infuriating mess. Plus other news.
May 3, 2022
City Launches a New Vision Zero Billboard Campaign — With Little Proof that Such Things Work
The mayor decides to spend $4 million on public education — money that one activist called "a waste" and whose utility the Department of Transportation could not provide.
May 3, 2022
Friday’s Headlines: Streetsblog Gets Action Edition
We finally got the NYPD to remove a long-abandoned neighborhood eyesore in Flatbush. Plus all the other news from yesterday.
April 29, 2022
