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Opinion: DOT’s Flatbush Plan Is A Model For Fast Buses in the Heart of Brooklyn
The DOT commissioner, plus two top transit advocates, weigh in on the city's bus rapid transit plan.
September 24, 2025
OPINION: Here’s How to Bring Real Bus Rapid Transit to Flatbush Avenue
It is worth a little extra time and money to get this right.
September 17, 2025
What New York Can Learn from European Buses
Or better said, why the DOT and MTA should sweat the small stuff.
September 15, 2025
OPINION: DOT ‘Smart Curbs’ Pilot Deserves a Chance to Succeed
Compromising the project to protect free parking puts the interests of a tiny minority over systemic changes that would benefit everyone, says one activist.
September 11, 2025
KOMANOFF: Data Show South Bronx Isn’t Seeing Increased Traffic from Congestion Pricing
The central business district toll did not lead to a traffic influx in the South Bronx, our columnist reveals.
September 9, 2025
Opinion: Let’s Put a Real Busway on Atlantic Avenue
Yes, everyone is talking about the city's busway plans for Flatbush Avenue, but Brooklyn’s true corridor for bus rapid transit is its east-west spine.
September 9, 2025
OPINION: What Do You Call a Cyclist Who’s Been Hit By an E-Biker?
Much as our contributor hates to admit it, she thinks twice every time she gets on her bike since being hit by an e-bike.
August 19, 2025
NYC Could Have Its First Car-Free Neighborhood (But Won’t Get It Due To Revanchist Pols)
Creedmoor should not become just another mixed-use development, but, instead, become America’s next great neighborhood.
August 7, 2025
Komanoff: Data Show Time Loss from 15 MPH E-Bike Speed Cap is No Big Deal
A 15-mile-per-hour speed limit for motorized two-wheel devices — which e-bikes are — is eminently reasonable. And it doesn't cost much time at all, our columnist found.
August 1, 2025
Opinion: Jessica Tisch Must Get Creative About Traffic Enforcement
NYPD speed enforcement needs a revamp — fortunately the city’s own data point the way.
July 31, 2025
