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OPINION: Let’s Fix These Killer ‘Signalized Sidewalks’
A flawed intersection design helped lead to the traffic death of a toddler on Staten Island. Here's what we must do — and which intersections around the city to avoid.
December 7, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: How DOT Spends its Limited Resources
Why doesn't the city have the resources to do the job right? Our national treasure cartoonist has one theory: the resources are being wasted.
December 6, 2021
OPINION: City DOT Must Do More To Fix Atlantic Avenue
Being a pedestrian or cyclist rather than a driver should not mean you are more likely to lose your life.
December 2, 2021
OPINION: Cars Are Killing Us (Says a Former City DOT Official!)
We let their production dominate our economies without a thought of how private car ownership would affect our living spaces.
November 30, 2021
OPINION: New Yorkers Deserve Trash-Free Sidewalks
November 26, 2021
Opinion: Why Sharrows are Bullshit!
The former editor-in-chief of Bicycling Magazine weighs in on why the only good bike lane is a real bike lane.
November 22, 2021
Opinion: The City’s Bike Lanes Need More Protection Than Flimsy Flex Posts
The Crescent Street bike lane, for all its successes, has some real flaws.
November 16, 2021
OPINION: How Family Rides Turned a ‘Bike Dad’ Into an Activist
November 9, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: The Symbolic End to De Blasio’s Vision Zero
Our national treasure cartoonist only wants to highlight the ignominy of de Blasio's decision on Fifth Avenue — one that came after he had already watered down the project.
November 3, 2021
OPINION: Let’s Make the Open Culture Program Permanent
November 3, 2021
