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Op-Ed: Vermont’s Lessons for Controlling Emissions
An agency that was built to discourage electric use shows how the best, greenest vehicle mile is the one not travelled.
November 2, 2021
OPINION: Connecting Cyclists and E-Scooter Users With the MTA
The authority could do much — right now and fairly cheaply — to help active-transportation users make first/last mile connections with transit.
October 29, 2021
Opinion: DOT’s Traffic Engineering Division is Hostile to Street Safety
Why do engineers at the city Department of Transportation design bad roads? Because their only metric is car throughput. That has to change.
October 25, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: You Are the Traffic
Clearly, our cartoonist is sick of drivers complaining about bike lanes (that they mostly park in or drive over) as the source of all the congestion and aggressive driving around town.
October 20, 2021
OPINION: NYC Needs an Inter-Borough Bike Highway
Unused railway tracks must be recycled to serve the community by serving cyclists.
October 20, 2021
Vision Zero Cities Op-Ed: Lessons from Britain’s ‘School Streets’
How London learned to keep children safe and healthier by restricting cars.
October 20, 2021
Vision Zero Cities Op-Ed: How To Manage a City of Eight Million
New York needs a 'director of the public realm,' argue officials at two important municipal not-for-profits.
October 19, 2021
Vision Zero Cities Op-Ed: New York Needs SUV Ratings — Now
The assault vehicles killing our children and seniors require a warning label, argues State Sen. Andrew Gounardes.
October 18, 2021
Vision Zero Cities Op-Ed: Cheap, Rapid, and in Our Control
How cities are making streets safe more quickly and easily than ever before.
October 16, 2021
Vision Zero Cities Op-Ed: How Berkeley Is De-Policing Traffic Enforcement
Consistent with Vision Zero principles, we want to ensure all street users feel and are safe from harm while in public space. To achieve this vision we have a duty to work to end police violence associated with traffic enforcement.
October 16, 2021
