Before Enrique Peñalosa took over as Mayor of Bogotá, Colombia, this thriving downtown plaza was a decrepit, crime-ridden, traffic-congested slum. Peñalosa cleared out the old shacks, banned private motor vehicles, launched the Transmilenio bus service, created the plaza, and returned this public space to his city's people. Granted, the neighborhood pictured above clearly lacks the First World "vibrancy" that we boast of here in New York City, but it seems pleasant enough, no?
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Police brass are refusing to implement a major reform recommended by city probers earlier this year. And the agency won't say why.
From thousands of pandemic-era eateries to perhaps just a few hundred, thanks to a seasonal, not year-round, program.
They're called "unprotected" for a reason.
Curing our government of its ills does not require a lot of money but rather executive leadership and political courage.
So many crashes on Ocean Parkway. Yet things don't really change. Plus other news.
The longtime critic of street safety measures demanded action — but her proposed solution, speed bumps, wouldn't make much of a difference.
