Month: October 2021
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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
Monday’s Headlines: A Very Busy Weekend to Recap Edition
It was a very busy weekend for news, so let's get right to it.
October 25, 2021
NYPD Ignores Council Request for Info on Allegedly Fraudulent 311 Responses
Council leaders had asked the NYPD to provide materials related to 14 311 service requests about illegal parking that police officers had marked as resolved despite never responding to the scenes of the infractions, according to council investigators.
October 25, 2021
DOT Design for Permanent 34th Avenue Open Street ‘Fails,’ Say Linear Park Supporters
This gold standard needs some polish.
October 25, 2021
Youth to City: Give Us Better Bike Infrastructure Now
"We are the future of the city," said Stuyvesant senior Oscar Fishman. "And we want politicians to know that we demand, we're not asking, we're demanding better bike infrastructure, and we need it now."
October 24, 2021
HOT TAKES: Four Views on Why Electric Trucks Won’t Save Us
We are being sold a bill of goods, four authors argue.
October 24, 2021
FRANTIC ATLANTIC: Another Pedestrian Killed on Deadly Brooklyn Speedway
For the second time in as many weeks, a pedestrian has been killed by a hit-and-run driver along a notorious speedway in the heart of Brooklyn that the city has done nothing to remedy.
October 23, 2021
Op-Ed: The Troubling Tie Between Big Cars and Pedestrian Deaths
A recent study added to the mountain of evidence that SUVs are worsening America's pedestrian death crisis. Eric Jaffe explores what to do about it.
October 23, 2021
VAXIN8D? OK, Fine, But This Driver is Still Cause for Concern
He's vaccinated, but he's still a jerk.
October 22, 2021
Friday’s Headlines: ‘Propaganda of the Day’ Edition
Glossing over the real issues, the NYPD tries a soft touch on race. Plus, all the other news.
October 22, 2021
