Month: October 2021
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Drivers, Pedestrians are Already Trashing the Brooklyn Bridge Bike Path
The newly opened Brooklyn Bridge bike path is being defiled with garbage that's either cascading down from the pedestrian path or tossed by drivers over the short fence from the car lanes. But DOT is on it!
October 22, 2021
IGNORED, DISMISSED: How the NYPD Neglects 311 Complaints about Driver Misconduct
NYPD cops now close out thousands of 311 complaints about driver misconduct in mere minutes, contributing to a culture of lawlessness on city streets, a Streetsblog investigation into more than 26 million 311 complaints shows.
October 21, 2021
Thursday’s Headlines: Chewing the Fat with Marty Edition
When a guy sends you hate mail, but offers to take you to a Mets game, you listen. Plus other news.
October 21, 2021
DOT Punts Long-Delayed Fifth Avenue Project to Next Mayor
A busway and a protected bike lane are on hold until after the holidays. Is the city taking its cues from the New York Post?
October 20, 2021
New ‘Induced Demand’ Calculator Shows Exactly How Much Driving Your City’s Highway Expansion Will Cause
A new calculator shows the real impacts of proposed highway expansions in their communities — and the experts behind the project hope that transportation agencies will someday be required to use it, too.
October 20, 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
Wednesday’s Headlines: Eric Adams is On a Roll Edition
The big story yesterday was that Eric Adams had grabbed the coveted (er, entirely expected) endorsement of StreetsPAC, the city's only political action committee devoted to safe streets. Plus other news.
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
