Month: October 2021
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Study: Police Killings of Civilians Undercounted By More Than Half
The number of people killed by police officers in the U.S. has been massively underreported in official statistics over the past four decades, with an additional 17,000 deaths over that period, according to our new research.
October 8, 2021
Safety Third! DOT Proposes Unsafe Bike Lanes in a ‘Priority’ District In Brooklyn
In central Brooklyn, the agency will bolster the neighborhood's existing painted lanes with ... more paint.
October 8, 2021
Sanitation Dept. Urged to Get Garbage out of Pedestrians’ Way
Nineteen months after 'Clean Curbs" was announced with great fanfare, not a container has been sited anywhere. The next mayor ought to get cracking.
October 8, 2021
Thursday’s Headlines: Go Play in Traffic Edition
You know the city is becoming unlivable when regular run-of-the-mill wags in the media start noticing how dismal the city is now. Meanwhile, an Assembly Member ran into traffic to avoid a reporter. Plus all the other news.
October 7, 2021
DOT ‘Cycling in the City’ Report Confirms 2020 Bike Boom Really Happened
But the big question: Will it lead to massive redistribution of limited road space?
October 7, 2021
Jersey City Mayor One-Ups New York Again With Truly Protected Bike Lanes
Mayor Steven Fulop said that only stronger physical barriers will keep cyclists safe.
October 7, 2021
It’s an Open Plans Grand Slam as Congestion Pricing Zone Hearings End
Open Plans, the city's newly emerging civic group devoted to livable streets issues (and, full disclosure, the parent company of Streetsblog), sent four activists to testify. Here's what they said...
October 6, 2021
DOT’s ‘Vision Zero Partner’ Dermot Shea is More Afraid of Bikes Than Cars — Despite His Own Agency’s Data
He's the Vision Zero partner with zero vision.
October 6, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: Rich Manhattanites Aren’t the Problem (Just Ask Them!)
Every time there's another bitch session about congestion pricing, the narrative hardens: Every person who drives a car thinks everyone else is the reason Manhattan is such a traffic-choked, sclerotic, pollution-filled mess. Our cartoonist begs to differ.
October 6, 2021
Wednesday’s Headlines: Impounding the Pavement Edition
The MTA really showed up the city by impounding a car belonging to a recidivist scofflaw. Plus other news.
October 6, 2021
