Month: March 2022
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March (Parking) Madness: A David vs. Goliath Battle of Police Rudeness in Brooklyn
Today, we're turning to the Borough of Churches for some unholy parking by the 84th and the 69th precincts.
March 22, 2022
DOT Offers Three Proposals to Finally Improve Bus Service on Fordham Road
And two out of three ain't bad.
March 21, 2022
OPINION: The Cost of ‘Free’ Parking is Dirty Streets and Foul Air
Our policy of forcing cars to move for street cleaning has many hidden costs, most notably the environmental effects of trading clean streets for polluted air.
March 21, 2022
Monday’s Headlines: One Placard Abuser Gets Caught Edition
Wow, the police finally arrested a placard perp. Well, they got one! Plus all the other news from the weekend.
March 21, 2022
About That Safety Crackdown: NYPD Conducts Yet Another Tiny Enforcement Push
Mayor Adams's sole safe streets announcement so far in his administration — a promise to protect pedestrians with a "relentless" effort by the NYPD — is just the same old fake crackdown.
March 21, 2022
MARCH (PARKING) MADNESS: Two Queens Precincts that Are Simply Outrageous
Welcome to the borough finals in our annual contest looking at rogue police parking. In Queens, we have a rematch of last year's battle pitting the 110th vs. the 114th.
March 21, 2022
America’s Best Bus Stops Round 1: Bus Stop Behemoths
As we begin our quest to find America's best bus stop, we thought we'd bend the rules just a bit and take a look at bus stations — some of which serve a few other types of transit, too.
March 20, 2022
Friday’s Headlines: Let’s Go Zoom! Edition
Should online video streaming be a permanent feature of public meetings? Plus other news.
March 18, 2022
Study: Megacar Drivers Up to 4x More Likely to Hit Walkers While Turning
And researchers think it's because federal regulators aren't scrutinizing the common design features that make it impossible for megacar drivers to see walkers passing right in front of them.
March 18, 2022
INVESTIGATION: Whatever Happened to that Reckless Driver Who Totaled Brooklyn War Memorial?
Here's a deep dive on one single reckless driver with a singularly bad driving record who caused a single crash in Brooklyn — a story of civic dysfunction and basic lack of follow up.
March 18, 2022
