Month: March 2022
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MARCH (PARKING) MADNESS 2022: Brooklyn’s 69th Takes on the 83rd in a Not-So-Nice Battle
What these precincts lack in disrespectful parking they more than make up for in hideous driving records. But which one should advance to the borough final? Vote now!
March 15, 2022
Media Reminds Us of Pete Alonso’s Great Stats — But Not the Deadly Stats of Road Violence
In Hillsborough County, there were 28,014 crashes in 2021, resulting in 18,965 injuries and 271 deaths — a staggeringly high number. But no one reported that.
March 14, 2022
SEE IT: The Deadliest Intersections in the United States
A law firm examined 20 years of fatal crash data, analyzing 159,394 fatal crashes that were designated as intersection-related. Less than 1 percent of U.S. intersections even had one fatal crash (147,000). And 1,828 had three or more fatal crashes — less than .01 percent. Check it out.
March 14, 2022
UPDATED: EYES ON THE STREET: Dereliction of Duty in the Heights and Inwood
How many trashed cars, vans and RVs can uptown neighborhoods take? DSNY and NYPD are inflicting an unnatural experiment on two low-income, Latino areas.
March 14, 2022
MARCH (PARKING) MADNESS: An Upper West Side Battle Pitting the 24th vs. Central Park
It's the fifth first-round battle in our annual contest, and the first to feature Manhattan precincts.
March 14, 2022
Monday’s Headlines: What to Tell Your Car- and Times-Loving Friends Edition
Our old man editor has an editorial about your friends who both revere the Times and the coming electric car revolution. Plus all the rest of the weekend's news.
March 14, 2022
The City Finally Has a Real Secure Bike Parking Pilot But Why Does It Need a Pilot?
Are we piloting around red tape or piloting into a ditch?
March 12, 2022
Clearing the Air: After Outcry, DEP Denies Polluters the Free Pass they Sought
"Unreasonable hardship has not been adequately shown," the agency told three would-be polluters.
March 11, 2022
Another Pedestrian — This Time a Kid — is Badly Wounded by a Driver in Bloody Year
A 12-year-old girl was run down and critically injured by the driver of a luxury sedan on Thursday — and the driver was not charged, police said.
March 11, 2022
Friday’s Headlines: From the Assignment Desk Edition
Today's a big day for sustainable transportation lovers. But before that, check out all the other news from yesterday.
March 11, 2022
