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‘Flock Off’: Mass Surveillance Surge Jeopardizes Lifesaving Crash Reduction Strategy
A surveillance company’s controversial business model has made traffic enforcement look bad by association. The effects could cost hundreds of lives.
Poll: New Yorkers Want Safer Pedestrian Conditions … And They Vote
A new poll shows that politicians need to make more space for walking and biking.
Monday’s Headlines: Victory Lap Edition
Cyclists celebrated the completion of the first leg of the 31st Street protected bike lane in Astoria. Plus more news.
Update: Drivers Crash In Brooklyn, Injuring Three People Standing On A Sidewalk
The crash was at the corner of Park and Nostrand avenues on Sunday night.
Summer Bummer: Annual Car-Free Street Event Squeezed In NYPD ‘Overkill’
Attendees were stunned by the sheer number of police and their vehicles clogging many intersections — in what one cop called “overkill.”
The Few: Cops Wrote Just 32 Tickets to Drivers Blocking Bus And Bike Lanes Last Week
Across the more than 6,300 miles of roadway throughout New York City, the NYPD’s nearly 34,000 officers ticketed only 32 drivers for blocking bus and bike lanes between July 20 andt 26.
AG Tish James Issues Promised Consumer Alert on Illegal E-Motos
Purchasers and businesses will no longer be able to pretend that they didn’t know that these devices are illegal.
Quick Change: E-Moto Maker Altered Website After Fatal Crash
The company that sold the e-moto a 17-year-old was riding when he died in a traffic crash tried to change the online specs. Luckily, we have the receipts.
OPINION: U.S. Should Scale Autonomous Vehicles Thoughtfully, Not Slam the Brakes
Streetsblog is skeptical that AVs will move the needle on car dependence. But our recent coverage has spurred many AV boosters to demand equal time. So today, we present one such piece.
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Eyes on the Street: It Is Time For Kent Avenue To Be Car-Free
The Kent Avenue bike lane has become a victim of its own success, so we put some eyes on the street.
Friday’s Headlines: ‘Critical Parking’ for Cops Edition
A deputy mayor defended the inclusion of “critical parking” for cops in a planned affordable housing development. Plus more news.
Friday Video: Streetfilms on What Makes a Good ‘Neighborhood’ Street
Award-winning video journalist Clarence Eckerson Jr. revisits Donald Appleyard’s famous finding about livable streets as he turns his attention to one thing New York learned during the pandemic.
Attorney General James To Act On Illegal E-Motos After Latest Fatal Crash
The Attorney General will issue a consumer alert to combat illegal e-motos, Streetsblog has learned.
Q and A: New MTA Board Member Janette Sadik-Khan Yaps With Streetsblog
Mayor Mamdani’s newest MTA Board representative on what she hopes to bring to the transit discussion at 2 Broadway.
