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‘Department of Enabling Polluters’: Clean Air Activists Slam Weakening of Idling Rule

"It's like a no-peeing section in a pool," one parent said.

March 8, 2024

Cyclists Keep Crashing On the Narrow Queensboro Bridge Path: Data

New data indicate that most crashes happen because it's so narrow.

March 8, 2024

Thursday’s Headlines: Blank Checks Edition

The big news on Wednesday was a real restriction on freedom of movement in the supposed name of battling crime. Plus other news.

March 7, 2024

KOMANOFF: Mayor Adams Touts a Clean-Air Win that Hasn’t Happened

Here's what the TLC ― and the mayor ― overlooked when they decided to let thousands more Ubers and Lyfts onto our teeming, weary streets.

March 7, 2024

Money Problems: Brooklyn’s Fifth Ave. Open Street Loses Sponsor, While Vanderbilt Gets Trimmed

Even in two tony Brooklyn neighborhoods, a shortage of cash has left open streets struggling.

March 7, 2024

Ten Community Boards Back Parking Ban at Corners for Safety

Will the city listen to the growing push to stop exempting itself from state law?

March 6, 2024

Pedestrian Killed By Hit-and-Run Driver on Canal: Cops

A Chinatown pedestrian was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver early on Wednesday on the notoriously dangerous Canal Street.

March 6, 2024

Wednesday’s Headlines: Twisted Statistics Edition

Cyclist deaths hit a 23-year high in 2023 — but if you ask the New York Times, that grim statistic comes with a big asterisk. Plus more news.

March 6, 2024

Why We Care About Some Transportation Tragedies More Than Others

Why do we respond to major transportation disasters with so much urgency — and why don't we count our collective car crash epidemic among them?

March 6, 2024