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This Year’s RAISE Grants Will Help Disadvantaged Communities

“This is a record amount,” said a U.S. DOT official, noting that last year, just 50 percent of RAISE funds went to underserved groups. This year, it's 70 percent.

July 3, 2023

Talking Headways Podcast: Local Budgets … In A Bad State

It's time to talk about fiscal crises in history and how they affect today's failure to fund infrastructure.

July 2, 2023

DOT Advances Fort Greene Bike Lane Over BAM Objections

DOT will break ground on the crucial new bike lane in July despite opposition from the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

June 30, 2023

DOT Seeks to Reduce Delivery Traffic and Package Theft with Lockers

DOT says that 90,000 packages every day are reported stolen or lost. Thieves are facilitated because many apartment buildings lack secure areas for holding packages. Could a locker system change that?

June 30, 2023

Paris Mayor Enters Fray Between E-Bikes and Pedestrians — By Fighting Drivers

Anne Hidalgo will help pedestrians feel safer not with a harsh crackdown on electric micromobility, but with a common-sense plan that includes taking more away space from drivers.

June 30, 2023

SEE IT: Streets Can Be So Much More than Car Sewers

Vital City asked architects and designers to re-envision concrete and pavement without cars. The results were awesome.

June 30, 2023

Study: Two-Thirds of Americans Know Highway Expansions Don’t Cure Traffic

American voters understand what "induced demand" is, even if their leaders do not.

June 29, 2023

Thursday’s Headlines: Election Shows Support for Open Streets Edition

You won't be surprised at our election spin, but the post-mortem is clear: old-school car enablers lost and open streets won.

June 29, 2023

Old Bikes + New Immigrants = Warm Welcome

Two dozen asylum-seekers — some of the city's newest and poorest residents — were given donated bikes yesterday as part of the "Asylum Seeker Bike Program" created by Bike New York and the Adams administration.

June 29, 2023