Red Light Runner Who Killed Cyclist in Midwood Charged With Drugged Driving
The driver who ran a red light and killed a cyclist in Midwood last night has been charged for driving while impaired by drugs. It's not clear yet whether NYPD and DA Ken Thompson will file additional charges.
May 10, 2016
All of DOT’s Bike Metrics Should Be Published on NYC’s Open Data Portal
Biking in New York City has been rising at a steady clip, according to a new report from NYC DOT, increasing about 50 percent between 2010 and 2014 -- maybe more, depending on the metric you look at. What's not so clear is how things changed in 2015, because the report lacks key information about bike traffic on the Hudson River Greenway.
May 6, 2016
Thank God for Jane Jacobs the Highway Slayer
Jane Jacobs' legacy is so broad and complex I'm not going to attempt a big thinkpiece to mark her 100th birthday. In lieu of something long and wordy, I've got two short paragraphs and some images of the Robert Moses road monsters she slew in the 1960s.
May 4, 2016
After Countings Cars for Ages, Dallas Starts to Count Walkers and Bikers
They say "what you measure is what you get," and for the first time, the North Central Texas Council of Governments is measuring walking and biking activity in the Dallas region, reports Brandon Formby at the Dallas Morning News' Transportation Blog.
May 2, 2016