NYPD Seized 247 E-Bikes, Saving Zero Lives
E-bikes are not going anywhere. The city should be working on a strategy to safely integrate them into the transportation system, instead of pursuing this punitive approach.
March 24, 2017
Here’s the DOT Plan to Make the Bronx Side of the Madison Ave Bridge Less Terrifying
A stretch of 138th Street linking the Bronx to Manhattan is in line for walking and biking improvements from DOT.
March 23, 2017
Time for de Blasio to Make 111th Street Safer Without Waiting for James Lisa and Queens CB 4
City Hall can move ahead with the redesign without a community board vote in favor. It's simply cruel to keep in place dangerous crossings with high-speed traffic when a better design is ready to go and so many people have campaigned for safer conditions for so long.
March 22, 2017
De Blasio Previews His 2017 Street Safety Agenda
To ring in the spring construction season, Mayor de Blasio previewed City Hall's street safety priorities in the year ahead. De Blasio noted that to date, the city has relied on $100 million in federal funds for Vision Zero projects, and that the Trump administration's federal budget outline could slow the pace of street redesigns.
March 21, 2017
MTA Has Good Ideas, But No Plan, to Turn Around NYC Bus Service
If the first step to better citywide bus service is admitting that NYC has a problem, yesterday's MTA Board meeting was a breakthrough.
March 21, 2017
As Fares Rise, Advocates Press City Hall for MetroCard Relief for Low-Income New Yorkers
As MTA fares went up yesterday, straphangers and elected officials rallied outside Atlantic Terminal yesterday to bring them down for low-income New Yorkers. The "Fair Fares" coalition is calling on Mayor de Blasio to fund half-priced MetroCards for the 800,000 New Yorkers living below the federal poverty line.
March 20, 2017
Sunday: Rally for Fair Fares With the Riders Alliance
More than two-thirds of the City Council has signed on to the Fair Fares campaign since it launched a year ago. But Mayor de Blasio declined to include the $212 million needed for the program in his preliminary Fiscal Year 2018 budget.
March 17, 2017
Behold the Worst-Plowed Bike Lane in New York
It's been three days since Stella dropped its wintry precipitation on the city, but the protected bike lane on Grand Street in Manhattan remains unusable beneath three-foot mounds of snow.
March 17, 2017
DOT Is Getting Serious About Protected Bike Lanes for 4th Avenue
DOT will present a redesign for Brooklyn's 4th Avenue with protected bike lanes from 65th Street to Dean Street. It's an important shift from earlier plans that called for casting the current street design in concrete without adding bike infrastructure.
March 16, 2017
18 Council Members Call for Bolder Street Redesigns From de Blasio and DOT
The de Blasio administration is missing opportunities to make progress on its Vision Zero street safety goals, say advocates, and so far 18 City Council members have signed on to their campaign for a bolder approach from City Hall and DOT.
March 16, 2017
