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If any one group deserves an award for alerting officials about the danger of road violence, it is Families for Safe Streets.

LATEST LOBBYING: Advocates Pushing Street-Safety Bills in Albany

By Eve Kessler | Apr 9, 2021 | No Comments

Drive includes measures on reckless drivers, speed limits, speed cameras, alcohol-impaired driving, and driver education.

Thursday’s Headlines: 20,000th Citi Bike Edition

By Eve Kessler | Apr 8, 2021 | No Comments

The "blue wave" — that is, Citi Bike — reaches the farthest north neighborhood in Manhattan. Plus all the other news.

Family biking in Hoboken. Photo: City of Hoboken

EYES ON THE STREET: How Hoboken Has Eliminated Traffic Deaths

By Eve Kessler | Apr 6, 2021 | No Comments

The Mile Square City shows what can be accomplished when a municipality really focuses on the zero of Vision Zero — it has recorded no traffic fatalities for three straight years.

The bike lane on 61st Street and Madison Avenue at its inception last year. The Upper East Side Council District, now represented by Ben Kallos, is hotly contested. Photo: Liam Jeffries

Upper East Side Candidate Moscaritolo Wants Residential Parking Permits

By Eve Kessler | Apr 2, 2021 | No Comments

A controversial plank in an otherwise straight-ahead transportation platform.

The DOT's relaunched Open Streets program will offer "French barricades" — metal movable fences — as shown in this drawing. Image: DOT

Mayor: ‘Permanent’ Open Streets Program is Basically an Application Form, Not a Program

By Eve Kessler and Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 26, 2021 | No Comments

Mayor de Blasio revealed a few more details of what he meant by a "permanent" open streets program.

PASSED: City Council Establishes DOT Crash Investigation Unit

By Eve Kessler | Mar 25, 2021 | No Comments

Long-sought change supplants the NYPD's lead role in probes of road carnage.

Thursday’s Headlines: We’ll Believe It When We See It Edition

By Eve Kessler | Mar 25, 2021 | No Comments

In which we rag the mayor — again — for modeling 'SUV Socialism.' Plus all the other news.

The FDR Drive, looking south. The six-lane highway hosts thousands of polluting vehicles daily. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Upper East Side Candidate Julie Menin Aims To Rein in the FDR Drive

By Eve Kessler | Mar 22, 2021 | No Comments

An East Side council hopeful's transportation plan shows the safe-streets movement has penetrated the mainstream.

Thursday’s Headlines: MTA-Palooza Edition

By Eve Kessler | Mar 18, 2021 | No Comments

All the many angles reporters eked out of the monthly meeting. Plus other news.

Gov. Cuomo argued for federal stimulus money for the AirTrain last May.

Cuomo’s ‘Wrong Way AirTrain’ Boondoggle Moves Ahead

By Eve Kessler | Mar 16, 2021 | No Comments

The LaGuardia AirTrain gets a shot in the arm — but is it (and the governor) still relevant?

Route 17, pictured near Liberty. A local business-backed group wants to add a third lane to the road. Photo: P199 via https://commons.wikimedia.org

Boondoggle: ‘Transit Guy’ Chuck Schumer is Foolishly Supporting the Widening of NY Route 17, Locals Say

By Eve Kessler | Mar 15, 2021 | No Comments

Construction interests — and Sen. Schumer — want to add a lane to the Catskills artery. It's madness.

PARKING MADNESS 2021: A Bruising Battle in the Bronx

By Eve Kessler | Mar 12, 2021 | No Comments

Not to taint the jury pool, but the 52nd is really egregious.

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