Eve Kessler

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A police placard. Placards are routinely abused by NYPD officers, who use them to park their personal vehicles illegally near their jobs at precints.

Entitled Cops’ Car-Culture ‘Lifestyle’ on Display in Brooklyn

By Eve Kessler | Jul 19, 2019 | 24 Comments

A note from the 68th Precinct excuses illegal parking because "public transportation [is] not a feasible option for their lifestyle."

A cyclist going downhill on the Hudson Greenway bike bypass confronts a driver on a Parks Department-only path at 79th Street. The offending dumpster, which apparently had already been moved out of the path, is on the right. Photo: Ken Coughlin

Eyes on the Street: Fresh Hazards for Riverside Park Bike Bypass

By Eve Kessler and Vivian Lipson | Jul 15, 2019 | 22 Comments

The Parks Department is protecting pedestrians by sending cyclists up and down a steep, confusing path — and watch out for that Dumpster!

A rendering from the city's East Side Coastal Resiliency plan shows the East River waterfront. The plan has evoked controversy among local residents for proposing to close the park for nearly four years.

Manhattan Beep Stalls Plans for Lower East Side ‘Resiliency’ Project

By Eve Kessler | Jul 10, 2019 | 7 Comments

Locals are concerned, among other things, about its effect on a riverside bike path.

A thousand cyclists lay down with their bikes in Washington Square Park in order to protest the traffic violence that has killed 15 cyclists so far this year.

Washington Square Park Die-In: Team Coverage

By Eve Kessler, Dave Colon and Julianne Cuba | Jul 9, 2019 | 35 Comments

Streetsblog reporters bring you pictures and commentary from the TransAlt mass action.

NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill appeared rattled when repeatedly questioned about an officer who used deadly force with his squad car to stop a cyclist who had run several red lights. Photo: Mayor's Office

O’Neill: Cops Can Use Deadly Force Against Cyclists

By Eve Kessler | Jul 8, 2019 | 109 Comments

A prickly Commissioner James O'Neill defends the cop who used a police SUV to cut off a cyclist in Manhattan.

The city is being sued to block a protected bike lane on Central Park West — where Madison Lyden was killed last year. Photo: David Meyer

CPW Gets Protected Bike Lane (Yay!) And Loses 400 Parking Spaces (Yay!)

By Eve Kessler | Jun 12, 2019 | 48 Comments

It’s a pretty sizable win in the ongoing war against cars.

DOT's redesign of the 79th Street rotunda omits protection for people attempting to access the country's most popular bike path. Image: DOT

Manhattan Board Rejects DOT Rotunda Plan

By Eve Kessler | Jun 5, 2019 | 4 Comments

The Department of Transportation must go back to the drawing board with its controversial $200-million redesign of the 79th Street rotunda because the current proposal remains unsafe for cyclists, a Manhattan community board voted on Tuesday night. Community Board 7 resolved Tuesday night to “disapprove” of DOT’s plan for the Robert Moses-built, 70-year-old structure that […]

The painted right-turn lane DOT installed after the death of three-year-old Emur Shavkator.

DOT Promises Traffic Light at Fatal Brooklyn Intersection

By Eve Kessler | Jun 5, 2019 | 28 Comments

But Council Member Mark Treyger says he's still "furious" at the department.

Council Speaker Corey Johnson defended his call for mayoral control of the MTA. Photo: Jeff Reed

Budget Watchdog: Mayoral Control of MTA Would Be ‘Miserable’

By Eve Kessler | May 16, 2019 | 12 Comments

But Corey Johnson doubles-down on his call for city control of the transit system in an exciting Hunter College panel on Wednesday night.