Will This Be the Year When DOT Finally Legalizes Key Pro-Cycling Rules?
The city Department of Transportation is once again claiming it will tweak its rules to promote cycling and make it safer by allowing bike riders to glide through stop signs or through red lights at certain intersections — a failed effort that goes back many, many years.
May 24, 2023
AG James Won’t Charge Reckless Cops Who Struck and Killed Ronald Smith With a Speeding Police Van
"My family is outraged," said Julie Floyd, the sister of victim Ronald Smith. "It's ridiculous what these people can get away with."
May 23, 2023
#TempTagTuesday: Pits from the Peachtree State
How easy is it to get a Georgia fake temp tag? I just purchased one in the name of the state's top motor vehicle official Frank O'Connell! Yes, it's the last edition of Temp Tag Tuesday.
May 23, 2023
Upper West Side Pedestrian Dies from Injuries Caused by Reckless Van Driver
The Upper West Side pedestrian struck by a van driver last week in what one cop called "an accident" has died from his wounds, police said on Thursday.
May 18, 2023
Killer of Beloved Williamsburg Teacher Shows No Remorse as He’s Sent Away … for Just Six Months
Driver Tariq Witherspoon declined to address his victim's family, which had filled the courtroom and only minutes earlier had vented their anger at the killer driver.
May 17, 2023
Advocates: City Must Make E-Mobility Safer and More Widespread — And Here’s How To Do It
The bike boom is now going vroom, vroom.
May 17, 2023
Temp Tag Tuesday: Ron DeSantis Now Has a Fake License Plate (Courtesy of Lib’ral Ol’ Me!)
There's some shady stuff going on in the Sunshine State — now I have a fake temporary tag from Florida.
May 16, 2023
Citi Bike Ridership Numbers Hit New Weekly Record
The number of rides is up 30 percent from the 671,000-plus rides from the same May 7-13 period last year.
May 15, 2023
Study: Electric Vehicle Pollution Reductions Accrue Mostly to the Rich
OK, the study was from California, but similar results are popping up all over. The EV revolution isn't about equity.
May 10, 2023
Temp Tag Tuesday: Hey, Governor, I Have Your Illegal Fraud License Plate Right Here!
The governor of Maryland is now the proud owner of a completely fraudulent temp tag — and he doesn't even know it.
May 9, 2023