Jesse Coburn

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Eric Adams is apparently winning the car vote. Photo: Jen Doyle (main)

ANALYSIS: City’s Most Car-Centric Neighborhoods are Supporting Eric Adams

By Jesse Coburn | Jun 7, 2021 | No Comments

In the 50 ZIP codes with the highest car ownership, Adams has received more campaign contributions than any other Democratic candidate, according to a Streetsblog analysis of campaign finance data and census estimates.

A SUV driver crashed into a coffee shop in Brooklyn in 2020, injuring a woman. It was one of tens of thousands of injury-producing crashes citywide last year. Photo: Waddie Grant via Instagram

DRIVING US MAD: Number of SUVs and Similar Cars is Up 21 Percent in NYC, TA Reveals

By Jesse Coburn | May 25, 2021 | No Comments

That’s bad news for pedestrians, cyclists and anyone who values safe streets.

Parts of Broadway will be opened up. Photo: Lauren Rushing

People to Feds: Design Streets Better!

By Jesse Coburn | May 24, 2021 | No Comments

A proposed revision of the Federal Highway Administration’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways generated unprecedented public interest.