Jersey City Mayor One-Ups New York Again With Truly Protected Bike Lanes
Mayor Steven Fulop said that only stronger physical barriers will keep cyclists safe.
October 7, 2021
EXCLUSIVE: Reckless Driver Who Killed Baby Apolline Took Driver ‘Accountability’ Course — But It Didn’t Change a Thing
Such "safe-driving" courses are seen by some as a model for changing the behavior of reckless drivers. But there is limited evidence they work — and certainly did not in the case of Tyrik Mott.
October 6, 2021
DOT (Finally) Moves Forward With Jamaica Busway, Announced in Mid-2020
The city has started installing a pair of long-delayed parallel busways in Downtown Jamaica, despite local pols’ objections that the agency is simultaneously doing too much and too little to help the neighborhood.
September 30, 2021
DOT Wants to Set Rules for Moped-Share Companies Like Revel and Lime
New rules are coming to make mopeds safer. Meanwhile, no new rules are coming to rein in tens of millions of miles of unregulated driving.
September 28, 2021
DOT Wants Cameras to Catch Bike-Lane Blockers (But Will Albany Allow It?)
Lights, camera ... get that cop out of my bike lane!
September 24, 2021
The Bike Parking Revolution is Growing … in New Jersey, Alas
Grand Central Terminal will get six secure bike-parking spots from Oonee — part of a large expansion that almost entirely focuses on New Jersey, the company said.
September 24, 2021
Mayor Issues ‘Gridlock Alert’ Days, But Driving Continues Unabated Because of Poor Policies: Advocates
Car drivers are basically ignoring the city's “Gridlock Alert” days for the UN General Assembly this week, and the mayor had nothing to say.
September 23, 2021
#StuckAtDOT: Six Years Later, City May Give Harlem Pedestrians Some Relief … On One Block
A six-year-old request for a sidewalk extension on a single Harlem block — where pedestrians sometimes outnumber cars three to one — looks like it is finally moving forward.
September 22, 2021
Mayor Says He Doesn’t Know Why the ‘Reckless Driver’ Law Isn’t Saving Kids from the Deadliest Drivers
It's like one hand doesn't know what the other hand isn't doing.
September 15, 2021
Who Failed Baby Apolline? Literally Everyone in Multiple Agencies in All Three Branches of Government
Failure has many fathers.
September 14, 2021
