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Cycling is Up, Car Trips are Down, De Blasio is Confused
Here's some fuzzy math: Cycling over the city's East River bridges continues to increase, while car traffic over the very same spans continues to fall — yet the de Blasio administration is doing nothing to add space for bike riders.
December 7, 2020
Friday’s Headlines: Prepare for Rain Edition
A group ride to demand safe cycling routes across Central Park will go with the rain date option: Sunday. Plus all the other news.
December 4, 2020
Report: City Needs to Do Lots of Legwork to be Hospitable to Electric Buses
It's not just plug-and-play. Officials need to do more work to secure the pollution-free transit future.
December 4, 2020
Senate ‘Skinny’ COVID Bill Leaves Mass Transit Starving
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators revealed a coronavirus compromise bill on Tuesday morning that provides less than half of what transit agencies need, an offer that advocates and transit agencies greeted with like being given a lump of coal on Christmas.
December 1, 2020
Bronx Cyclist Injuries Will Keep Rising Without Protected Bike Infrastructure, Advocates Say
If you don't build it, they will come — and get hurt.
December 1, 2020
A Year Later: Central Park is No Safer Than When Beloved Doctor Was Killed
One year after a cyclist was killed by a bus driver on one of Central Park's transverses, nothing has changed to make riding crosstown through the park safer, a flagrant disregard for the memory of the beloved doctor and a simple lack of ongoing concern for bike riders.
November 29, 2020
It’s Time for DOT to Create ‘Bike Boulevards’ — So What’s a Bike Boulevard?
In short, it's a quick, cheap and easy way to create a network of low-stress cycling routes.
November 22, 2020
License Revoked For Driver Who Killed 10-Year-Old Boy Last Year
The Department of Motor Vehicles has revoked the license of the driver who killed a 10-year-old boy waiting at a bus stop in Midwood last year, a driver whom Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez declined to prosecute.
November 17, 2020
MTA Prepares To Borrow $3B From Federal Reserve
The MTA Board is expected to approve a resolution that would allow the agency to borrow the maximum amount from the Municipal Liquidity Facility fund.
November 17, 2020
Monday’s Headlines: Day of Remembrance Edition
Once again, the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims came as the city finds itself in the midst of a blood tide of violence on our streets. That story, and more, by clicking the headline above.
November 16, 2020
