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Post-COVID, A New ‘Office of Public Space Management’ Could Efficiently Fix the Current Mess
To address the indignities of our streetscape, we need to provide better service at a lower cost and change how we value our streets. Streets are not just conduits for traffic. Streets are places for people.
June 11, 2020
Trek Bicycles Declines To Divest From NYPD Despite ‘Abhorrent’ Use of Bikes Against Protesters
The company that sells bicycles to the NYPD has refused activists' demands that it divest from its relationship with a brutal department.
June 10, 2020
Regular Transit Riders Say More Service Is Key To COVID Safety
Frequent trains and buses are seen as crucial for social distancing, according to the Tri-State Transportation Campaign.
June 10, 2020
‘It’s Not Your Bike Anymore’: Police Swipe Bikes at Black Lives Matter March
Cops aggressively swiped protestors’ and reporters’ bikes during a peaceful protest Wednesday night in Brooklyn — which is illegal.
June 4, 2020
White Privilege on the Upper West Side: Board Condemns Police Brutality — Then Calls for More Cops!
A community board in the predominantly white Upper West Side says it supports the Black Lives Matter movement — then calls for more enforcement by the NYPD, which disproportionately targets blacks.
June 4, 2020
ANALYSIS: Growing SUV Carnage Shows Need for Tougher Policies
Rising crash injuries and basically flat traffic deaths point to the shortcomings of Vision Zero. And data from Crashmapper shows the dangers of SUVs.
June 4, 2020
MTA Announces Return To ‘Regular Service’ During Open Letter War With Mayor
Full service? Only if you consider 20-hour-a-day service "full."
June 3, 2020
NYPD: Pedestrian In ‘Serious Condition’ After Getting Hit By Central Park Cyclist
A woman was seriously injured after a cyclist struck her in Central Park on Tuesday morning, police said.
June 2, 2020
Everyone to Mayor: We Need 40 Miles of Dedicated Bus Lanes Now
It's the busway or the highway — and that's the problem.
May 28, 2020
Mayor’s ‘Open Streets’ Leave Out Neighborhoods That Need It Most
A map created by the Trust for Public Land reinforces the inequitable distribution of open streets so far.
May 21, 2020
