streetsblog-nyc-logo-alt

streetsblog-nyc-logo-dark

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

Awesome Categories

Streetsblog Basics

Streetsblog Network

Top Categories

Covering the fight for sustainable cities

streetsblog-nyc-logo

Streetsblog New York City

Donate to Streetsblog

SB NYC Initials 16-9 crop

Support Streetsblog

Joe Tedeschi is a Manhattan resident and flaneur who lives in the Chinatown area.

tedeschi headshot 2

Joseph Tedeschi

tedeschi civilian enforcement with money

enforcement

Civilian Enforcement: A Get-Rich-Quick Scheme That Also Makes the City Safer

Kea Wilson has more than a dozen years of experience as a writer telling emotional, urgent and actionable stories that motivate average Americans to get involved in making their cities better places. She is also a novelist, cyclist, and affordable housing advocate. She previously worked at Strong Towns, and currently lives in St. Louis, MO. Kea can be reached at <a href="mailto:kea@streetsblog.org">kea@streetsblog.org</a> or on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/streetsblogkea">@streetsblogkea</a>.

Kea-wilson-headshot square

Kea Wilson

clem-onojeghuo-4IjVzYsgg8I-unsplash-e1669071022373

Automated Enforcement

Should People Be Able to Issue Their Neighbors Traffic Fines?

Rachel Witt

Walking-down-SG-with-crash

Opinion: Cars Do More Damage to Business Districts Than Local Officials Admit

Email Eve Kessler at <a href="mailto:eve@streetsblog.org">eve@streetsblog.org</a>

Eve Kessler

DSNY-Impound-with garbage

Department of Sanitation

Analysis: City is Much Better Seizing Cars from Illegal Dumpers than Reckless Drivers

Hit-and-Run-Bike-in-Rearview

Car crashes

Three Reasons So Many Drivers Leave Pedestrians and Bicyclists to Die

No-bikes-on-sidewalk-bicycling-

Bicycling

Three Common Types of Bike Laws That Are Overdue for an Overhaul

Kevin Parker

NYPD-BK

OPINION: NYPD Officers Must Live in the City They Serve Rather Than Being an ‘Occupying Force’

speed-camera

ANALYSIS: When Speed Cameras Are Racist

Screen-Shot-2021-09-17-at-1.31.19-PM

America's Most Toxic Car Ad

America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: Greenwashing Edition

State-trooper-traffic-stop

STUDY: Police Stops Don’t Reduce Car Crashes