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Wednesday’s Headlines: What About Transportation Edition
Today, we circle back on an article in The City featuring 33 new Council members — only three of whom mention anything about transit or livable streets. What a shame. Plus other news.
January 5, 2022
OPINION: Let’s Make the Open Culture Program Permanent
November 3, 2021
Amid Multiple Investigations, NYPD Defends Its 311 Response at Council Hearing
City Council members voiced frustration with the NYPD's handling of 311 complaints about illegal parking at a hearing Tuesday, but police officials defended the department's efforts.
October 27, 2021
The 10 Best Ideas We Heard at Tuesday’s Epic ‘Vision Zero’ Hearing
...and it doesn't take much to implement them (except some courage).
October 26, 2021
Council Member Calls For Probe of Alleged 311 Harassment As Colleague Calls Dead-of-Night Calls from Cops ‘Inappropriate’
And meanwhile, Council Member Bob Holden told Streetsblog he has also been the victim of "inappropriate" calls from cops.
October 26, 2021
NYPD Ignores Council Request for Info on Allegedly Fraudulent 311 Responses
Council leaders had asked the NYPD to provide materials related to 14 311 service requests about illegal parking that police officers had marked as resolved despite never responding to the scenes of the infractions, according to council investigators.
October 25, 2021
Sanitation Dept. Urged to Get Garbage out of Pedestrians’ Way
Nineteen months after 'Clean Curbs" was announced with great fanfare, not a container has been sited anywhere. The next mayor ought to get cracking.
October 8, 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
Staten Island Dem Hopeful Wants to Keep Speed Cameras — And Spend the Revenue on Safety Improvements
Staten Island drivers hate speed cameras. But what if the money raised through reckless driving could directly fund street safety improvements?
August 11, 2021
OPINION: Streetside Dining Is the Future — And Here’s How To Do It Right
August 10, 2021
