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CYCLE OF RAGE: The Human Cost of ‘Criminal Mischief’
Don't tell these people that plate defacing is a victimless crime.
February 17, 2023
Pols and Advocates Demand City Crack Down on Last-Mile Facilities
Pols and advocates seeking to rein in the “last-mile” distribution facilities that are proliferating in low-income communities of color demanded — again — on Thursday that the city crack down on the gas-guzzling trucks ruining their neighborhoods.
February 16, 2023
Opinion: DOT’s Delancey Street Median Plan Should Just Be the Start of Major Improvements
Delancey Street is far from the only street that would benefit from an Allen Street-type makeover.
February 15, 2023
Adams Administration’s Bus Lane Shortcomings Are Worse Than We Originally Thought
The city's failure to make life better for bus riders is worse than you knew.
February 15, 2023
DOT to Council: Don’t Ask Us To Do More After We Failed to What You Mandated Us To Do Last Year
The Department of Transportation rejected an entire slate of City Council bills on the grounds that the proposed legislation doesn't help the agency do better this year on its safety goals.
February 14, 2023
From the Assignment Desk: Open Plans Helps Get You Ready for Tuesday’s Council ‘Vision Zero’ Hearing
Tuesday's first Council hearing on Vision Zero under a new mayor may show the direction into which the Council wants to head. As such, we're previewing the hearing by allowing our colleagues at Open Plans to offer the group's ask.
February 13, 2023
Adams Administration Misses Key Street Safety Reporting Deadline
The Adams administration blew past its deadline to give a required progress update on a five-year plan to build hundreds of miles of new bike and bus lanes — heightening advocate concerns after the city failed to meet the plan's benchmarks in 2022.
February 10, 2023
Opinion: Debunking the Lies of Vickie Paladino is Crucial to Understanding the Bikelash
Yes, it's time to take on another cultural artifact in the seemingly never-ending fight to fix our streets as well as open up a time capsule that might one day show where the political discourse stood in the post-truth world of 2023.
February 10, 2023
City to Roll Out 80 More Carshare Spaces Starting This Week as Program Expands
The goal is to reduce private car ownership and unnecessary trips by making it easier to rent a car for short periods when one is essential.
February 8, 2023
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Announces a Delancey Street ‘Road Diet’ … But Doesn’t Know What It Is
Sen. Kristen Gillibrand on Monday joined fellow federal, state, and local pols to announce an $18-million federal grant to redesign dangerous Delancey Street with accessibility upgrades, a separated bike lane, and a road diet — but New York's two-term senator didn’t know what a road diet is.
February 7, 2023
