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Friday’s Headlines: Let’s Go Zoom! Edition
Should online video streaming be a permanent feature of public meetings? Plus other news.
March 18, 2022
INVESTIGATION: Whatever Happened to that Reckless Driver Who Totaled Brooklyn War Memorial?
Here's a deep dive on one single reckless driver with a singularly bad driving record who caused a single crash in Brooklyn — a story of civic dysfunction and basic lack of follow up.
March 18, 2022
DOT May (May?!) Fund the Streets Master Plan For This Year, But Advocates Want More
Pols and advocates are demanding that the city actually fund the long-awaited Streets Master Plan, which requires scores of new miles of protected bike lanes and bus lanes, cleaner sidewalks, and car-free streets.
March 17, 2022
New Law May Make School Zones Safer — But Why Does DOT Act So Slowly, Pols Ask
City traffic "engineers" rely too heavily on federal guidelines that are biased against pedestrians. But a change may be on the way, at least for school zones.
March 16, 2022
UPDATED: EYES ON THE STREET: Dereliction of Duty in the Heights and Inwood
How many trashed cars, vans and RVs can uptown neighborhoods take? DSNY and NYPD are inflicting an unnatural experiment on two low-income, Latino areas.
March 14, 2022
The City Finally Has a Real Secure Bike Parking Pilot But Why Does It Need a Pilot?
Are we piloting around red tape or piloting into a ditch?
March 12, 2022
Adams’s Blueprint for Recovery is Vague on Public Space, Trash, Parking Reduction and Other Key Initiatives
Mayor Adams on Thursday revealed a pretty hefty — but not-so-detailed — blueprint for reviving the city. But what's in the "Rebuild, Renew, Reinvent" blueprint for the livable streets crowd? Here's what we found...
March 10, 2022
BEHIND THE NUMBERS: Road Violence is Soaring Under Mayor Adams
The violence on New York City streets is even worse than you thought.
March 10, 2022
Op-Ed: It’s Time for Immediate Action on Canal Street
What is to be done about traffic and safety? And why has only negligible action been taken for decades?
March 9, 2022
Council Transportation Chair: Street Safety, Good Transit, City Funding — It’s All About Equity
"All New Yorkers suffer when our streets aren’t safe, and no Council district is immune from the impacts of traffic deaths," the new Transportation Committee chair said on Monday.
March 8, 2022
