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OPINION: Let’s Fix These Killer ‘Signalized Sidewalks’
A flawed intersection design helped lead to the traffic death of a toddler on Staten Island. Here's what we must do — and which intersections around the city to avoid.
December 7, 2021
DoorDash Joins 15-Minute-or-Less Grocery Delivery Biz, Risking Workers’ Lives, Advocates Say
A major food delivery app is now promising grocery deliveries to your doorstep in under 15 minutes, joining the growing market of ultra-fast delivery from start-ups such as Gorillas, JOKR, and Fridge No More.
December 7, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: How DOT Spends its Limited Resources
Why doesn't the city have the resources to do the job right? Our national treasure cartoonist has one theory: the resources are being wasted.
December 6, 2021
Amid Bloodiest Year of Vision Zero, DOT Finally Begins Safety Classes for Reckless Drivers
Nineteen of the estimated thousands of reckless drivers have completed the mandated 90-minute course.
December 6, 2021
DOT: We Don’t Have the Money to Carry Out Our Own ‘Master Plan’
Three times in the 96 page document, the agency included the same graphic to emphasize (and re-emphasize) that it lacks the resources to meet the benchmark established by the Council when it passed the Streets Master Plan law in 2019.
December 2, 2021
OPINION: City DOT Must Do More To Fix Atlantic Avenue
Being a pedestrian or cyclist rather than a driver should not mean you are more likely to lose your life.
December 2, 2021
Unwilling to Wait for DOT, Neighborhood Residents Pitch Design for ‘Apolline’s Garden’
A tribute to a 3-month-old baby who was killed by a reckless driver appears to be moving forward.
December 1, 2021
Streetfilms: ‘Talking Public Spaces’ in the Meatpacking District
See it: Gorgeous plazas with lush plantings in movable containers. Refurbished 19th-century factory buildings on quaint cobblestone streets. People sipping drinks under red cloth umbrellas — and hardly a car to be seen. Are we really in the Manhattan? Yes.
December 1, 2021
In New York, Business Groups — Not the City — Lead on People-Centered Streets
November 29, 2021
The Other Victim in Fatal Astoria Crash Sues ‘Reckless’ Driver Whom DA Katz Exonerated
The civil suit portrays a driver so negligent that activists once again cannot believe that the Queens District Attorney did not also charg her criminally for the death of Xing Long Lin.
November 28, 2021
