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Congestion Pricing May Not Go Anywhere Unless Biden Wins, Mayor Says
Doomsday, meet Election Day.
July 14, 2020
Decision 2020: Who Should Represent the South Bronx in Congress?
Streetsblog asked the leading contenders to weigh in on the Bronx's pressing transportation issues. Here is what they said.
June 9, 2020
Rogue Private Carting Industry Stalls on Mandated Safety Measure
“It is shameful,” said Justin Wood of New York Lawyers for the Public Interest.
October 3, 2019
Federal Bill Seeks to Prioritize Pedestrians (Albeit A Tiny Bit More)
A new federal bill would mandate that 5 percent of all federal highway funds be diverted to "Complete Streets" to hopefully stem the blood tide of pedestrian deaths in this country.
July 11, 2019
Comptroller Scott Stringer Wants the BQE for Trucks Only
Step 1: Ban cars. Step 2: Build a new (and long) park from Dumbo to Carroll Gardens.
March 14, 2019
Council Speaker Johnson Joins Calls for Knocking Down the BQE
Other cities have done it — and broken the car culture at the same time — so the possible future mayor says we should dream, too.
March 5, 2019
Trump’s Federal Transit Administration Has Gone Rogue
Donald Trump's U.S. DOT is refusing to do its job when it comes to transit, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
August 22, 2018
Trump Administration Withholding $1.4 Billion in Transit Funds Authorized by Congress
The money is ready and waiting. Yet only one transit project has received funding this fiscal year, putting more than a dozen others in jeopardy.
August 13, 2018
Slowly and Stealthily, Trump’s DOT Starves Transit Expansion Projects of Federal Funds
The Trump administration has slowed the release of federal transit grants to such a crawl that expansion projects in the works for years are now in jeopardy.
July 18, 2018
Trump Admin Snuffs Out Climate Progress at U.S. DOT
The Trump administration has eliminated an Obama-era rule to encourage transportation policies that reduce the threat of catastrophic climate change.
May 31, 2018
