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DEEP DIVE: Here’s Why Electric Vehicles Won’t Save Us
June 19, 2021
What NYC Needs Now: Public Space Management
A lively online session looks at the promise and pitfalls of open streets.
June 8, 2021
DECISION 2021: Meet the Council Candidates, Queens Edition (There are a LOT of Them!)
Earlier this year, we published a mega preview of the key City Council races in Brooklyn. Today, we shift our full attention to Queens.
June 4, 2021
Wednesday’s Headlines: The Awful Entitlement of the Car Driver Edition
Aw, pity poor suburbanite Evan Roberts. Plus all the other news.
May 26, 2021
Upper West Side Pol Caught Zooming While Zooming
"Naming streets for our dead children and seniors, people who were killed precisely because of distracted driving, is not what makes a leader," says one activist.
May 25, 2021
FAKE COMPROMISE: The 34th Avenue Open Street Fight is About Entitlement and Grievance
Here is a memo to anyone covering Saturday's rally to reduce or eliminate the 34th Avenue open street: This battle is not about "compromise," it's about cars. And entitlement.
May 21, 2021
NYPD: E-Cyclist Struck and Killed Elderly Man Stepping into UWS Bike Lane Between Cars
An elderly man has died after police say he was struck by an electric bike rider in the Amsterdam Avenue bike lane earlier this month — highlighting a lack of safe infrastructure and a culture that caters more to vehicles than the safety of pedestrians and cyclists.
April 29, 2021
DOT Announces Expansion of ‘Successful’ Car-Share Pilot Program
Hammerin' Hank: The city is expanding and making permanent a car-share pilot program to help break New York's car culture and its dependence on private car ownership, DOT Commissioner Hank Gutman said.
April 23, 2021
LaGuardia AirTrain Documents Raise Questions About Parking, Development
The Port Authority hasn't disclosed enough about ancillary plans around its AirTrain project, critics say.
April 21, 2021
Yang Unveils Placard Abuse Crackdown Plan as Adams Calls the Corruption a ‘New Paltz’ Issue
“Violent crime is skyrocketing in New York. Maybe parking is the big crime problem in New Paltz, but not in New York," said the campaign of the Brooklyn Borough President, one of the city's most notorious placard abusers.
April 15, 2021
