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Mayor May Expand New NYPD Placard Rules to Other Agencies
"If you are a city employee and you are violating the law, you're going to have a problem," Hizzoner said.
December 13, 2019
TUESDAY NIGHT: Key Battle in Endless War Against Entitled Drivers and their Free Parking
If you attend just one Community Board 7 Transportation Committee meeting this year, Tuesday night is the one.
December 9, 2019
Entitled Car Owners Win Battle in Upper West Side War on Ultimate Perk: Free Parking
Mere mention of alternatives to "free parking" sets off hysteria at a community board meeting.
December 4, 2019
Tuesday’s Headlines: Drivers are a Danger to Themselves and Others Edition
We stand by our story: Monday's winter "storm" was a bit of a bust — and public officials completely over-reacted to it. But Gov. Cuomo got a nice photo-op. Plus all the other stories.
December 3, 2019
Brooklyn Heights Group Wants to Break the Car Culture, Nix Lanes on Rebuilt BQE
"We’ve seen the concept of induced demand in a lot of other cities and we’re hoping the planners take [a reduction in lanes] seriously here,” the group's executive director said.
December 3, 2019
Hey, Skeptics, Here’s Why We Need a Bike Mayor (And It’s Not Just Because 28 Cyclists Have Died)
Is a bike and a pedestrian mayor a luxury, as a TV reporter asked? Is it unnecessary, as the mayor suggested? No and no, said two council members.
November 26, 2019
Friday’s Headlines: ‘Car Deaths are a Small Price to Pay’ Edition
It's not a political issue to say that cars are choking our cities, destroying our planet and killing tens of thousands a year, so why is National Review columnist Kyle Smith making it one? That and the other news.
November 22, 2019
City Has Spent Half-a-BILLION Because of Reckless Driving by Workers
The City of New York has spent more than $500 million since 2013 in payouts to the victims of road violence caused by employees of just five key agencies crashing their city-owned vehicles, Streetsblog has learned.
November 21, 2019
Mayor Backtracks On Fixing the ‘Christmas Crush’ for Midtown Pedestrians
Car owners may not have liked losing a lane to pedestrians, but local leaders, the DOT and even the Fifth Avenue Business Improvement District were on board.
October 31, 2019
Thursday’s Headlines: Government Must Break Its Own Car Culture Edition
Corey Johnson's "Streets Master Plan" bill passed on Wednesday, but the larger issue of how the government defaults to car owners remains. That and all the other news.
October 31, 2019
