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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
