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Editorial: Bill de Blasio Must Put His Feet Where His Mouth Is on Climate
Despite the drastically warming planet (and his own heated rhetoric), Mayor de Blasio refuses to get out of his SUV — even for one day a week!
September 24, 2019
Brooklyn Beep Favors Women Employees Over Men in Illegal Parking
Sexism, paternalism, and corruption — such a wonderful Brooklyn combination!
September 4, 2019
More Rich People Means More Traffic Problems For NYC
Mo' money, mo' cars, mo' problems.
August 28, 2019
LOADING ZONES: DOT is Finally Taking Back Some Streets From Car Storage!
It's one small step for a block, one giant leap for street safety — and breaking the car culture.
July 25, 2019
Op-Ed: To Meet New York’s New Climate Law, We’ll Have To Break the Car Culture
Transportation is the number-one source of greenhouse-gas emissions in New York State, and the number-one offender is the internal-combustion engine. It will be a huge challenge, but we need to reduce the use of cars.
June 25, 2019
There’s No Exemption for Reckless Cops in Brad Lander’s ‘Reckless Driver Act’
Look out, NYPD scofflaws — there's no avoiding the boot on your car...if this bill passes.
March 19, 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
THEY SAW IT COMING: The Car Was Always The Cause of All the Problems in Our City
As we start the new year, let's take a look back at how everyone knew the automobile was a menace, yet somehow let it take over anyway.
January 1, 2019
Five Questions With An Expert Studying NYC’s Car-Share Pilot
Is New York City's car-share pilot working? In one short — and very premature — word: yes.
December 12, 2018
What Leadership Looks Like: Council Speaker Wants to ‘Break’ NY’s Car Culture
City Council Speaker Corey Johnson said it for the second straight day!
November 29, 2018