Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Commuting

A police placard. Placards are routinely abused by NYPD officers, who use them to park their personal vehicles illegally near their jobs at precints.

Entitled Cops’ Car-Culture ‘Lifestyle’ on Display in Brooklyn

By Eve Kessler | Jul 19, 2019 | 21 Comments

A note from the 68th Precinct excuses illegal parking because "public transportation [is] not a feasible option for their lifestyle."

Revel scooter. Photo: Revel.

Shared Motor Scooter Company Revel to Expand Into Brooklyn and Queens

By Julianne Cuba | May 29, 2019 | 48 Comments

They're not mopeds, but Revel's electric mini-motorcycles are expanding their footprint.

New York's economy would be paralyzed if the 100-plus-year-old Gateway Tunnel were to collapse.

Feds Must Fix Hudson River Tunnel Before Catastrophic Failure Cripples New York

By Julianne Cuba | Feb 27, 2019 | 23 Comments

The Regional Plan Association estimates that a failure of the tunnel would cost billions to the New York region and send home values plummeting.

Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Streetfilms: Fixing the Subway is About Racial and Economic Justice

By Streetsblog | Feb 26, 2019 | 1 Comment

Supporters of congestion pricing rallied Monday at Broadway Junction in Brooklyn.

overhead-parking

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America Spends $7.3 Billion a Year Paying Affluent People to Drive to Work

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 14, 2017 | 2 Comments

Every day, the streets of American cities are more clogged and polluted at rush hour because the federal government pays people to drive to work.

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