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‘A City is a Series of Choices Over Time’: Roman Mars Reveals the Secret Histories That Shape Our Streets
December 11, 2020
Now Brooklynites Call For Permanent Open Streets In Williamsburg And Greenpoint
Another county heard from!
November 4, 2020
Another Community Board Calls for City to Stop Discriminating Against Pedestrians
Upper West Side joins the push for DOT to just install "neckdowns" wherever the safety improvement is needed.
October 13, 2020
How Far Behind is the U.S. in Street Safety? We Can Show You in Three Charts
We knew it was bad, but not THIS bad.
October 10, 2020
State Audit Finds Some Dysfunction at DOT
The state watchdog finds broken traffic cameras, interminable studies, missing fixes in four-year review of DOT practices.
October 7, 2020
EXCLUSIVE: City Pays Out Five Figures To Brooklyn Bridge Bike Crash Victim, Admits Dangerous Conditions
The city admitted under oath that it has done little to make the pathway safer.
October 7, 2020
A Beautiful Day on the Queensboro Bridge — Will It Lead to More Space for Oppressed Pedestrians?
Participants in Monday's walkthrough said they got a firm quasi-commitment that the city would take back a lane on the Queensboro Bridge from car drivers and finally give it back to pedestrians.
October 6, 2020
Federal ‘Pedestrian Safety Month’ Campaign Is An Offensive Parade of Dangerous Traffic Violence Myths
Our tax dollars paid for this? The first federally funded "National Pedestrian Safety Month" is centered around a press campaign aimed at blaming walkers themselves.
September 30, 2020
Sunday’s Protest to Demand More Pedestrian Space on the Queensboro Bridge Has Historic Echoes
Activists will gather at the Queensboro Bridge on Sunday to demand more space for pedestrians, 30 years after a similar band of pedestrian advocates got arrested for doing the same.
September 24, 2020
OPINION: Here’s Why We Should Decriminalize ‘Jaywalking’
Legislation to eliminate the crime of "jaywalking" — a very term that speaks to the worst excesses of car culture — is necessary now as we seek to rethink the breadth of the NYPD’s responsibilities.
September 17, 2020
