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Advocates Like (But Don’t Love) the DOT’s Third Ave. Redesign
Hey, DOT — 2010 called and it wants its street redesign back.
October 18, 2022
‘A NIMBY City Hall’: Adams Appointees Thwart Key Bike and Bus Projects
As the city seeks to redesign its streets to better serve transit riders, pedestrians and cyclists, interference is emerging from an unlikely place: City Hall itself. And one division of City Hall in particular.
October 17, 2022
Manhattan Panel Cheers City’s Third Ave. Redesign (Though Some Wish it Was Bolder)
In a resounding show of support for a street redesign, Upper East Siders overwhelmingly gave a thumbs up to the city’s plan to put a bike lane and bus lane on Third Avenue. But is it really all it can be?
October 13, 2022
Commander of Downtown Brooklyn Precinct Has Dangerous Driving Record
This fish drives terribly from the head down.
October 7, 2022
UPDATE: Pedestrian Killed in Midtown
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a truck driver at a busy Midtown intersection on Thursday morning — and the NYPD said in its preliminary report that the dead man "walked in front" of a moving tractor trailer.
October 6, 2022
‘Pedestrian Delivery Robots’ Have the Same Challenges As … Pedestrians
These delivery robots will struggle in its promise to reduce car and truck deliveries — to say nothing of conflicts with pedestrians, a new study finds.
October 6, 2022
The Day I Was Hit By a Driver Changed My Life, And My City, Forever
October 5, 2022
CM Brewer: ‘I’ll Hold DOT Accountable on Promises and Data’
The chair of the Council's oversight committee will consider investigating the Department of Transportation for a pattern of claiming significant street safety improvements, yet failing to provide evidence of same.
October 5, 2022
Study: Automatic Emergency Braking Systems Fail At Deadliest Crash Speeds
The automatic emergency braking systems that will soon come standard on nearly all new cars don't reliably prevent crashes at the high speeds at which the overwhelming majority of roadway deaths occur, a new study finds.
October 2, 2022
Study: Some Roundabout Designs Slash Injury Crashes Up to 85%
A Indiana city famous for roundabouts was able to cut injury-causing traffic crashes by as much as 84 percent at intersections outfitted with the circular design, a new study finds.
September 29, 2022
