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SEE IT! Streetfilms Takes You to the ‘Bike Boulevard’
The city's new "bike boulevards" are a success. Injuries are down, tensions are down and comfort is up.
December 8, 2021
GRIPE SESSION: Departing Council Member Cumbo Gives Parting Gift to Car Owners
"The issue is also about parking," said Cumbo, one of many elected officials in this low-lying coastal city that fail to connect the dots between excessive driving and global climate change.
December 7, 2021
Friday’s Headlines: Bollards are Just Toothpicks Edition
First, a quick video we wanted to show you of a speeding driver losing control of his car and slamming into a light post. Then the rest of the day's news.
December 3, 2021
Video Raises Questions About DA’s Decision to Clear Driver Who Killed Delivery Man, Attorneys Say
The video does not exonerate the driver in a way that Katz and the driver's lawyer believe, experts say.
December 2, 2021
OPINION: City DOT Must Do More To Fix Atlantic Avenue
Being a pedestrian or cyclist rather than a driver should not mean you are more likely to lose your life.
December 2, 2021
Unwilling to Wait for DOT, Neighborhood Residents Pitch Design for ‘Apolline’s Garden’
A tribute to a 3-month-old baby who was killed by a reckless driver appears to be moving forward.
December 1, 2021
Streetfilms: ‘Talking Public Spaces’ in the Meatpacking District
See it: Gorgeous plazas with lush plantings in movable containers. Refurbished 19th-century factory buildings on quaint cobblestone streets. People sipping drinks under red cloth umbrellas — and hardly a car to be seen. Are we really in the Manhattan? Yes.
December 1, 2021
In New York, Business Groups — Not the City — Lead on People-Centered Streets
November 29, 2021
Schumer: NYS Will Get ‘An Effing Lot Of Money’ For Street Safety And Cycling
New York is about to get so much money for safe streets from the federal government that our leaders are almost swearing in amazement.
November 24, 2021
EXCLUSIVE: Sanitation Commissioner to Cyclists: ‘We Will Do Better This Winter’
"It's going to be better — 100 percent," Sanitation Commissioner Ed Grayson told Streetsblog, though he admitted that the agency is holding onto its old script of not clearing bike lanes and pedestrian crossings until all roads are cleared for drivers.
November 23, 2021
