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Hey Mayoral Debate Moderators: Steal These Questions!
So far, these debates have no street cred.
June 16, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: Extreme Makeover Edition
Why does it take so many deaths before the city Department of Transportation tames the monster?
June 15, 2021
DOT Plans Crucial Redesign of Two Chaotic Sunset Park Roadways
The Department of Transportation wants to remake a pair of Brooklyn streets from traffic-choked, dangerous two-way commercial corridors into one-way streets to make the roadways safer and boost business.
June 14, 2021
Mayor Walks the Walk on McGuinness Blvd. with $40M for Redesign
Friday's announcement puts a price tag and a timeline on the mayor's commitment to fixing the deadly roadway. But it will be up to the next mayor to do it.
June 11, 2021
LAST MINUTE PUSH: Legislators Hope to Get Cyclists And Pedestrians A Voice At The MTA
Activists and bike-friendly legislators are making a final push to get a floor vote for a stalled bill that would bring cyclist and pedestrian input to the MTA's planning process, a longtime oversight and sore spot for anyone who's tried to bike over an MTA bridge such as the Triboro or Gil Hodges.
June 9, 2021
OPINION: A Linear Park on 34th Avenue is ‘The Best Thing’ for People with Disabilities
"To people who oppose the plan, I ask: The whole whole world is polluted by cars, so exactly where do we go? My cancer was brought on by the pollution caused by cars. I have to get fresh air."
June 9, 2021
What NYC Needs Now: Public Space Management
A lively online session looks at the promise and pitfalls of open streets.
June 8, 2021
OPINION: How New York, London and Paris Can Become ‘Car-Free Megacities’
A new campaign uses data to persuade mayors to embrace car reduction.
June 7, 2021
DOT Has Not Revealed a Plan to Calm Deadly McGuinness Blvd. — And the Neighborhood is Impatient
Locals are frustrated that the only thing moving since the death of Matthew Jensen on May 18 are the hands of the clock that is counting off the last hours of de Blasio's tenure.
June 4, 2021
Here’s Why Federal Regulators Aren’t Doing Anything to Tame the Mega-Car Crisis
Federal regulators have known about the inherent dangers that large vehicles pose to vulnerable road users since the mid-1970s, but have done almost nothing to stop it — and they probably won’t because of who we are as a nation, a new legal research paper argues.
June 4, 2021
