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West Village Pol Demands DOT Act after Fatal Pedestrian Crash
Erik Bottcher has demanded that the city review the design of the West Village intersection where a cargo van driver killed a pedestrian earlier this month.
November 12, 2025
How Cheap Technology Could Fix New York’s E-Bike Enforcement Mess
Internet-connected technology could eliminate commercial e-bike crashes and battery fires.
November 11, 2025
Bad Data Alert: Council Tears Apart DOT Daylighting Study
The internal review, obtained by Streetsblog, dismantles DOT's fear-mongering.
November 10, 2025
Friday Video: The Utopia of London’s Low-Traffic Neighborhoods
Streetsfilms follows an urban planner around the “low-traffic neighborhood” of St. Peter’s in the London borough of Islington.
November 7, 2025
SLAUGHTER: Wrong-Way Van Driver Kills Woman in West Village Crosswalk
The driver of a commercial van struck and killed a woman in her 20s as he drove the wrong way on Morton Street.
November 6, 2025
Spooky Stuff: On Halloween, Some Places Have Deadlier Roads Than Others
New York City hasn't proven to be that scary on the candy-filled holiday. But it's still a bad idea to mix kids, darkness and cars.
October 31, 2025
Hundreds of Community Groups — From the Conservatives to the Socialists! — Demand Daylighting
Two hundred New York City groups from across the ideological spectrum joined calls to ban parking at corners in order to improve safety and visibility, also known as daylighting.
October 24, 2025
Redesign for Brooklyn’s Fifth Ave. Shopping Strip Puts Customers First
"The core takeaway from the small business community on this strip is that they want a pedestrian- and transit-priority street," said the architect.
October 22, 2025
Chinatown Plaza Redesign A Good First Step, But City Must Go Bigger
Almost everyone walks through Kimlau Square – even though most of the space is for cars.
October 22, 2025
Opinion: Daylighting Corners Would Add Safety While Tackling New York’s Placard Elite
If he's elected, Democratic Socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani must confront this city's current socialist aberration: Free parking.
October 14, 2025
