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Trottenberg Resigns: Streetsblog’s Report Card on Her Long Tenure
Incomplete! That's the overall grade that Streetsblog gives Polly Trottenberg for her seven years as the leader of the Department of Transportation and her oversight of the mayor's signature Vision Zero program.
November 23, 2020
UPDATE: Drunk, Unlicensed Driver Killed Pedestrian in Downtown Brooklyn: Cops
An unlicensed and drunk driver ran down and killed a woman steps from her home on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn on Sunday night, cops said.
November 22, 2020
THE BRONX IS UP: DOT Has Fixed A Dangerous Stretch in the Most Dangerous Borough
The city has tamed the E.L. Grant Highway, which is named after a hero, but was definitely a villain.
November 20, 2020
ANATOMY OF A DEBACLE: DOT Eliminates Open Street on West End Avenue
The agency claims it needs a "community partner" for street improvements — yet requires drivers to do nothing. Meanwhile, a City Council Member plots traffic strategy with an online troll with no transportation background who posts misogynistic rants on social media. Only in New York, kids. Only in New York.
November 16, 2020
Lander: Get NYPD Out of Traffic Stops, Crash Investigations
"NYPD traffic enforcement has been shown to be unwieldy, unfair, and dangerous, and it has little impact in achieving safer streets," Lander said.
November 15, 2020
OPINION: City Must Protect Sunset Park Cyclists — Now
Infamous Third Avenue, under the Gowanus Expressway, has claimed five lives since 2019. The area's state senator wants action.
November 13, 2020
HOLD THE PHONE! New NYPD Transportation Bureau Chief is Saying the Right Things
Could it be that the NYPD's new Transportation Bureau chief gets it?
November 5, 2020
TRASH TALK! Mayor Wants To Think About Getting Filthy, Rodent-Infested Garbage Bags out of Pedestrians’ Way
"It sure is an interesting idea. It's something I'm happy to look at," he said.
November 3, 2020
Long-Stalled Third Avenue Safety Project Finally Begins … And Leaves Out Dangerous Areas and Communities of Color
When George W. Bush was still president, the feds allocated $14.6 million to the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway. Fifteen years later, large swaths of the safe route have yet to be built, and the protected pathway stops short of the most deadly sections of Third Avenue.
October 30, 2020
CYCLE OF RAGE: DOT Begins Arduous Process of Getting a Queens Community Board to Enter the 21st Century
The process that the Department of Transportation uses to make city roadways safer and more hospitable to human being is a broken one. An opinion piece from last night's CB3 meeting in Queens.
October 29, 2020
