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We Told You So! DOT’s Anti-Daylighting ‘Scare Tactic’ Now Fuels Pro-Car Pols
DOT is finding common ground with pro-car, street safety foes.
August 8, 2025
Friday Video: Krakow is a Polish Pedestrian Paradise
Check out how car drivers simply stop for pedestrians — and not just pedestrians in a crosswalk, but also pedestrians about to enter a crosswalk or even just thinking about maybe entering a crosswalk.
July 25, 2025
#StuckAtDOT: Canal Street Carnage Continues As Fixes Flounder
How many deaths will it take till he knows that too many people have died?
July 21, 2025
The Next Mayor Can Unlock Easy Transportation Wins … If He Wants
Eric Adams's negligence can be the next mayor's easy wins.
July 21, 2025
Fixing Third Ave. Was Once ‘Top of List’ For Eric Adams — But as Mayor He Backed Off
Mayor Adams has delayed a redesign of Brooklyn's Third Avenue despite once saying safety fixes there should be "at the top of our list."
July 17, 2025
E-Bike Fans and Foes Agree: Adams’s 15 MPH Speed Limit Won’t Make Streets Safer
A public hearing about the mayor's proposed speed limit devolved into a debate about e-bike licensing, naturally.
July 15, 2025
Universal Daylighting Has Majority Support on the City Council — Will Speaker Adams Give It a Vote?
Adrienne Adams is sitting on a landmark daylighting bill that could make every intersection safer for pedestrians.
July 9, 2025
Friday Video: Public Art That Saves Pedestrian Lives
What's better than an intersection designed for walking safety? A beautiful intersection designed for walking safety.
June 20, 2025
DOT Unveils Safer Intersection Design: Mini-Protected Bike Lanes at Corners
The design "daylights" corners while adding safer cycling infrastructure where it's most needed.
June 12, 2025
Bklyn Tween Speaks Truth to Mayor Adams on Supposedly ‘Dangerous’ Bike Lane, Gets Booed By Hasidic Men
On Thursday night, I went to my first town hall. Mayor Adams came to speak at Beis Chana School on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg. I live nearby and went with my dad — but I got there a little late because I had a math test.
May 23, 2025
