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ANALYSIS: What IS de Blasio’s ‘Permanent Open Streets’ Plan Anyway?
Community groups are raising their own funding, volunteer ranks are thinning, drivers are getting aggressive — will this lone benefit of the pandemic collapse as the mayor dithers?
March 16, 2021
KOMANOFF: Don’t Regulate NYC Helicopter Flights, End Them
A noise, fuel and open space gives a preview of his City Council testimony on Wednesday.
February 16, 2021
Comptroller Stringer’s Chauffeur Racked Up Eight School Zone Speeding Tickets In 2020
He's fast — and we're furious.
January 21, 2021
Wednesday’s Headlines: Get a Colonoscopy Edition
Our editor urges the mayor to get a life-saving medical procedure. Then the mayor dodged his question. Plus the other news.
January 20, 2021
Stringer ‘Climate’ Plan Has Goodies for Cyclists, Bus Riders and Anyone Who Lives Near a Highway
Most of the plan focuses on general strategies for reducing the city's greenhouse gas footprint, but it also acknowledges the role that safe streets and livable communities can play in the green new world.
January 10, 2021
Streetsies 2020: The Year’s Best Transportation News
In a year that sucked big time, New Yorkers summoned their legendary toughness and made lemonade out of once-in-a-century lemons.
December 29, 2020
Nominee Buttigieg Talks of ‘Righting the Wrong’ of Racist Freeways
December 22, 2020
The Streetsblog Interview: Will Norman
A candid conversation with London's bike and pedestrian mayor about saving our cities, beating community boards and putting health first in our transportation systems.
November 9, 2020
KOMANOFF: Restaurant Patio Heaters Will Be a Net Gain for the Climate
We asked our columnist — the nation's leading expert on carbon emissions — whether winter heat lamps will destroy or save our city. He came down on the latter.
September 25, 2020
Survey Says: School Outdoor Space is Limited — By Cars!
"Cars parked in schoolyards are a symptom of how we’ve surrendered our city to automobiles," says one activist.
August 21, 2020
