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Op-Ed: For a Safe, Healthy City, We Need an Auto-Free Zone in Manhattan
COVID-19 underscores that closing streets to traffic and enhancing amenities in the crowded core will be vital to the survival of urban America.
April 1, 2020
EYES ON THE STREET: Temporary Bike Lane on Smith Street is Great …
The temporary protected bike lane on Smith Street in Downtown Brooklyn is an unmitigated (well, almost entirely unmitigated*) success — a quick solution to a long-dangerous gap in the bike network that was undertaken efficiently by a strapped Department of Transportation.
March 31, 2020
UPDATED: NYPD Will No Longer Respond to Minor Car Crashes
The NYPD has made thousands of crashes on Staten Island simply disappear — and now is poised to do the same thing for the entire city.
March 30, 2020
Op-Ed: Let’s Build a Network of ‘Quiet Streets’
COVID19 demonstrates the need for more space for people — like this gorgeous rendering above.
March 30, 2020
KOMANOFF: Where the Streets Have No Mayor
De Blasio’s failure to pedestrianize more than a few dozen blocks shows his true colors.
March 27, 2020
Slow Down! Speed Demons Send Two People To Overwhelmed Hospitals
Paramedics rushed two people to already over-capacity emergency rooms on Wednesday evening, thanks to speeding drivers who refused to slow down amid a worsening health crisis.
March 26, 2020
Here Are The Four Streets de Blasio Will Close to Cars — For Four Days
The de Blasio administration has revealed the four streets where cars will be banned so that New Yorkers have a little more breaking space.
March 25, 2020
Mayor Reveals His ‘Open Streets’ Plan — And It’s Just Two Streets Per Borough
The mayor said his plan was limited because of his concerns about enforcing it so that pedestrians don't use the newly granted space to congregate too closely. Whatevs.
March 24, 2020
Op-Ed: One Small Step for Street Safety, One Giant Leap for Human Dignity
As New Yorkers stay home, it helps vulnerable road users to have a few extra seconds to cross a really wide, dangerous Queens street.
March 24, 2020
Statistics Show Speeding is Out of Control During Corona Crisis
Drivers are speeding like crazy — and now we have evidence.
March 24, 2020
