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SEE IT: Pedestrian Struck by Reckless Driver in Bath Beach
It's so horrifying to see — yet, apparently, there's nothing to see here.
December 9, 2022
Friday’s Headlines: We Know Where You Live Edition
An editor's viral videos start attracting the wrong kind of attention. Plus other news.
December 9, 2022
CYCLE OF RAGE: The DOT’s Reckless Driver Program Scratches the Very Outer Membrane of the Surface
Like jumbo shrimp or military intelligence, the Dangerous Vehicle Abatement Program is an oxymoron. Let's look at the numbers.
December 9, 2022
Opinion: Here’s Why I am Against ‘Narc Urbanism’
I believe that turning citizens against one another, even in the name of pedestrian safety, is a terrible mistake.
December 6, 2022
#StuckAtDOT: Whatever Happened to Those Awesome Rule Changes for Cyclists?
The Department of Transportation has not moved forward with a series of ambitious rule changes that would have improved cycling and encouraged more people to get around on two wheels, Streetsblog has learned.
November 25, 2022
Wednesday’s Headlines: Winter Wonderland Edition
We had already read about it in Time Out New York's rare scoop last week, but the Adams administration released the details of its Fifth Avenue holiday open street plan yesterday — and it puts the "wonderful" in the "most wonderful time of the year." Plus other news.
November 23, 2022
Tuesday’s Headlines: Signs Say No Edition
Remember how we were musing last week about the spate of unauthorized "No Motor Vehicle" signs that had sprung up on so many protected bike lanes in town? Well, we have answers ... plus all the other news of the day!
November 22, 2022
Monday’s Headlines: Day of Remembrance (In More Ways Than One) Edition
One day, the city mourns its traffic victims. The next day, an Upper West Side community board moves to create more of them. Plus all the other news.
November 21, 2022
A Grove Grows In Brooklyn: Finally, New York Has a Memorial to Road Violence Victims
There are almost no other specific memorials for one of the world's leading causes of preventable death: car crashes, which kill roughly 1.2 million people annually.
November 18, 2022
Video Shows Cops Not Even Trying to Save Man they Struck on Eastern Parkway: Family
Where was their courtesy? Where was their professionalism? Where was their respect for this man? He wasn't dirty. He wasn't no bum off the street. That's my brother," the victim's sister said on Monday.
November 16, 2022
