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Thursday’s Headlines: Feeding at the Subway Trough Edition
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority handed its subway cops oodles of unplanned, unbudgeted overtime from 2018-20. Plus other news from yesterday.
December 9, 2021
SEE IT! Transportation Alternatives Shows Off ‘Shovel Ready’ NYC 25X25 Projects
If you have five minutes, you really gotta look at these videos.
December 8, 2021
SEE IT! Streetfilms Takes You to the ‘Bike Boulevard’
The city's new "bike boulevards" are a success. Injuries are down, tensions are down and comfort is up.
December 8, 2021
The History of a Movement, Part II: Raising the Stenciling Stakes
This installment focuses on initial media coverage of the movement.
December 8, 2021
GRIPE SESSION: Departing Council Member Cumbo Gives Parting Gift to Car Owners
"The issue is also about parking," said Cumbo, one of many elected officials in this low-lying coastal city that fail to connect the dots between excessive driving and global climate change.
December 7, 2021
OPINION: Let’s Fix These Killer ‘Signalized Sidewalks’
A flawed intersection design helped lead to the traffic death of a toddler on Staten Island. Here's what we must do — and which intersections around the city to avoid.
December 7, 2021
Amid Bloodiest Year of Vision Zero, DOT Finally Begins Safety Classes for Reckless Drivers
Nineteen of the estimated thousands of reckless drivers have completed the mandated 90-minute course.
December 6, 2021
Video Raises Questions About DA’s Decision to Clear Driver Who Killed Delivery Man, Attorneys Say
The video does not exonerate the driver in a way that Katz and the driver's lawyer believe, experts say.
December 2, 2021
OPINION: City DOT Must Do More To Fix Atlantic Avenue
Being a pedestrian or cyclist rather than a driver should not mean you are more likely to lose your life.
December 2, 2021
Unwilling to Wait for DOT, Neighborhood Residents Pitch Design for ‘Apolline’s Garden’
A tribute to a 3-month-old baby who was killed by a reckless driver appears to be moving forward.
December 1, 2021
