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Wednesday’s Headlines: Ivy Day in the Committee Room Edition
Forgive us for spending the entire day at yesterday's mammoth six-and-a-half-hour Vision Zero hearing at the City Council. Plus other news.
October 27, 2021
The 10 Best Ideas We Heard at Tuesday’s Epic ‘Vision Zero’ Hearing
...and it doesn't take much to implement them (except some courage).
October 26, 2021
City Adds to ‘Pedestrian-Friendly’ Areas of Broadway
The DOT unveils six blocks of its mostly pro-pedestrian "Vision" for a people-centered boulevard.
October 25, 2021
Opinion: DOT’s Traffic Engineering Division is Hostile to Street Safety
Why do engineers at the city Department of Transportation design bad roads? Because their only metric is car throughput. That has to change.
October 25, 2021
Monday’s Headlines: A Very Busy Weekend to Recap Edition
It was a very busy weekend for news, so let's get right to it.
October 25, 2021
Friday’s Headlines: ‘Propaganda of the Day’ Edition
Glossing over the real issues, the NYPD tries a soft touch on race. Plus, all the other news.
October 22, 2021
IGNORED, DISMISSED: How the NYPD Neglects 311 Complaints about Driver Misconduct
NYPD cops now close out thousands of 311 complaints about driver misconduct in mere minutes, contributing to a culture of lawlessness on city streets, a Streetsblog investigation into more than 26 million 311 complaints shows.
October 21, 2021
OPINION: NYC Needs an Inter-Borough Bike Highway
Unused railway tracks must be recycled to serve the community by serving cyclists.
October 20, 2021
SOLVED: City Must Reduce Carmaggedon By Eliminating Free Parking, Re-Imagining Public Space
The city must eliminate free parking, dramatically reduce roadway space for cars, and transform the Department of Transportation into a broader "public space management" agency in order to make New York City truly livable and climate resilient, a new report argues.
October 19, 2021
SAFETY THIRD: Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Deaf Man on Notorious Speedway that DOT Failed to Fix
A Brooklyn man was killed by a hit-and-run driver on a notoriously dangerous stretch of Atlantic Avenue in East New York on Friday night — a fatal crash that presents real-time evidence of the incompetence and apathy of city officials in keeping its most vulnerable residents safe.
October 16, 2021
