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TO END THE MESS: Make the Brooklyn Bridge Car-Free
An architect's intriguing vision for the iconic span banishes automobiles.
July 9, 2020
Opinion: De Blasio’s Unbalanced Budget
Cuts to worthy transportation programs — while sparing the bloated NYC Ferry — make a mockery of the mayor's stated goal of uniting the "Two New Yorks."
July 9, 2020
Op-Ed: A ‘Modest Proposal’: City Council Control of the NYPD
The mayor will never cross his police commissioner. What if we gave the cops a different boss?
July 7, 2020
Pedestrian Killed in Three-Car Crash — Speeding Driver Charged
A Brooklyn woman doing nothing but walking near her Midwood home was struck and killed on Sunday night after a speeding driver ran a red light and crashed into another car that went careening into the victim, police said.
July 6, 2020
I Was Cursed by a Cop for Fixing the Second Avenue Bike Lane!
The officer, who was directing traffic to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel at around 7 a.m., provided a textbook example of NYPD personnel escalating a situation.
July 3, 2020
Op-Ed: Making Black Lives Matter in Street Safety
Our racial-equity lens must foster real policies that can be regularly evaluated and measured.
July 1, 2020
Monday’s Headlines: Just the Facts, Ma’am Edition
No song and dance is today. Just all the coverage from the weekend — one click away.
June 29, 2020
Check, Please: Restaurants Caught Stealing Bike Lanes for Service Areas
It's not just cops in bike lanes that cyclists near to fear — now it's carbs in bike lanes.
June 28, 2020
UPDATED: Brooklyn Man Killed in Early Morning Hit-and-Run
A Brooklyn man was run down and killed by the driver of a massive Jeep early Tuesday morning, and the driver and his passenger ran away from the crash scene leaving their victim to die, cops said.
June 23, 2020
Carpocalypse Now … And Forever?! Mayor de Blasio Cheers Phase 2 Traffic Jams
Phase 2 re-opening bringing city back to the "normal" of pollution, traffic and death.
June 22, 2020
