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Neighborhoods, BIDs to Mayor: We Don’t Need Your Cops — Let Us Open Streets Ourselves!
In spite of (or perhaps because of) the mayor, focus has started shifting to Broadway in Manhattan.
April 10, 2020
Op-Ed: COVID Crisis Will End — So We Must Make Cycling Safer NOW!
Never let a crisis go to waste, Rahm Emanuel once said. But unlike the former Chicago mayor, our mayor is losing the future.
April 10, 2020
Op-Ed: Skip the Victim-Blaming on Bike Lanes, New York Times!
Health columnist Jane Brody, usually a beacon of sense, gets city cycling badly wrong, a traffic expert says.
April 9, 2020
ANALYSIS: Why De Blasio’s Open-Space Pilot Was Such a Failure (And Check Out What You Can Do With Cones!)
Four letters: N.Y.P.D.
April 7, 2020
NUMBER-CRUNCH: Where the Drivers Speeding Like Mad (Lookout, Manhattan!)
They're speeding everywhere — but mostly in the places with notorious local traffic. And the problem is getting way worse.
April 7, 2020
SPEED DEMONS: The Scourge of Reckless Driving is Way Worse Than We Thought
City speed cameras are nabbing far more drivers than they were during the normal, pre-corona days — even though the numbers of cars on the road is down dramatically.
April 5, 2020
NYPD Gives a Few Details of New ‘No Report’ Crash Policy
The NYPD says its plan to stop sending cops to the scene of minor car crashes will free up officers for more important work and reduce congestion — all "without sacrificing safety," the agency claims.
April 3, 2020
Hey, Empire State Building, Maybe You Can Sound the Alert About How Dangerous Brooklyn is For Cyclists
Cyclists are still being injured in Southern Brooklyn at a disproportionate rate.
April 2, 2020
Don’t Let Coronavirus Prevent NYC from Buying Small Snowplows (…Wait, Wut?)
That's a bizarre headline, but it makes sense when you consider what Council Member Ben Kallos is hoping to do on the Upper East Side and, eventually, all of Manhattan!
April 2, 2020
Two Queens Op-Eds: Keep MTA Buses Fare-Free After the Pandemic…
For one candidate, an emergency measure for social distancing presents an opportunity for improving air quality and social equity.
April 2, 2020
