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Exclusive: Cops Writing 15% of Their Red Light Tix to Cyclists, Who are Just 2% of Road Users
We received data from a Freedom of Information Law request showing that the NYPD is intent on writing red-light tickets to the lightest, slowest-moving vehicles instead of doubling-down on enforcement against 3,000-pound-plus killing machines.
Friday Video: Meet the British Cyclist Doing His Own ‘Criminal Mischief’ Campaign
Meeting England's version of our editor Gersh Kuntzman.
DEP Will Make Idling Complaint Videos Available Online for Violators
The Department of Environmental Protection hopes increased transparency will spur more companies to plead guilty to idling violations without demanding a trial.
Adams Considering Letting Midtown Business Group Issue Parking Tickets So NYPD Can Tackle ‘More Serious Issues’
The Department of Finance retracted its proposal to allow the 34th Street Partnership to be the first business improvement district empowered to enforce city parking rules after we started asking about it.
Study Exposes NYPD’s ‘Systemic Failure’ To Enforce Safety-Related Parking Violations
A study of NYPD responses to 311 complaints found "inconsistent, and in some cases non-existent" enforcement of safety-related parking rules.
Monday’s Headlines: Violation Calculation Edition
Let's talk a little about NYPD enforcement of moving violations, plus other news (yet, understandably, not a word about our Mets).
Totaled Jerk: Reckless Driver Swerves Around School Bus, Crashes in Queens
A reckless driver with a record of road violations sped into a parked school bus in Elmhurst.
Council Bill Could Chill Citizen Reporting That Dramatically Boosted Idling Enforcement
Sweeping proposed changes to city's citizen commercial idling enforcement program will "chill" public participation, opponents warn.
DOT Seeks New Camera Enforcement Contract to Better Catch Obscured License Plates
The city's current contractor has let hundreds of thousands of reckless drivers off the hook.
Council Urges State to Expand City’s Tiny Red Light Camera Program to 600 Intersections
The state is expected to follow suit. But what happened to the promise of 1,325 intersections?
