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What’s This? NYPD Starts Limited Action Against Speeders
Cops wrote nearly 7 percent more tickets on two weekdays last week. Not bad — except automated speed cameras are writing 57 percent more tickets!
April 14, 2020
SPEED DEMONS ON STEROIDS: Do Our Leaders Even Care About Reckless Drivers Right Now?
The increase in speeding has gotten even worse — with school zone speed cameras now issuing 57 percent more tickets since the beginning of Gov. Cuomo's statewide shutdown on March 22.
April 13, 2020
Motorist Deaths Are Up As NYPD Fails to Crack Down on Speeding
Here's another reason why the NYPD needs to take the speeding epidemic far more seriously: More drivers are killing themselves in crashes right now — even though there are so few motorists on the road.
April 9, 2020
EXCLUSIVE: The NYPD is Doing Very Little to Battle the Speeding Epidemic
The agency says it is taking speeding seriously. The numbers say otherwise.
April 8, 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
Mayor Under Fire for Quickly Killing His Ill-Conceived, Over-Policed ‘Open-Streets’ Plan
The Council Speaker said the mayor was not "smart" about his initial pilot program, which is now dead.
April 6, 2020
Mayor de Blasio: ‘Open Streets’ Are Not a ‘Priority’ Right Now
The "open streets" experiment has died of overpolicing. It was 11 days old.
April 5, 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
Our Latest Satire: Streetsblog’s House Band, The Speeders, Perform ‘All We Get Are Cops!’
Here's our version of The Beatles' "All Together Now" from the perspective of a city that wants more open space — and doesn't think we need so many cops patrolling it.
April 5, 2020
