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Report Shows Double-Digit Increase in Post-Pandemic Driving, Counter to Regional Goal

We're driving ourselves mad, according to new stats from Streetlight Data.

September 12, 2024

G, What a Surprise! Shuttle Service Isn’t Great

Commuters who have been forced since June 28 to take a shuttle bus between Court Square and Bedford-Nostrand say the shuttle bus is just so frustrating!

August 2, 2024

Truth Over Fiction on Congestion Pricing: Episode I

Funding transit without a robust congestion toll will leave congestion pretty much as is ― New York will remain the globe’s most gridlocked city. Here's why.

July 3, 2024

Opinion: Let’s Keep the Focus on the ‘Congestion’ Part of Congestion Pricing

Congestion is universally hated, yet it keeps rising because city officials refuse to pursue strategies to disincentivize car ownership.

June 12, 2024

Streets and Highways are Becoming a Big Roadblock to Free Speech

Protests against Israel's assault on Gaza may shift from college campuses to roads — and most Americans like their cars more than free speech.

May 31, 2024

After 10-Year-Old Killed By Driver, South Williamsburg Residents Resigned To Dangerous Streets

A 10-year-old Hasidic girl was killed by a driver on her way to school last month, yet there is still no outrage from community members. Here's a deep dive into why.

May 21, 2024

Komanoff: William (Vickrey), It Was Really Nothing

Former City Council Member Kathryn Freed once said "traffic is killing us in Lower Manhattan." Now, she sues to stop Nobel-Prize-winning economist William Vickrey's congestion pricing idea.

May 20, 2024