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The density of private waste collection routes today (left), and in a hypothetical zoned system (right). Image: DSNY

There’s a Big Fight Brewing in the City Council Over Trash Carting Reforms

By David Meyer | Jul 17, 2018 | 21 Comments

The council votes tomorrow on a bill to distribute garbage truck traffic more fairly. A more contentious battle over the private trash carting industry looms ahead.

Scene of the crash that killed Leon Clark. Video still: News 12

Mark Gjonaj, Who Takes Money From Sanitation Salvage, Goes on TV to Blame the Company’s Victims for Their Own Deaths

By Brad Aaron | Jul 6, 2018 | 5 Comments

If Mayor de Blasio wants to reduce the carnage caused by Sanitation Salvage and other private waste haulers, he can't give in to industry shills like Gjonaj.

The NYS DOT plan calls for a highway ramp between Hunts Point and the Bronx River, flying over part of Concrete Plant Park.

While Young People Desperately Fight a Cuomo Highway Project in Hunts Point, NYC Electeds Do Nothing

By David Meyer | Jun 28, 2018 | 3 Comments

The NYS DOT plan will exacerbate air pollution in a neighborhood where asthma rates are already sky high.

Queens Boulevard Needs Better Barriers to Protect Cyclists From Idiots Like This Guy

By Brad Aaron | Jun 8, 2018 | 22 Comments

DOT's design for the Queens Boulevard capital project calls for placing the bike lane on a mountable curb, which would do little to prevent incidents like this.

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How Fire Departments Stopped Worrying and Embraced Safer Street Design

By Angie Schmitt | May 29, 2018

As Portland built out bike lanes and pedestrian safety measures, fears about slower response times did not materialize.

The driver of this SUV struck and killed Neallie Junior Saxon III without even slowing down. Photo: WPLG

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Study Links Rise of SUVs to the Pedestrian Safety Crisis

By Angie Schmitt | May 10, 2018

SUVs are designed for death. And they're dominating the U.S. auto market.

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