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OPINION: DOT’s Argument Against Universal Daylighting Has a Fatal Flaw

Hydrant zones and bus stops are not a suitable stand-in for universal daylighting — yet DOT is using them to argue against safety, our contributors write.

April 18, 2025

Helicopter Deaths, Fast and Slow

Choppers harm us. Suddenly but also steadily.

April 17, 2025

Map Quest: Meet The City’s Most Dangerous Drivers (And Where They’re Preying On You)

A map of the city's most reckless drivers shows how prolific the problem of super-scofflaws is in the five boroughs.

April 16, 2025

Anatomy of a Debacle: Business Owners Use False Fears, Mayor Adams Stalls Third Av. Safety Plan

It takes just a handful of opponents to derail street safety in Adams's New York.

April 16, 2025

Goethals Bike Lane Opens 24-7; Now Do The George, Activists Demand

In the City that Never Sleeps, the Port Authority is slowly walking up.

April 16, 2025

What Trump’s Tariff Chaos Will Mean For Transportation

Hint: expensive cars, expensive trains, expensive bikes, expensive everything.

April 15, 2025

Free Buses Would Mean 12% Faster Rides And 20% More Riders: Study

Want faster buses? Make them free. The benefits will end up paying for themselves, says Charles Komanoff.

April 14, 2025

Is ‘Walk Score’ Really Just a ‘White Score’?

A provocative new paper argues that one of America's most popular real estate tools is driving investment to predominantly white urban neighborhoods, without meaningfully expanding walkability for anyone else.

April 14, 2025

Activists Walk the Queensboro Bridge to Demand More Space for Pedestrians, But Lane Reverts to Cars Anyway

Safety issues were supposed to be rectified by the Department of Transportation until Mayor Adams stepped in.

April 12, 2025