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ANALYSIS: Hochul’s New Penn Station Will Be Pleasant To Walk Through, But Won’t Add Train Capacity
Gov. Hochul's announcement on Wednesday that New York was building a "Penn Station worthy of New Yorkers" is basically a billion-dollar facelift.
November 4, 2021
Developers Will No Longer Seek to Reduce Required Bike Parking in Midtown Tower
Now they’ve got the ride idea.
June 17, 2021
Campaign Seeks To Fix Manhattan’s Third Avenue Traffic Toilet
A petition covers the portion of Third Avenue between 24th and 42nd streets.
April 27, 2021
Manhattan Board Ask DOT To Cancel Rule Hampering Curb Extensions
It's the latest sally in the war to reclaim streets from cars, promote equity, and stop discriminating against pedestrians.
August 12, 2020
DOT: Second Ave Gap Will Be Filled In…At Some Point
A Manhattan community board committee unanimously approved the Department of Transportation's long-awaited plan to fill in the hated gap in Second Avenue's protected bike lane.
July 7, 2020
Op-Ed: For a Safe, Healthy City, We Need an Auto-Free Zone in Manhattan
COVID-19 underscores that closing streets to traffic and enhancing amenities in the crowded core will be vital to the survival of urban America.
April 1, 2020
Activists Make Music To Demand DOT Fix Sixth Avenue’s ‘Road To Nowhere’
And the city says it's finally ready to make the fix.
January 14, 2020
Op-Ed: Should We Toll Motorcycles Like SUVs?
The coming of congestion pricing in Manhattan brings questions about the best mix of vehicles for the Central Business District.
November 19, 2019
Council Members: DOT Has ‘No Reason’ to Not Give Queensboro Bridge Lane to Pedestrians
The city's failure to give more space to the increasing number of pedestrians and cyclists on the Queensboro Bridge is a betrayal of Vision Zero — and that failure seems based solely on a fealty to car traffic.
September 26, 2019
Dangers Mount With Crashes, Conflicts on Queensboro Bridge
The city should separate cyclists and pedestrians — stat! — before someone gets killed. But motorists, as always, come first.
July 30, 2019
