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Family of Killed Cyclist Will Seek $100M For City Negligence in Crash
“They knew and did nothing,” Sarah Schick's widowed husband Maxime Le Munier said on Monday.
February 27, 2023
Dolma’s Grieving Father, Pols Seek Traffic Light at Fatal Corner — But Larger Safety Improvements are Needed
The Department of Transportation says it will not add a traffic light at an Astoria intersection where a 7-year-old girl was killed earlier this month.
February 26, 2023
Bicyclist Killed on Residential Staten Island Street by a Reckless Driver
Is there no safe place to ride in this city?
February 25, 2023
Boogie Up: Bronx Bus Speeds And Ridership Jump After Network Redesign
Bronx buses moved faster — and increased ridership — after the MTA's route redesign, even as average bus speeds remained flat citywide.
February 22, 2023
Truck Depot Developer Wants to Restart His Bid for ‘Affordable’ Housing — But How Affordable?
A would-be developer who opened a truck depot after his quest to rezone a Harlem lot for housing was blocked by the neighborhood's Council member is peddling a new proposal that would result in more affordable housing than the original effort — but not as affordable as the lawmaker wants.
February 2, 2023
DOT Widens Sidewalk, Adds Contraflow Bus Lane to Help East Bronx Commuters
The city extended a sidewalk and cut out a circuitous loop from the Bronx's busiest bus route at the Pelham Bay Park subway station, and officials said the small upgrades will make for safer and shorter commutes.
January 24, 2023
UNDER FURTHER REVIEW: DOT To Study Canal Street For Bike and Pedestrian Improvements This Year
The eight-month analysis will mark yet another study of the corridor — and the area's council member urged the Adams administration to actually get stuff done this time.
January 19, 2023
‘Park Your Fleet’: Harlem Residents Decry Newly Opened Truck Depot On Site of Proposed Housing
A neighborhood that needs more housing and less pollution got the opposite.
January 19, 2023
Ninth Street Cyclists Share Their Stories of Fear
Cyclists vented their anger at unsafe conditions on Brooklyn’s Ninth Street bike lane on Thursday, two days after a truck driver killed a 37-year-old wife and mother of two while she was riding an electric Citi Bike on an unprotected stretch west of Third Avenue.
January 13, 2023
Locals Have Been Begging for Safer Street Where Trucker Killed Citi Bike Rider
Four dead cyclists in three years. Enough is enough, say Astoria activists.
January 6, 2023