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Parks Department Can’t Guarantee Safe Alternate Route During Year-Long Brooklyn Greenway Repair
The Department of Transportation says it's working on it it, but nothing's been settled.
May 23, 2022
Cops Are Hogging Public Space in Poor Communities for Parking They Don’t Need: Report
The East New York Community Land Trust identifies 73 underused lots that it says could be developed into housing or commercial space.
May 21, 2022
WILLOUGHOBAD? Progressive Council Member Has Problems with Popular Open Street
Council Member Crystal Hudson now wants DOT to go back to the drawing board on a popular open street.
May 18, 2022
OPINION: Extend the Houston Street Bike Lane from River to River
The lane — which is being striped now — must run from the East River to its natural terminus, at Hudson River Park.
May 12, 2022
Two Scooter Companies Claim They Have the Tech to Stop Sidewalk Parking
Two e-scooter-share companies, Bird and Lime, unveiled new tech for combatting the single-biggest complaint about scooters: riders who leave them all over the sidewalk.
May 11, 2022
Brooklyn Pols: Fix Grand Army Plaza and Make it Safer
The letter by Council Members Crystal Hudson and Shahana Hanif said the DOT needs to build on work it has already done.
May 11, 2022
OPINION: It’s Time To Mandate Composting Citywide
Small waste programs in underserved Brooklyn neighborhoods show it can be done, argues the Council's Sanitation Committee chairwoman.
May 5, 2022
Bronx Scooter Share Has Been a Huge Success, DOT Says as Phase II Prepares to Launch
Hundreds of thousands of rides and no fatalities or even serious injuries.
April 27, 2022
OPINION: Swap Out Car Lanes for a Center-Running Bus Lane, Better Bike Facilities on Queens Boulevard
Here's a better way to fix of the 'Boulevard of Death' than the DOT has yet proposed.
April 26, 2022
Will Double-Parked Truck Driver Be charged for Causing Fatal Moped Crash? Cops Won’t Say
A fatal crash in Brooklyn caused by a double-parked delivery truck may not have even resulted in a simple ticket for the truck driver.
April 21, 2022
