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NYC Could Have Its First Car-Free Neighborhood (But Won’t Get It Due To Revanchist Pols)
Creedmoor should not become just another mixed-use development, but, instead, become America’s next great neighborhood.
August 7, 2025
Komanoff: Data Show Time Loss from 15 MPH E-Bike Speed Cap is No Big Deal
A 15-mile-per-hour speed limit for motorized two-wheel devices — which e-bikes are — is eminently reasonable. And it doesn't cost much time at all, our columnist found.
August 1, 2025
Opinion: Jessica Tisch Must Get Creative About Traffic Enforcement
NYPD speed enforcement needs a revamp — fortunately the city’s own data point the way.
July 31, 2025
The Perfect Beast: Even Google’s AI Thinks Streets Are for Cars
Artificial intelligence is completely naturally addicted to promoting cars.
July 25, 2025
Restaurant Row: Cars Need to Go
“People like to sit outside and not be bothered by the cars,” said one restaurant manager.
July 24, 2025
Opinion: ‘Community,’ Opportunism and the Bedford Ave. Bike Lane
Mayor Adams plays the most dangerous game — trying to appease one part of a "community" while another is put in jeopardy.
June 24, 2025
KOMANOFF: A Philosopher Of Cycling Takes On E-Bike Speeds (Well, Sort Of)
The late Ivan Illich would have sought to limit them — among other things, says our columnist.
June 12, 2025
Amy Cohen: Mayor Adams ‘Disgracefully’ Invokes Victim Sammy Cohen Eckstein in E-Bike Speed Limit Ploy
We are disgusted and we will not be quiet about the administration warping the intent behind a decade of our work for safe streets, says the founder of Families for Safe Streets.
June 6, 2025
Dysfunction City: My Block is a Symbol of What’s Wrong with DOT
The block in question, W. 177th Street between Broadway and Fort Washington Avenue, doesn't work for any user. Yet nothing changes.
June 5, 2025
Doug Gordon Takes on John Mulaney’s ‘Entitled’ and Humorless Anti-Bike Insanity
Why do New Yorkers feel the need to prove their "street cred" by hating on bicycles when it is, in fact, cars that have ruined this city?
May 27, 2025
