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Op-Ed: Eliminating Parking Mandate is the Central Piece of ‘City of Yes’ Plan
City of Yes can only work — and we urgently need it to work — if we do that.
Opinion: Design EV Charging Around NYC Streets, Not the Other Way Around
As the CEO of an electric vehicle charging post maker, I admit that Streetsblog has a point about streetscape issues. But we're committed to getting it right.
Opinion: Worried About E-Bike Safety? Make the Roads Safer First
Opponents co-opted the outdoor dining regulatory process. Advocates must address e-bike safety concerns — for the sake of all vulnerable street users — or risk the same fate.
Opinion: A Lethal Threat to New York City’s Air and Citizen Enforcement
Intro 941 jeopardizes clean air improvements hard-won through the city's citizen enforcement program.
Opinion: Unlock Central Park’s Shared Path to Get Kids Biking to School
With over 200 schools within a half-mile of its boundaries, Central Park could be a model for Safe Routes to School and help lead a bike-to-school renaissance.
Opinion: Does Gov. Hochul Even Know What a ‘Hard-Working’ New Yorker Is?
Standing up for drivers in the one American region with viable, convenient transit is as weird as Donald Trump and JD Vance.
A Teacher Speaks: Gov. Hochul’s Toll Exemptions Would Create a Privileged Class of Commuters
Working in a high-poverty school system, I want to avoid giving families a legitimate reason to see me selfish or privileged.
Opinion: What Subway Riders Need to Know 90 Days into the Congestion Pricing ‘Pause’
Gov. Hochul has insisted that the "pause" won’t have an affect, but it already has. Here's what we know and what we don't.
‘Gridlock Sam’: MTA Has a Cheap, Cop-Free Way to Make Platforms Safer
Installing metal barriers, with gaps for subway car doors, could be accomplished at hundreds of stations for the same cost as expensive platform screen doors.
OPINION: Public Space is Getting Bland — Better Programming is The Answer
The easiest way to make public space reflect its neighborhood is by programming it to attract locals.
