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Amid Senior Pedestrian Death Crisis, City Rolls Out Small Safety Initiative
With more than 40,000 intersections across the city, it will take centuries to hit them at all.
June 15, 2022
Streetsblog Gets Action: Manhattan Community Board Retreats on Gag Rule
Manhattan's Community Board 7 has abandoned its bid to muzzle members with ties to a prominent street-safety organization, a move undertaken after Streetsblog exposed the effort to change the panel's bylaws.
June 13, 2022
KOMANOFF: Idiocy of Congestion Pricing Environmental Review Eludes Times Columnist
New Yorkers don’t need lofty essays that make congestion pricing an object lesson in environmental process gone wrong.
June 13, 2022
Friday’s Headlines: What is School Safety Edition
Schools Chancellor David Banks didn't talk about street safety in a forum on school safety. Plus other news.
June 10, 2022
Wednesday’s Headlines: ‘Survey Says!’ Edition
The big news yesterday was no news at all — thanks to some pollsters who don't care about the most important issues in town. So click to read that ... plus the rest of the real news.
June 8, 2022
OPINION: Why We Must Eliminate Placards — And Here’s How We’ll Do It
City Council Member Lincoln Restler offers his plan to solve the problem.
June 2, 2022
MTA Admits Federal Aid May Run Out Sooner Than 2025
"We assume[d] the federal dollars would cover us through 2025," said the agency's CFO, but "at the current ridership levels, we'll have plenty of federal money for this year and next year."
May 24, 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
Urban Design Forum Envisions Street-Based ‘Platform’ for a ‘Thriving City’
The group's new report, "Streets Ahead," articulates goals that won't be controversial for Streetsblog readers, but may sound new to New Yorkers who think of streets only as repositories for free car storage.
May 18, 2022
Long-Awaited Upgrades Finally Coming to Schermerhorn Street, DOT Says
The plan apparently includes Schermerhorn Street becoming one way between Smith Street and Third Avenue.
May 17, 2022
