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Cycle of Rage: Pro-Car Council Members are the Ones Who Politicize DOT’s Work
Fortunately, Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez will not be Council Member Bob Holden's executioner.
July 12, 2022
CYCLE OF RAGE: Another Ticking Time Bomb Goes Off in Park Slope
A Park Slope pedestrian was struck and injured recently by the driver of a Honda — a car that had been slapped with nine camera-issued speeding tickets and three red light tickets in less than two years. It's the same old story.
June 17, 2022
CYCLE OF RAGE: On Hearing Day, Fact-Checking the NYPD is Job One
Despite what Chief Royster said, bike lane enforcement is not up at all. It's actually down ... significantly.
May 11, 2022
CYCLE OF RAGE: The Car that Never Moves Yet Endangers Pedestrians (And is of No Concern to the NYPD)
There's a broken-down car on Ocean Parkway that has not moved since at least July, 2020. Yet it's only been ticketed three times, despite more than 30 complaints to 311. Oh, and it has an NYPD vest on the dashboard. Herein lies a great yarn.
April 28, 2022
CYCLE OF RAGE: City’s New Chart Doesn’t Help Us Visualize the Same Old Problem with Cars
Cars have dashboards to tell drivers what they need to know. Cities have dashboards that do the opposite.
April 19, 2022
CYCLE OF RAGE: New York City’s ‘Car-Free Earth Day’ is a Sad Joke

March 31, 2022
Monday’s Headlines: What to Tell Your Car- and Times-Loving Friends Edition
Our old man editor has an editorial about your friends who both revere the Times and the coming electric car revolution. Plus all the rest of the weekend's news.
March 14, 2022
CYCLE OF RAGE: Delivery Cyclist Who Had Been Left for Dead Needs Your Help
This city can break your heart. Can it mend it, too? Let's see.
February 4, 2022
DOT: Cars Cars Cars Cars Car Cars Cars Carscars (Of Course, Cars Cars)
Cars cars cars cars cars — because cars cars cars with cars in cars driving with cars.
December 31, 2021
GRIPE SESSION: Departing Council Member Cumbo Gives Parting Gift to Car Owners
"The issue is also about parking," said Cumbo, one of many elected officials in this low-lying coastal city that fail to connect the dots between excessive driving and global climate change.
December 7, 2021