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Vision Zero Blind Spot: ‘Georgia’ Driver Who Killed Man on Flatbush is a Serial Speeder
Getting to see an official police report reveals the essential shoddiness of crash investigations — and how assumptions need to be challenged.
October 31, 2019
Why Does Mayor de Blasio Keep NYPD Transportation Chief Thomas Chan in Such a Key Post?
The top-ranking transportation official in the police department — again — defended the agency's anti-cycling agenda.
October 25, 2019
Reporter’s Notebook: Mayor de Blasio’s Half-Hearted Vision Zero is a Blood-Soaked Joke
We're not just a little behind Europe on livable streets and sustainable logistics — we're not even on the same planet.
September 19, 2019
CYCLE OF RAGE: Entitled Car Owners are Selfish Hypocrites Who Won’t Even Defend their Position
Ignore tonight's latest gathering of entitled car owners at your own risk. The "save our neighborhood" crowd has turned pro-car.
September 17, 2019
Schools Open Today — A Reminder of the Harmful Legacy of Cars and Kids
Every day that we send our kids to school is another day when they may not come back. It's not school shootings or abductions that parents worry about — it's their neighbors in their cars. A Streetsblog photo essay by Bess Adler.
September 5, 2019
CYCLE OF RAGE: In Defense of Fast-Fingered Former Mayoral Aide Eric Phillips
Former mayoral aide Eric Phillips made a gaffe on Tuesday night — but in doing so revealed the essential truth that the de Blasio administration doesn't care about really fixing the problem of road fatalities.
July 10, 2019
New York is Really Awesome When the Rich People Leave and Take their Cars on Vacation
Car owners are an entitled, selfish class of moochers — and it's time to stop catering to them by worrying about where they park their cars.
July 5, 2019
LAUGHABLE: The NYPD is the Front Line of Mayor de Blasio’s ‘Crackdown’ on Bike Lane Parkers?
Mayor de Blasio's announcement that he had ordered the NYPD to crackdown on reckless drivers and cars parked in bike lanes is being ridiculed for one key reason: NYPD officers routinely drive recklessly in their personal cars and often park in bike lanes.
July 2, 2019
Mayor de Blasio Isn’t Perfect on Talking the Vision Zero Talk — Or Walking the Walk
Mayor de Blasio remains under fire for not walking the Vision Zero walk anymore — but on Friday, he showed he can't even fully talk the talk.
May 31, 2019
When You’re Not Looking, Even Enlightened Pols Turn into Car Enablers
Why does the City Council defend the behavior of recidivist scofflaws? The question came up again at a hearing on Monday. Your Cycle of Rage columnist was there.
May 2, 2019
