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Autonomous vehicles will likely be safer than cars with human drivers. There, we said it. But the long-term ramifications of unleashing driverless cars — the increase in vehicle miles traveled, the congestion, the loss of jobs for taxi drivers — were not on Gov. Hochul’s agenda yesterday when she announced an expansion of testing of the driverless cars all over the state.
What could possibly go wrong? Well, plenty, according to our story.
After that, check out today’s headlines, Mamdani-in-Albany edition, plus other news.
And check back to our website later today … where there’ll be more news!
Troopers based in NYC routinely blew off their duties to chill, sleep with their girlfriends and, in one notorious case, drive to a strip club in New Jersey, get drunk and get arrested for assault, Streetsblog has learned.
The Department of Transportation is poised to get tens of millions dollars per year in new funding specifically to execute Mayor Mamdani’s vision for bus lanes and bike lanes around the city.
MTA fare enforcement “EAGLE teams” will trial fare inspections on moving buses instead of holding up riders, officials said.
Troopers based in NYC routinely blew off their duties to chill, sleep with their girlfriends and, in one notorious case, drive to a strip club in New Jersey, get drunk and get arrested for assault, Streetsblog has learned.
It’s time to celebrate Streetsblog’s 20th anniversary. Plus other news.
The project had been announced under Mayor Eric Adams, but never implemented.
Mamdani could make the World’s Borough the “envy of the world.”
The good news? It could have been worse. The bad news? It’s still pretty bad.
So what’s the deal with that exploding car? Plus other news.
The Department of Transportation is poised to get tens of millions dollars per year in new funding specifically to execute Mayor Mamdani’s vision for bus lanes and bike lanes around the city.
