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Police using their bicycles as weapons against protesters in Union Square. Source: Twitter

Attorney General Sues NYPD for ‘Excessive Force,’ Cites Misuse of Bikes, Cars

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 14, 2021 | No Comments

NYPD officers engaged in "excessive" use of force during the protests that followed the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota last year, including brutal and violent use of department-issued bicycles, the lawsuit charges.

OPINION: The Next Mayor Must End Our Addiction to ‘Free’ Parking

By Ben Guttmann | Jan 14, 2021 | No Comments

Pricing curbside space is the key to transforming our streets and making them safe.

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Drivers Are Still Top Polluters, Even During Quarantine

By Kea Wilson | Jan 14, 2021 | No Comments

Not even months of quarantine orders that confined millions of Americans to their homes were enough to unseat passenger vehicle trips as the leading source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, a new study finds.

Thursday’s Headlines: Queens Man Impeached Again Edition

By Streetsblog | Jan 14, 2021 | No Comments

A Queens man impeached — again, as the Queens Daily Eagle reported. But we're covering something different...

OPINION: Reduce Emissions, Yes, But Also Reduce the Use of Cars Entirely

By Julie Tighe | Jan 14, 2021 | No Comments

Now is the time to rethink how we travel around our cities and make investments to our infrastructure to support clean transportation options.

Wednesday’s Headlines: Impeached a Second Time Edition

By Streetsblog | Jan 13, 2021 | No Comments

We know you want to spend the day reveling in (or cursing out) the second impeachment of President Trump, so we won't hold you up with our normal blather. Here are the headlines you need.

This is happening more and more in residential communities, making our roadways less safe.

We Have Met the Enemy and It is Us: Residential Trucking Way Up During COVID

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 13, 2021 | No Comments

Before the pandemic, roughly 40 percent of deliveries were to residential zones — but now, according to the DOT, it's closer to 80 percent, which is why our streets are so congested and unsafe.

A SUV driver crashed into a coffee shop in Brooklyn in 2020, injuring a woman. It was one of tens of thousands of injury-producing crashes citywide last year. Photo: Waddie Grant via Instagram

Poll: Too Many New Yorkers are Injured in Crashes — And Too Few Even Know About Vision Zero

By Eve Kessler | Jan 13, 2021 | No Comments

A Transportation Alternatives survey finds little knowledge or recognition of Vision Zero as the city's road carnage rises.

Parking placards are the root of all evil, but regular people illegally park, too.

IDLE COMPLAINT: DOT Opposes Bill To Let Citizens Report Placard Abuse — Fearing Violence

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 12, 2021 | No Comments

DOT Commissioner Margaret Forgione said she's afraid of violence — even though Council Member Steve Levin's bill is based on an existing city anti-idling program.

REPORT: Council Seeks Per-Minute ‘Empty Charge’ for Uber, Lyft

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 12, 2021 | No Comments

The proposal comes after a judge threw out a Taxi and Limousine Commission proposal to reduce the percentage of time that app-based cabs could be cruising from 41 percent to 31 percent. The report argues that a fee will work better.

A Round and a Roundy: Parking? Lots — If You’re a Cop

By Streetsblog | Jan 12, 2021 | No Comments

Just as everything looks like a nail to a hammer, everything looks like parking to a cop.

It's fine the way it is. Photo: Caracas Arepa Bar

Tuesday’s Headlines: City for Sale Edition

By Streetsblog | Jan 12, 2021 | No Comments

We're fans of hipsters and we're fans of three local businesses in the Rockaways. But we are definitely not fans of the Parks Department's money grab that could doom Caracas Arepa Bar, Low Tide bar and Rippers. That, plus the other news of the day.

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