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Gateway treatments made with paint and signs haven't been enough to prevent reduce traffic injuries in NYC's neighborhood slow zones. Photo: Noah Kazis

London’s Slow Zones Save Lives and New York’s Don’t. Here’s Why.

By David Meyer | Jun 13, 2018 | 53 Comments

In New York's slow zones, speed humps are the only physical traffic calming measure. London uses a greater variety of traffic calming measures, installed more intensively.

The B41 in downtown Brooklyn can't use the bus lane thanks to chronic placard abuse, so riders sit in traffic instead. Photo: Ben Fried

There Is No “Placard Crackdown” and That’s How NYPD Wants It

By David Meyer | Jun 12, 2018 | 26 Comments

The City Council wants to track placard abuse so it can evaluate the extent of the problem. NYPD refuses to help.

New York City isn’t Barcelona. You can tell because in Barcelona, garbage bags don’t line every sidewalk. Photos: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

New York City Sidewalks Don’t Have to Be Garbage Dumps

By Brad Aaron | Jun 11, 2018 | 55 Comments

New York has room to get trash off sidewalks. What it needs is the political will to use curb space for something other than parking.

The bulk of DOT's plan for east-west bike connections in southern Brooklyn consists of sharrows on Bath Avenue. Image: DOT

Bay Ridge Community Board Presses DOT for Better East-West Bike Connections

By David Meyer | Jun 8, 2018 | 2 Comments

DOT's plan for southern Brooklyn is mostly sharrows, and people who bike in the area say that's not good enough.

Members of Queens Community Board 2 voted 27-8 last night against DOT's plan to redesign Skillman and 43rd avenues. Photo: David Meyer

Ignorance Reigns as Queens CB 2 Votes Against Protected Bike Lanes for 43rd and Skillman

By David Meyer | Jun 8, 2018 | 8 Comments

Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer and U.S. Representative Joe Crowley have indulged an atmosphere of hysteria that was on full display last night.

Sofie An, 9, speaking out for speed cameras at today's rally. Photo: David Meyer

Cuomo Gets on Board With Speed Camera Expansion

By David Meyer | Jun 7, 2018 | 16 Comments

The governor's support could break through the inertia in the State Senate, where speed camera expansion has enough votes to pass but is stalled in committee by Brooklyn's Simcha Felder.

Queens Residents Protect Cyclists on 43rd and Skillman With Their Bodies, and Demand to Be Counted

By Laura Shepard | Jun 7, 2018 | 28 Comments

"How many lives is a parking spot worth?" went the chants.

Congressman Joe Crowley claims to support bike lanes, just not the one that's in line to get built in his district. Photo: Flickr/Office of NY Governor Andrew Cuomo

U.S. Rep Joe Crowley Goes Full NIMBY on Skillman and 43rd Avenue Bike Lanes

By David Meyer | Jun 6, 2018 | 13 Comments

Crowley claims to be listening to the “community,” but plenty of his Sunnyside constituents want to see the redesign happen.

Gloria Tobar will need good bus service when the L train goes out of commission, and not just during rush hour. Photo: David Meyer

The Call for 24/7 Bus Lanes During the L Train Shutdown Keeps Getting Stronger

By David Meyer | Jun 6, 2018

Residents of Bushwick, Ridgewood, and points east are counting on the de Blasio administration to set aside street space for effective surface transit when the shutdown starts next April.

City Council Member Brad Lander, behind the podium, with Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez to his right, and members of Families for Safe Streets and other traffic safety advocates at City Hall today. Photo: Brad Aaron

Brad Lander Bill Would Empower City to Rein In Repeat Traffic Camera Violators

By Brad Aaron | Jun 5, 2018 | 5 Comments

The “Reckless Driver Accountability Act” would flag drivers who are routinely ticketed by traffic enforcement cameras before they cause irreversible harm.

Community Board 2 Chair Denise Keehan-Smith, far right, was unable to stop the plan for protected bike lanes on 43rd and Skillman avenues from advancing out of committee. Photo: David Meyer

Queens CB 2 Committee Endorses Skillman/43rd Protected Bike Lanes

By David Meyer | Jun 5, 2018 | 8 Comments

Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, who has yet to take a position on DOT's plan, could put it over the top if he endorses the project ahead of the full board vote on Thursday.

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