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Biden’s Electric Vehicle Charging Initiative is Simply Not Going to Solve Our Car or Climate Problem
The Biden administration wants to erect a multi-billion dollar network of charging hubs for electric vehicles, but advocates warn the country can’t drive its way out of the climate crisis, whether cars run on fossil fuels or electricity.
March 26, 2023
STREETSBLOG EXCLUSIVE: Andy Byford to Join Amtrak
Andy Byford — the beloved former head of the MTA's buses and subways division — will join Amtrak next month as an executive vice president.
March 23, 2023
The AV Revolution Probably Won’t Revolutionize Parking in Dense Cities
Replacing human drivers with self-driving taxis might not actually remove many space-wasting parking lots from dense American cities, according to a new study that throws doubt onto one of the core arguments in favor of the autonomous vehicle revolution.
March 22, 2023
Opinion: To Recover from COVID, Transit Needs a Rider-Centered Future. Here’s How
Together, the key players in transit have the power to rebuild a stronger transit system, one that is financially sustainable and positioned to carry the masses into the future. But only if we each do our part and we trust each other to do the same.
March 21, 2023
Analysis: City Ignored BQE Panel Recs To Ease Local Traffic From Two-Lane Conversion
The city has failed to adopt key recommendations by its own appointed experts to curb congestion near the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway after officials reduced the highway from six to four lanes — and the Adams administration may be now using that same congestion as a justification for building a wider highway.
March 20, 2023
Study: Pedestrian Death Rate More Than 2x Higher in Historically Red-Lined Neighborhoods
Communities that were red-lined in the 1930s are still experiencing more than twice the rate of pedestrian deaths today than more privileged neighborhoods — and we can't achieve Vision Zero until we reckon with racist and classist policies that contribute to the disparity, a groundbreaking new study argues.
March 19, 2023
Study: Screenings for Aging Drivers Cut Crashes — But They Have a Downside
Simply taking away the licenses of older drivers who show signs of dementia without addressing the dangers of the car-dependent communities in which they live may not deliver as many safety benefits as policymakers hope.
March 17, 2023
GETTING AWAY WITH IT: License Plate and Placard Abuse is Rarely The Target of NYPD Discipline
When police are not subject to regulation, their vehicles become a powerful symbol of the depth of police impunity.
March 16, 2023
The Brake Podcast: What Does It Take To Start Your Own Bikeshare?
Most bikeshare rides taken on U.S. soil happen in a handful of gigantic cities, on systems maintained by big corporations. But at YoGo Bikeshare in Youngstown, Ohio, Ronnell Elkins and his team are building a bespoke micromobility option specifically for his neighbors — and hoping to create a model for other small cities to combat car dependency.
March 16, 2023
Clean Curbs Pilot ‘Not Scalable’ Citywide, Says DSNY Commish
The Department of Sanitation's test project to containerize trash pickup on one residential block won't work on a citywide level, the agency's chief said on Wednesday, so New York's Strongest will need a better strategy to clear Big Apple sidewalks of their notorious rubbish mountains.
March 15, 2023
