Julianne Cuba
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Manhattan Panel Rejects DOT Traffic Plan for Williamsburg Bridge Because it Will Bring More Cars
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The DOT admits that the plan will cause 13 percent more traffic, but claims Norfolk Street can handle it.
State Bill Would Eliminate Parking Minimums in the City
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“How backwards is it in this day and age, while trying to promote mass transit and alternate modes of transportation, to have mandatory minimums for the automobile,” said state Sen. Brad Hoylman.
WHAT IS TO BE DONE? Experts Discuss Subway Crime, Death, Homelessness
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"There will be a humanitarian crisis until we pay to solve it," said one activist.
UPDATE: Two Pedestrians Killed in Manhattan Crosswalks
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Two pedestrians are dead after drivers mowed them both down in the crosswalk on the Upper East and West sides of Manhattan early Monday, according to police, but only one of the drivers was charged despite Mayor Adams's promise last week that the NYPD would begin a new crackdown on drivers who fail to yield.
Speaker Adams Offers Misinformation on Speed Cameras
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Concern about speed cameras is popular among drivers, anti-government folk and, apparently, the Council Speaker, too.
Mayor Adams Must Do More to Speed Up Buses, Advocates Say
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“What we’re looking for is a plan in the first 100 days of the administration to clearly identify the bus interventions they are going to do and to show how they’re going to devote the staffing and resources to make that happen," said one advocate.
Meet the Council’s Transportation Committee Chair: Selvena Brooks-Powers
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Her home district is quite unlike the rest of the city. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
Ongoing Suspension of Scofflaw Towing Making Roadways Less Safe
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The city has still not resumed hauling away the cars of tens of thousands of scofflaw drivers who rack up (and then don't pay) multiple infractions for their dangerous driving or also-dangerous selfishness — despite 2021 ending as the bloodiest year for road violence since 2013.
Driver Who Killed Delivery Man Has Little Remorse, Few Answers
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Maro Andrianou offered the same excuse for fatally running over 37-year-old Xing Long Lin that attorneys have argued is bogus
Despite End of Holiday Season, DOT Has No Update on Long-Stalled Fifth Ave. Project
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New mayor, same old problem. We are nearly two weeks into the New Year and the city still doesn’t have a plan for restarting the long-delayed redesign of Fifth Avenue — a street improvement project announced by former Mayor de Blasio in 2020, delayed and watered-down, but then scheduled to begin “after the holidays” of […]
NYPD’s Racial Bias in Ticketing Cyclists Continued Last Year
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The NYPD’s history of disproportionately ticketing cyclists of color continued in 2021, new data show.
In Memoriam 2021: Too Many Lives Lost; Too Many Cases Unsolved
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It's the bloodiest year of Mayor de Blasio's Vision Zero initiative — and hit-and-run cases are also on the rise. And the NYPD isn't solving enough of them. An analysis.