The NYPD’s ‘Self-Enforcement’ Impunity Zones and the Evasion of Accountability
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How the NYPD seizes quasi-official status to break the law.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion
Opinion: It’s Time to Rethink One-Hour Deliveries
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All that ultra-fast delivery, though, comes at a high cost in carbon emissions, traffic congestion, labor, and more. And those negative outcomes have to date gone largely unregulated.
Latest Data Show (Again!) That London’s Congestion Pricing is Working
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Friday, Feb. 17 will mark two decades since London inaugurated congestion charging — and the latest data continue to show that it's been an unqualified success.
Biden’s First ‘Mega Grants’ Contain Some Mega Wins — And Mega Fails
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A new federal "mega-grant" program will fund major safety and transit projects that have been at the top of sustainable transportation advocates' wishlists for years ... along with business-as-usual highway expansion projects that could negate those mega-gains.
A Reporter’s Guide to ‘Congestion Cost’ Studies
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Every year or so, one or more traffic-counting organizations trots out a report claiming that congestion is costing us tens of billions dollars each year. Despite the “big data” and elaborate estimates, the results are simply bunk, because they’re based on a flawed premise.
Wednesday’s Headlines: A Little TLC Edition
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The best story of the day was in the Post, where former Taxi and Limousine Commissioner Lucius Riccio said congestion pricing should first target the real causes of congestion: Uber and Lyft cars that flooded the city a few years ago. But there's more to that story. Plus other news.