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The 34th Avenue open street. Don't fly a kite there! Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

DOT Rolls Out New Tech To Better Analyze How People Move on City Streets

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 14, 2023 | No Comments

The sensors could help resolve misallocations of public space, where cars often get the bulk of room despite being outnumbered by pedestrians or cyclists.

A large crowd of tourists stands on the Brooklyn Bridge walkway under sunny blue skies in July.

RED TAPE: DOT Still Hasn’t Started Cable Study It Cited To Delay Brooklyn Bridge Bike Lane

By Dave Colon | Apr 13, 2023 | No Comments

The DOT admitted this week that the all-important, must-have, can't-do-anything-without-it cable study — mentioned in 2016, announced in 2017, supposed to start in 2019, and again in 2020 — never actually started.

AND THE WINNER LOSER IS: The 75th Precinct is the Most Disrespectful of All!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 12, 2023 | No Comments

Inspector Rohan Griffith's precinct has won Streetsblog's March (Parking) Madness tournament — and serves as a model for everything a station house should not do.

An NYPD officer shows off the StarChase technology, which the city says will reduce police chases. Photos: Michael Appleton / Mayoral Photography Office

Wednesday’s Headlines: Star Wars on Patrol Edition

By Streetsblog Editorial Board | Apr 12, 2023 | No Comments

Unlike our colleagues in the media (and our friends online), we're not going start out by trashing the NYPD's efforts to use technology to make the city safer. Plus other news.

State Sen. Andrew Gounardes has a bill that would reduce the cars you see in this picture.

State Bill Seeks to Alter Environmental Review So it Doesn’t Only Care About Drivers

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 12, 2023 | No Comments

Shouldn't environmental review take into account the effect of cars on the environment rather than the other way around?

Council Speaker Adrienne Adams. Photo: Gerardo Romo / NYC Council Media Unit

Speaker Adams Still Won’t Come Out in Support of Sammy’s Law

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 12, 2023 | No Comments

Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez (D-Williamsburg) introduced a resolution on Tuesday calling on the state legislature to pass Sammy’s Law — a resolution that is a first step in securing the required “home rule” message to be sent to Albany legislators.

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