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All-door boarding at Rockaway Boulevard. You still can't do this on almost every bus. Photo: David Meyer

MTA’s All-Door Boarding Pilot Still Nixed For Some Reason

By Dave Colon | Feb 21, 2023 | No Comments

"[MTA leadership] is stuck, and because the policies aren't catching up with the reality and what's best, in a sense, they're choking the system," says a transit union boss.

Mayor Adams isn't powerless to push the state to action on the BQE, our columnist writes. Photos: NYC DOT/NYC Mayor's Office/NACTO

OPINION: Mayor Adams Has Leverage to Force a Reluctant State DOT to Budge on the BQE

By Jon Orcutt | Feb 21, 2023 | No Comments

If Mayor Adams and his DOT really want a new end-to-end vision for the BQE, they should clearly say so — and compel the state back to the job using the legal tools at their disposal.

Borough President Antonio Reynoso. Photo: Julianne Cuba

A Presidents’ Day Interview with Brooklyn Borough Prez Antonio Reynoso

By Julianne Cuba | Feb 20, 2023 | No Comments

This president wants a completion of Brooklyn’s waterfront greenway and ensuring that the city better tackles road violence through improved street design and new laws.

Opinion: The Driver Who Killed My Husband is Going on Trial; I Don’t Expect Much

By Christopher Brimer | Feb 20, 2023 | No Comments

I would like to say that I’m looking forward to justice being served, but I already know that’s impossible. The laws governing the deaths of people killed by car and truck drivers don’t seem very fair to me.

Dolma Naadhum (inset) was killed at a known dangerous intersection. Photo: Google

Outrage Builds Over Weekend Pedestrian Deaths, Including a Child

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 19, 2023 | No Comments

Street safety advocates were apoplectic over the weekend when three pedestrians — including a 7-year-old child — were killed in separate crashes, all of which involved city failure to keep the most vulnerable road users safe.

The plate clearly ends in 0, but this driver got a ticket because a driver covered the 8 on his plate so that it looked like a 0.

CYCLE OF RAGE: The Human Cost of ‘Criminal Mischief’

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 17, 2023 | No Comments

Don't tell these people that plate defacing is a victimless crime.

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