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NY Mag Fumbles Chance to Hold NYPD’s Feet to the Fire on Street Safety

By Ben Fried | Nov 28, 2012 | 11 Comments

Robert Kolker’s New York Magazine feature on traffic deaths and injuries brings some welcome attention to NYPD’s miserable enforcement record. But readers — and the WNYC listeners who heard Kolker on the air yesterday — will probably still come away with a warped view of what determines street safety in NYC. Before I go any […]

Times Metro Desk Explains Parking Reform For the Windshield Set

By Stephen Miller | Nov 26, 2012 | 14 Comments

In today’s edition, the New York Times took a look at parking policy in Downtown Brooklyn. You wouldn’t expect the Times to explore a wonky topic like parking reform with the same depth as Streetsblog’s coverage of the proposal, but still, the article barely hinted at the huge costs imposed by parking minimums. Scarcely a word was devoted to […]

Bronx Toddler Apparently One of Many Unreported NYC Pedestrian Deaths

By Brad Aaron | Nov 20, 2012 | 3 Comments

Based on NYPD crash data and media reports, it appears that a toddler who was hit by a driver in the Bronx earlier this year soon died from his injuries. On March 27 at around 4:40 p.m., a 2-year-old boy was chasing after an ice cream truck on Taylor Avenue in Parkchester when he was struck […]

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Freakonomics Hucksters: “Save the Earth, Drive Your Car”

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 15, 2012 | No Comments

Remember those wizards of counter-intuition, the Freakonomics guys? You know, the ones who told their audience that it’s safer to drive drunk than to walk drunk? Well, in his latest piece for NPR’s Marketplace, which ran with the headline “Save the Earth, Drive Your Car,” Stephen Dubner talks to Clemson University’s Eric Morris and arrives at […]

This Weekend’s Post Editorial, Explained!

By Ben Fried | Nov 6, 2012 | 14 Comments

The New York Post editorial board isn’t known for enlightened positions on transportation policy and street design. Even so, I was kind of floored to read this tone-deaf screed published over the weekend, blaming the city’s post-Sandy transportation disruptions on bike lanes, pedestrian plazas, and traffic-calming measures. While the mainstream business press quickly caught on to […]

At Bloomberg Press Conference, One Thing Is Back to Normal After Sandy

By Stephen Miller | Nov 1, 2012 | 24 Comments

While the city is recovering from disaster and New Yorkers are trying to get back to work, members of the city’s political press once again showed their true colors: For some, the top concern is being able to gas up their single-occupancy vehicles and drive around Manhattan unimpeded. At an 11:30 press conference with Mayor […]

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