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An All-Too-Real Hollywood Tale of New York City Traffic Justice

By Brad Aaron | Oct 25, 2012 | 7 Comments

When I happened upon the trailer for “Margaret” I could scarcely believe it. Did Hollywood really make an A-lister movie about a New York City pedestrian who is struck and killed by an MTA bus driver? I thought it must surely be a secondary plot line, the shared trauma that serves to catalyze a love […]

AAA New York’s Red-Light Camera “Study”: Bogus, Flimsy and Dangerous

By Stephen Miller | Oct 9, 2012 | 10 Comments

For an organization that claims to be in favor of red light cameras, AAA New York has a funny way of showing its support. “In concept, we believe in red light cameras,” said spokesperson Robert Sinclair. But over the weekend, backed only by scant anecdotal evidence, the group claimed that traffic signals with red light […]

Tonight’s Ride and Forum Are About Livable Streets for All

By Charles Komanoff | Sep 28, 2012 | 5 Comments

New York City bicyclists will celebrate bike activism’s past, present and future this evening in a ride from Greenwich Village to Central Park South and back to the Village, culminating in a community forum at Cooper Union. These linked happenings come the day after the New York Times managed to twist its big story on […]

The Daily News Settles It: NYC Needs More Protected Bike Lanes

By Ben Fried | Sep 10, 2012 | 8 Comments

Strip the conclusions from Alex Nazaryan’s bike lane review in yesterday’s Daily News — by my count, the 434th “Vicious Cycle” headline of the past three years — and you actually come away with some observations about NYC streets that I think most people who bike in the city would agree with. Nazaryan, you may […]

If the Daily News Actually Cared About New Yorkers’ Safety…

By Stephen Miller | Sep 5, 2012 | 3 Comments

Today, Arthur Browne’s Daily News penned another anti-bike editorial, this one blaming cyclists for the cramped conditions on the Brooklyn Bridge promenade and decrying a series of near-miss incidents. Meanwhile, the paper has yet to weigh in on the 164 traffic deaths in New York City through July this year. Here’s what might appear on the […]

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