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One Down, Thousands to Go: Cops Bust A Really Bad Driver For Doing Less-Dangerous Stupid Thing

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 21, 2022 | No Comments

Police in Bay Ridge collared a reckless driver who was, in the words of the local Council member, "driving like an asshole" and doing donuts on Shore Road — but the seizure of the car only reveals the weakness in the larger system of getting dangerous drivers off the road.

That's NHTSA Acting Administrator Ann Carlson pushing the Idaho Stop. Photo: Jonathan Maus with the Streetsblog Photoshop Desk

Federal Safety Administrator: Let’s Legalize the ‘Idaho Stop’

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 20, 2022 | No Comments

One of the Biden Administration’s top road safety officials has come out in favor of legalizing the so-called “Idaho stop,” which allows cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs and red lights as mere stops signs.

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Cycling Through COVID-19: Freiburg and Munich

By Ralph Buehler | Oct 20, 2022 | No Comments

What does a cycling-supportive German city do for its riders during COVID-19? Lay the groundwork for an even bigger biking future.

Mayor Adams (with a laughing Council Member Marjorie Velázquez and other council members on February 6, 2022. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office

Mayor Adams: Keep DOT in Charge of Open Restaurants

By Kevin Duggan | Oct 20, 2022 | No Comments

Mayor Adams is pushing the City Council to keep the Department of Transportation in charge of outdoor dining, rather than move it to the much smaller Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, a move that advocates fear would sabotage the popular al-fresco "streeteries."

Thursday’s Headlines: Working In Our Pajamas Edition

By Streetsblog Editorial Board | Oct 20, 2022 | No Comments

Our favorite story of the day was summed up by this Crain's headline: "Working from home means more sleep, less work." Plus all the other news of the day.

A cyclist's perspective of the supposed shared lane on Fourth Avenue during construction. Not much sharing going on. Photo: John Tomac

SAFETY LAST: DOT Admits To Intentionally Endangering Cyclists on Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 20, 2022 | No Comments

The Department of Transportation is forgoing a city law by refusing to create a temporary bike lane to protect cyclists on Fourth Avenue amid construction along the crucial Brooklyn corridor — a pro-car, anti-safety move that one activist called "bullshit."

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