Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Public Health

Tfw the staff won't stop speeding with the company car. Photo: Heastie for New York

Hasty Heastie Staff Sped Through School Zones in Speaker’s Cars

By Dave Colon | Sep 11, 2019 | 6 Comments

The SUVs amassed quite the nasty record of moving violations, a spokesman confirmed. Why are those charged with making New York's laws breaking them on the taxpayers' dime?

There used to be a protected bike lane here — and there will be again! Photo: Eve Kessler

EXCLUSIVE: City Will Restore Protected Lanes on Dyckman Street

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 25, 2019 | 40 Comments

The city will restore a protected bike route on Dyckman Street in Upper Manhattan — almost one year after the Department of Transportation hastily removed the vital life-saving roadway design.

Gov. Cuomo loves cars. Can he do what it takes to rein them in, as the new climate-change bill requires? Photo: Governor's office

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Op-Ed: To Meet New York’s New Climate Law, We’ll Have To Break the Car Culture

By Julie Tighe | Jun 25, 2019 | 45 Comments

Transportation is the number-one source of greenhouse-gas emissions in New York State, and the number-one offender is the internal-combustion engine. It will be a huge challenge, but we need to reduce the use of cars.

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Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Public Health

Hasty Heastie Staff Sped Through School Zones in Speaker’s Cars

EXCLUSIVE: City Will Restore Protected Lanes on Dyckman Street

Op-Ed: To Meet New York’s New Climate Law, We’ll Have To Break the Car Culture

Study: People Who Bike to Work Live Longer Than People Who Drive

Healthcare Workers Bear the Brunt of NYC’s Transit Failures

The Public Health Case for Decking Over the Cross-Bronx Expressway