Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Op/Ed

A worker surveys the snow on an elevated subway platform. Photo: MTA

... And Here are the Questions the Public Should Be Asking

By Ndeye Ndione | Feb 1, 2022 | No Comments

A team of Hunter College students considered the full parameters of the debate so that New Yorkers can make up their own minds.

Justice for Baby Apolline. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

OPINION: Saving Children’s Lives Should Not Be Open to Debate

By Renee Collymore | Jan 31, 2022 | No Comments

Apolline Mong-Guillemin led a short life — just three months. But her life, which ended because it's too easy for reckless drivers to kill pedestrians in this city, must have a greater purpose.

A motorist invades the bike lane at the precise spot where a Baldor truck driver mowed down two people last month. The city has fixed the hydrant the driver squashed, but not the defective lane. Photo: Liam Jeffries

EYES ON THE STREET: East Side Bike Lane Where Driver Killed Two Remains Unfixed

By Liam Jeffries | Jan 27, 2022 | No Comments

Where's Ydanis? A month after a preventable tragedy, long-noted flaws persist.

OPINION: Progressives Should Look To Outlaw Parking Minimums

By Nicole A. Murray | Jan 19, 2022 | No Comments

AOC is insisting that her endorsees commit to ending single-family zoning. She should require them to discourage car use, too.

Children should be able to cross a street without fearing for their lives, says new Council Member Shahana Hanif.

New Brooklyn Council Member: Crossing the Street Should Not Be a Matter of Life and Death

By Shahana Hanif | Jan 18, 2022 | No Comments

The city needs more street treatments to prevent reckless drivers from killing pedestrians like Brooklyn nanny Arcellie Muschamp.

A Round and a Roundy: Why is Any of This Normal?

By Streetsblog | Jan 13, 2022 | No Comments

Why do we normalize some completely atrocious things about New York life?

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