Vision Zero Cities Op-Ed: New York Needs SUV Ratings — Now
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The assault vehicles killing our children and seniors require a warning label, argues State Sen. Andrew Gounardes.
Monday’s Headlines: How Do You Sleep Edition
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The death of Jose Ramos in East New York sends our editor back to his old Russian dictionary to get the perfect idiom to express our outrage about the city's failure. Plus other news.
Report: 85,000 More Damn Cars will Enter Manhattan’s Core Daily in 2023
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This is the dawning of the age of Carpocalypse.
BAD COP, BAD COP: NYPD Threatens Tipster for Filing 311 Complaints About Illegal Parking
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Members of the NYPD harassed a cyclist after he reported the cops for illegally parking, according to the complainant — and now the matter is under investigation by the Civilian Complaint Review Board.
SAFETY THIRD: Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Deaf Man on Notorious Speedway that DOT Failed to Fix
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A Brooklyn man was killed by a hit-and-run driver on a notoriously dangerous stretch of Atlantic Avenue in East New York on Friday night — a fatal crash that presents real-time evidence of the incompetence and apathy of city officials in keeping its most vulnerable residents safe.
Vision Zero Cities Op-Ed: Cheap, Rapid, and in Our Control
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How cities are making streets safe more quickly and easily than ever before.
Vision Zero Cities Op-Ed: How Berkeley Is De-Policing Traffic Enforcement
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Consistent with Vision Zero principles, we want to ensure all street users feel and are safe from harm while in public space. To achieve this vision we have a duty to work to end police violence associated with traffic enforcement.
Horrific Crash in Queens as Truck Driver Runs Red Light and Injures Pedestrian
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A pedestrian was injured, perhaps severely, at a notoriously dangerous Queens intersection by a milk truck driver who ran a red light — the latest victim in a year that has created more victims than any previous year in the de Blasio administration's two terms.
OPINION: Brooklyn Bridge Bike Lane Is Only the Beginning of ‘Bridges 4 People’
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The city needs even more safety infrastructure for cyclists, say leaders of the successful campaign.
Friday’s Headlines: Just the News Edition
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It was a slow news days, so rather than bore you with our copious opinions, we'll cut right to the day's digest:
PLATEGATE: Out-of-State Car Owners Owe City $300M in Unpaid Fines
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Owners of out-of-state cars owe the city more than a quarter-of-a-billion dollars in fines and fees on the millions of unpaid parking and moving violation tickets that Streetsblog reported on earlier in the week.
Vision Zero Cities Op-Ed: The Myth of the Demon Biker
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When cyclists crash into pedestrians, the media goes bananas. Yet even with the cycling boom, injuries are dropping. A sociologist examined the origins of a pernicious stereotype.