IT’S OVER: State’s Highest Court Sets Aside Last Challenges to City’s ‘Right of Way’ Law
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It turns out it IS a crime to drive with negligence and then hit someone with your car.
Analysis: De Blasio’s Open Streets Program Has Failed
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A majority of the city's open streets have already reclaimed by car drivers and are serving far too few New Yorkers, a new report shows.
Tuesday’s Headlines: Victim-Blaming at the New York Times (Again!) Edition
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Seriously, what's with the New York Times Metro section? Plus all the other news from a crazybusy weekend.
E-Cyclist Rider Killed on Roadway that Once Had a Protected Bike Lane … Until DOT Downgraded It
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A teenager in a 4,000-pound Chevy pickup truck driving the wrong way on a dangerous Queens overpass struck and killed an e-bike rider who was in a bike lane that the city had once built as a "protected" bike lane, but then downgraded to mere paint after drivers destroyed all the flex-posts that once secured the lane.
Monday’s Headlines: Holiday … on Schermerhorn Edition
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There's still time to fill out the new DOT survey about Schermerhorn Street!
TODAY: Two Op-Eds on Bikes — First on E-Bike Credits
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What is the proposed federal e-bike credit, and how could it be better? Here's everything you need to know.
Part 2: The Bike Commuter Benefit
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What is the federal bike commuter benefit, and how could it be better? Here's everything you need to know.
Op-Ed: We Just Have to Do Something About These Cyclists!
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Sometimes here at Streetsblog, we receive a letter to the editor of such moral clarity that we decide to print it in full. This is one of those times.
America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: Hummer EV vs. Dodge Demon
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We're launching the quarter-finals with two ads that are so toxic, they bend the definition of the word "commercial" itself — and stretch way past the time limit of the typical 30-second TV spot.
Mayor, Lander, Gutman: Much-Touted ‘Safe-Driving’ Courses May Not Work, So Let’s Build on Them
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Politicians who have hailed driver education courses as a linchpin of their efforts to rid the streets of bad drivers are now admitting that they — and other pols who aren't them — need to do even more. You think?
Friday’s Headlines: Cars and Corruption Edition
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The latest (and last?) de Blasio administration scandal involves (no surprise!) vehicles. Plus, other news.
Study: Police Killings of Civilians Undercounted By More Than Half
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The number of people killed by police officers in the U.S. has been massively underreported in official statistics over the past four decades, with an additional 17,000 deaths over that period, according to our new research.