OPINION: Buses Are a Better Option Than the ‘Backwards’ AirTrain
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Equity, convenience, and expense argue against a boondoggle and in favor of surface transit.
Thursday’s Headlines: Congestion Pricing Clusterf*ck Edition
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The congestion pricing public meetings start today ... in the middle of a gridlock alert week. Plus all the other news in today's digest.
KOMANOFF: Latest Traffic Numbers Prove Need for Congestion Pricing, Once and For All
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On the eve of today's opening of the congestion pricing public comment period, we asked Charles Komanoff to do what he does best: Crunch the numbers and show that our region desperately needs congestion pricing. Here you go.
Mayor Issues ‘Gridlock Alert’ Days, But Driving Continues Unabated Because of Poor Policies: Advocates
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Car drivers are basically ignoring the city's “Gridlock Alert” days for the UN General Assembly this week, and the mayor had nothing to say.
A Round and a Roundy: Passing the Buck on Unsafe Streets
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Finger-pointing is a municipal tradition. So it was after a reckless driver hit and killed a 3-month-old baby in Clinton Hill on Sept. 11.
America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: Child Endangerment Edition
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In a rational world, a product that's routinely involved in the deaths and serious injuries of thousands of children every year would be immediately pulled from the market...or at least, maybe kids wouldn't be featured in hundreds of ads.
Mayor’s Management Report Shows Some Improvements, Lots of Problems Under The Surface
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Mayor de Blasio's final Mayor's Management Report is full of numbers on the upswing, but not very up. And some not up at all.
Wednesday’s Headlines: Survey Says Edition
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The MTA wants you ... to tell it how it's doing. Plus all the other news.
#StuckAtDOT: Six Years Later, City May Give Harlem Pedestrians Some Relief … On One Block
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A six-year-old request for a sidewalk extension on a single Harlem block — where pedestrians sometimes outnumber cars three to one — looks like it is finally moving forward.
OPINION: ‘Playable’ Cities Are the Next Public-Space Frontier
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How everyday infrastructure and street furniture can stoke human imagination — and contribute to residents' well being.
Potential Victims Will Have to Keep Waiting for ‘Dangerous Vehicle’ Program to Begin
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The city won't start ordering recidivist reckless drivers to take a required safety classes until letters are sent out in "late October/early November," the Department of Transportation says.
Tuesday’s Headlines: Gridlock Alert Day Photo Op Edition
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It's another "Gridlock Alert Day," which means it's another day for the city Department of Transportation to surrender and beg people not to drive. Plus all the other news.