Greenpointers Rally For Safer Streets Where Cyclist, 73, Was Killed
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When neighbors block road safety improvements, other neighbors die.
Talking Headways Podcast: The First City on Mars
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This week we’re joined by Tufts professor Justin Hollander to talk about his new book, "The First City on Mars: An Urban Planner's Guide to Settling the Red Planet."
Lime CEO Says it’s Time for America to Break Up With the Private Car
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Between 42,000 crash deaths a year and rising tailpipe emissions that are swiftly killing the planet, America's long love affair with the privately owned car is a toxic relationship.
Greenpoint Crash Kills Cyclist At a Former Open Street that Opponents Dismantled
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The north Brooklyn intersection where an SUV driver fatally struck a senior cyclist has long been a terrifying crossroad of reckless driving that locals have demanded the city fix, and residents called the elder’s death a preventable consequence of city officials bowing to opponents of safe street infrastructure.
The Debt Ceiling Deal Could Be Bad News For Freeway Fighters
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A poison pill buried within the new debt ceiling deal would "gut" key elements of the nation's bedrock environmental law in exchange for preventing a national default and could make it easier for highway-building agencies to expedite road projects that harm vulnerable communities for generations, advocates warn.
Friday’s Headlines: Weird Weekend Ahead Edition
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It's going to be HOT today. But it's going to be windy and cloudy and it may even rain on Saturday. So there's that. Let's get to the news.
Is the City Running Out of Time to Avoid a BQE Catastrophe? Some Think So, But DOT Says Its Plan Will Work
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Mayor Adams is running out of time to repair the crumbling triple-cantilevered section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway under tony Brooklyn Heights, setting up the potential for “catastrophic” damage if the city doesn’t move quickly enough to address its deterioration, pols and experts warned.
Despite ‘Lofty’ Climate Goals, United Nations Bans Cyclists on its Campus
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Cyclists are barred from bringing their two-wheelers onto the vaunted United Nations campus, while drivers, who are notorious for skirting parking tickets, are waved right through its security gates.
‘Cooper’s Troopers’: Teens March for Last Time to Honor Classmate Killed by a Driver 9 Years Ago
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The youngsters — "Cooper's Troopers" — have been doing the walk from the Calhoun School every year to the intersection where Cooper was killed, and Thursday marked the final time for their tribute as they are set to graduate this year.
City Backs Away from Most Aggressive Plan on the Proposed Underhill ‘Bike Boulevard’
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The Department of Transportation quietly caved to car owners when it tweaked a plan to dramatically limit northbound traffic on a narrow Brooklyn avenue slated to get the agency's "bike boulevard" treatment, Streetsblog has learned.
Thursday’s Headlines: ‘Sammy’s’ Raw Edition
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The big story on Wednesday was the state Assembly's apparent decision to not bother passing a common-sense bill that would allow New York City to set its own speed limits, in some places below the state's 25-mile-per-hour floor. Plus other news.
The NYPD’s ‘Self-Enforcement’ Impunity Zones and the Evasion of Accountability
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How the NYPD seizes quasi-official status to break the law.