Memorial Day Op-Ed Special: To Halt Wasteful Highways, America Needs a ‘Road Review’
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America has a highway-happy, boondoggle-building transportation policy system. It doesn't need to.
Steal This Idea: The Larger the Car, the More You Pay to Park
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Big news out of Montreal: Starting on July 1, drivers of larger, heavier cars will pay more for residential parking permits in one busy corner of town.
Rail Problem: House GOP Wants to Undermine Trains Exactly When We Need Them Most
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The future of interstate rail travel is in jeopardy if the White House caves to House Republican spending cuts as part of the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations, advocates say.
Citigroup Renews NYC Bike-Share Sponsorship — Is It Time For Public Funding?
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The deal is good news, but questions remain.
Friday’s Headlines: ‘Sammy’s Law’ is Going to Happen Edition
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As we previewed yesterday, the City Council emphatically (well, by a vote of 35-9) voted to send a letter to the state legislature demanding passage of a state bill that would allow the city to set its own damn speed limits. Plus other news.
Feds Take Baby Step Towards Maybe, Possibly Improving the Car Safety Rating Program
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Europe is so far ahead of us on this.
Nearly 500 Crossing Guard Positions, Rather than Being Filled, Are Cut By Mayor Adams and NYPD
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The NYPD has cut close to 500 crossing guard positions in a money-saving measure — a move that puts kids at risk on school roadways that were already more dangerous than other city streets.
Thursday’s Headlines: Is This Cop Trying To Kill This Moped Rider?
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A video posted to Reddit yesterday certainly looks like a cop is trying to kill a moped rider on a Queens highway. Plus other news.
Sanitation Restaurant Trash Plan Threatens to Gobble Up More Sidewalk: Advocates
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New York City's already crowded sidewalks could get even more clogged under a new proposal to let restaurants leave trash cans out at all hours — spurring some advocates to call on the city to have eateries instead leave waste receptacles in the street.
MTA May Finally Kill Off Atlantic Ticket’s Free Subway and Bus Transfer
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The discount fare that offers $5 commuter rail trips and a free subway or bus transfer for riders going between Atlantic Terminal and LIRR stations in southeast Queens and Brooklyn could be on the way out, a top transit official said this week.
Flatbed Trucker Fatally Strikes Pedestrian on 125th Street in East Harlem
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The trucker struck the 53-year-old man near Third Avenue just before 10:40 a.m., and the victim died at the scene, according to the NYPD.
City Council Poised to Pass ‘Home Rule’ Message for Sammy’s Law on Thursday
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On Wednesday, Council Member Jen Gutierrez shared the news that it's going to finally happen.