Wednesday’s Headlines: Atoning for Sins Edition
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Yesterday's news was dominated, as it so often is, by Streetsblog — which made a rare (and positive!) appearance on the Post editorial page. Plus other news.
The Brake: How to Start Grassroots Safe Streets Movement In Your City
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In communities across America, people are getting angry about traffic violence. But what does it take to turn that anger to a full-blown movement, with neighbors fighting alongside one another to change the status quo?
The Day I Was Hit By a Driver Changed My Life, And My City, Forever
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Here at Streetsblog, we write a lot about car crashes — but when it comes to the impact they have on individuals and communities, it's best to hear from the victims themselves.
CM Brewer: ‘I’ll Hold DOT Accountable on Promises and Data’
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The chair of the Council's oversight committee will consider investigating the Department of Transportation for a pattern of claiming significant street safety improvements, yet failing to provide evidence of same.
Tuesday’s Headlines: Lots of Trash Talk Edition
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On Monday, the talk was all about garbage. But there was other news, too.
Capital Idea: D.C. May Soon Give Out $100 Per Month For Transit
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What if the city government automatically put $100 on your OMNY card? Washington, D.C. is thinking about it.
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Ghost Car of the Upper West Side — A Case Study in Not Getting Stuff Done
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Three months after Mayor Adams announced a crackdown on cars with fake plates, a Jeep has been sitting on the Upper West Side — and cops have repeatedly ignored multiple 311 complaints about the criminal presence on the streets.
First-in-the-Nation Charging Hubs for Delivery Workers Coming Soon to Abandoned Newsstands
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“You're riding this bike a long time. You need a break. Maybe you got to make a phone call. Maybe you have to take care of your personal needs, all of these things,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer, talking about the delivery workers he has been championing.
Manhattan DA Indicts Driver on Multiple Counts for Fatal Inwood Crash
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The driver whose speeding led to a crash that killed two men on an Inwood sidewalk in August is facing 15 years in jail, courtesy of the Manhattan District Attorney.
EXCLU: Sanitation Department Hires McKinsey for Containerization Study
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The global management consultancy will assist in designing a citywide pilot to get trash off sidewalks and into large bins.
Monday’s Headlines: What’s the Fix for Subway Murders? Edition
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The punitive approach isn't going to work. Plus other news.
Manhattan Community Board Demands Stricter Sanitation Rules for Apartments
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Community Board 4 wrote to Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch to outline a raft of new regulations that could curtail New York's infamous "5 o'clock shadow" — and unanimously offered the neighborhood as a laboratory for change.