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Which roadway is safer for kids? This car-free school block in Jackson Heights or this car sewer in Brooklyn (inset)?

SEE IT: Streetfilms Takes You to NYC’s All-Too-Rare, Car-Free School Streets

By Streetsblog | Sep 8, 2022 | No Comments

School zones don't have to be danger zones.

Children navigate a hectic intersection near a school in the Bronx. Photo: Bess Adler

New Year, Same Dangers: Mayor Adams Has Made Only a Tiny Fraction of School Streets Safer

By Jesse Coburn | Sep 8, 2022 | No Comments

The Adams administration has redesigned a small fraction of streets near schools, leaving the city's 1.75 million children exposed to high rates of car crashes and injuries on school streets as public schools reopen today.

We could have cameras on school bus stop arms — but Mayor Adams doesn't want them. Photo: The Streetsblog Graphics Desk

As School Returns, Mayor Adams Keeps a Street Safety Tool in the Drawer

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 7, 2022 | No Comments

Why not implement a school bus safety program that was championed by the guy who is now running the Department of Transportation?

The new, higher Penn Station Concourse ceiling. Photo: MTA

Wednesday’s Headlines: Raising the Penn Station Roof Edition

By Eve Kessler | Sep 7, 2022 | No Comments

Gov. Hochul has her eyes fixed on a literal as well as a figurative glass ceiling. Plus other news.

Here's the real cash grab — for everyone, not just drivers.

OPINION: The Real ‘Cash Grab’ Isn’t Congestion Pricing — It’s Car Culture

By Nicole A. Murray | Sep 7, 2022 | No Comments

It pays to remember who profits as complainants line up on central business district tolling.

Mar and Reagon Fitzgerald. Photo: M.A. Harrington

Despite ‘Total Buy-In’ From Parents and Pols, Adams Administration Sits on School’s Open Street Request

By Jesse Coburn | Sep 7, 2022 | No Comments

More than eight months since a Manhattan middle school school applied to participate in the open streets program, its application unapproved — and DOT can't say why.

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The Brake: How To Quash Arguments Against ‘Speed Limiting’ Technology

By Streetsblog | Sep 6, 2022 | No Comments

Today on Kea Wilson’s podcast, The Brake, mobility researcher David Zipper gives a breakdown of the most common speed-limiting technologies available today, and to share how he responds to six of the most common concerns about them — from the valid to the downright silly.