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Truck Deaths Are Up 71% — Will Feds Require New Tech?

By Kea Wilson | May 15, 2023 | No Comments

Will U.S. regulators let thousands of U.S. residents die preventable deaths just to save fleet operators a few dollars?

The B41 in downtown Brooklyn can't use the bus lane thanks to chronic placard abuse, so riders sit in traffic instead. Photo: Ben Fried

Two-Way Busway Proposed For Brooklyn’s Placard-Ridden Livingston St.

By Dave Colon | May 15, 2023 | No Comments

A bus priority project would convert Livingston into a one-way westbound for cars alongside the new two-way busway that serves 50,000 bus riders daily.

It's raining money for lower-income drivers who enter the congestion zone more than 10 times a month.

Get a Load of the Congestion Pricing Exemptions that Some People Want

By Streetsblog Editorial Board | May 12, 2023 | No Comments

Many opponents of congestion pricing offered their select group that is worthy of an exemption from the toll. Here is the full list, annotated by Streetsblog.

DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez watches workers filling in concrete at Meeker Avenue at a press event on April 18. Photo: DOT

No Green: Meeker Bike Lane Delayed; DOT Blames Traffic Light Contractor

By Kevin Duggan | May 12, 2023 | No Comments

The upgrades — which promise to improve a mile-long stretch that is now a dangerous sluice between the Kosciuszko Bridge and Metropolitan Avenue — were slated to be done by the end of last year, but the DOT will only be part of the way done by the end of this year.

Friday’s Headlines: Cops Must Do Better Edition

By Streetsblog Editorial Board | May 12, 2023 | No Comments

Memo to rank-and-file NYPD: There are no "accidents." Plus other news.

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‘The Brake’ Podcast: The Electric Car is a ‘Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing’?

By Streetsblog | May 12, 2023 | No Comments

On today's episode of The Brake, we sit down with the co-author of a new paper, "Exposing the Structural Violence of Private Electric Automobility," to talk about why the EV debate is so polarizing.

A Manhattan judge dismissed a lawsuit citing the new so-called green amendment against the controversial Two Bridges project.

Manhattan Judge Tosses ‘Green Amendment’ Lawsuit Against Two Bridges Mega-Development

By Julianne Cuba | May 11, 2023 | No Comments

Sorry, NIMBYs, but dense development is just life in the city.

Frederique Uster-Hug lays flowers down for her husband Adam Uster, who was killed on May 1 by a truck driver at the corner of Franklin and Lexington Avenues. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Thursday’s Headlines: Honoring Adam Uster Edition

By Streetsblog Editorial Board | May 11, 2023 | No Comments

A dispatch from a vigil where family and friends of 39-year-old Adam Uster gathered. Plus other news.

It just takes a second for a cyclist to be killed. Left, Adam Uster on Franklin Avenue last week. Right, Broadway at 231st Street, where our writer had a close call. Photo: Maneka Kapoor

KOMANOFF: You Nearly Die, You Keep Going

By Charles Komanoff | May 11, 2023 | No Comments

What is the difference between life and death for a cyclist? This week, I wondered that question anew after I was nearly struck by a reckless driver in The Bronx while Adam Uster was killed by a reckless driver in Brooklyn.