OPINION: Here’s Some Solutions to NYCHA’s E-Bike Battery Woes
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New York needs to invest in battery swapping, other safety policies in order to head off home charging.
Driving is the New Smoking: Lessons From America’s Public Health Victory Over Tobacco
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Smoking, once a celebrated totem of American culture, is increasingly an ostracized habit of the marginal few. Getting there, though, took deliberate vision, coordinated efforts, and persistent policy trial and error over decades — and those efforts reveal a partial roadmap for breaking our country’s similarly dangerous addiction to cars.
Friday’s Headlines: Plague of Illegal Trucks Edition
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Illegal, super long tractor-trailer trucks always seem to be fetching up everywhere. Plus other news.
Uber Puts Its Thumb On The Congestion Pricing Scales
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The world's largest ride-hailing company sent a notice to their New York City-area customers, asking them to "say no to increased fares" and suggested that congestion pricing might mean "you could pay more than $30 — in just taxes and fees."
Truck Driver Kills Cyclist at Notoriously Deadly Intersection in East New York
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A Brooklyn man was struck and killed by a truck driver on Tuesday afternoon at a notoriously dangerous intersection in East New York — the second person to die at that location this year.
‘We’re Luring Bicyclists To Their Deaths’: Husband of Diplomat Killed While Cycling Turns Anguish Into Advocacy
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He's raising money to stop other families from having to endure similar tragedies — and urging the public to reckon with an epidemic of traffic violence that's left his children without a mother.
Sin City: New 24/7 Speed Cameras Issue a Whopping 70 Percent More Tickets
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New York City’s speed cameras have ticketed 70 percent more drivers since they’ve been able to stay on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, according to new data from the city. According to an analysis of the city’s Open Parking and Camera Violations numbers by Jehiah Czebotar, there were 513,777 camera-issued speeding tickets […]
Thursday’s Headlines: Back-to-School Copaganda Edition
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Why must kids shoulder the worries of traffic safety? Who's holding the back-to-school traffic-safety event for SUV and pickup owners?
ANALYSIS: $50 Million Is Just The Tip of the MTA’s Toll Evasion Iceberg
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According to a Streetsblog analysis, the MTA lost a whopping $144 million to toll scofflaws last year.
DOT Will Give Deadly McGuinness Boulevard Some Safety Fixes Before Full Redesign
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The DOT is daylighting "select intersections" on McGuinness between Freeman Street and Meeker Avenue, blessing the intersections with either neckdowns or bike corrals.
Wednesdays Headlines: The Hit-and-Runs Keep Coming Edition
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The cops caught one hit-and-run perp, but others are on the loose. Plus more news.
Pittsburgh Study: What If Your Every Mode Of Transit Was Free For A Year?
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An innovative new pilot will give Pittsburgh residents free rides on all the shared transportation networks their city has to offer — and, possibly for the first time in the history of "universal basic mobility" pilots, they'll be able to access them all on a single platform.