Tuesday’s Headlines: Kids Should Be Able to Play in the Street Edition
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Remember when you could play volleyball in the street? The Parks Department does. Plus other news.
‘School Streets’ Program Withering, Parents Blame Lack of City Support
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Boosters of the program say its unraveling is predictable, given the city provides few resources to participants and requires them to run their school streets themselves.
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Clean Curbs’ Residential Bins To Launch in Hells Kitchen
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A quiet block of W. 45th St. becomes a laboratory for shaving New York's '5 o'clock shadow.'
Monday’s Headlines: Gross NYPD Car Culture Edition
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The NYPD went from crushing illegal vehicles to celebrating them in the space of a week. Plus other news from a busy, bloody weekend.
Carmageddon Likely from BQE Repair Work as DOT Will Detour Trucks into Residential Neighborhoods
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Some nights and weekends work will radically alter residential Brooklyn.
OPINION: Here’s How the Council Will ‘Stop the Chop’ in New York
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A council member from Brooklyn offers a common-sense bill to curtail helicopter havoc.
Weekend Road Carnage Kills Three, Injures at Least Seven, as Bad Old Days Return
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Car drivers killed at least three people and injured seven others — including an 11-year-old boy struck by the unlicensed driver of an ice cream truck — in separate Brooklyn incidents this weekend, police said.
ROE OVERTURNED: Transportation Will Now Play an Even Greater Role in Health Care
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Friday's rollback of the once-constitutionally protected procedure will only raise the already high hurdle to abortion care countless U.S. residents, advocates say.
Hochul Signs Speed Camera Bill, Citing Streetsblog’s Coverage of Unsafe School Streets
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The city's speed cameras will no longer stop issuing tickets at 10 p.m. but will stay on the job 24-7-365, thanks to Gov. Hochul affixing her signature on the bill re-authorizing and expanding the automated enforcement.
Friday’s Headlines: Give Our Prayers to Broadway Edition
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The city promises traffic-calming measures after a horrific crash. Plus other news.
Talking Headways Podcast: What Cities Gain by Removing Parking
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Oregon plans to reduce parking regulations in cities. What can we learn about the effect of parking lots on urban heat islands?
Advocates Decry Biden's ‘Gas Tax Holiday’
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As President Biden urges Congress to give drivers a gas tax "holiday" that experts say won't even significantly ease pain at the pump, advocates are urging him to give Americans emergency relief from car dependency instead.