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.
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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.
‘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.
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.
NY Lawmakers Want To Bring E-Bikes To The People
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In June, just before the end of the legislative session, the state Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill providing consumers up to $1,100 when they buy an e-bike. It’s a more generous subsidy than the one Congress dropped.
ANALYSIS: Can New York Mandate Speed Governors on New Cars?
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In the absence of federal standards, can New York legislate speed governors and limit the blind spots on SUVs? We'll find out.
IN MEMORIAM: Roger Herz, Longtime Bike Advocate Who Gave Mayors an Earful
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An activist known for his persistence lived by the motto 'better futile than passive.'
OPINION: Central Harlem Needs a Bikeway—Right Now
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A protected lane along the median of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard would be a grand gesture linking Harlem's past to its future. It's also simple justice.
Everyone’s Suddenly Open To Some Congestion Pricing Exemptions
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According to the recently-released environmental assessment, the more wholesale exemptions or upstream toll credits that are doled out to certain classes of drivers, the more everyone else will shell out. But "no exemption" hardliners are hard to find right now.
ANALYSIS: Congestion Pricing Will Lead to Better Air Quality in The Bronx
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Emissions will lessen in five neighboring counties — with health benefits all around.
Talking Headways Podcast: Bus Stop Transformations
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Yes, the lowly bus stop can involve the community, engage transit operators, and bring life to grey spaces.
Can This Documentary Get Americans to Care About Pedestrian and Cyclist Deaths?
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A new documentary aims to tell the dramatic story of America's escalating pedestrian and cyclist death crisis — and hopefully, inspire non-advocates to get involved in the movement to end the epidemic.