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John Flansburgh (left with bandmate John Linnell) was badly injured in a crash on Wednesday night. Photo: TMBG

UPDATE: They Might Be Giants Guitarist Badly Injured in City Crash, Driver Arrested

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 9, 2022 | No Comments

Guitarist John Flansburgh was badly injured in a "rather serious" car crash while "on his way home" from Wednesday night's return to the stage from a pandemic lull, the band said in a statement.

Looking west on the new car-free Brooklyn Bridge. In the background are new wooden platforms between the stone piers, where visitors can go up and down between the old roadways and the elevated walkway. The decks provide flexible space for seating, food carts, exhibits, and the like. Rendering: Zeke Mermell

OPINION: We Can Have Nice Things … Once We Get Rid of King Car

By John Massengale | Jun 8, 2022 | No Comments

Europe has great public places. A walk or bike ride from Borough Hall to City Hall across an auto-free Brooklyn Bridge would equal any of them.

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THE BRAKE: Every City Needs a Car Master Plan

By Kea Wilson | Jun 7, 2022 | No Comments

So why do transportation leaders spend so much time drafting "pedestrian master plans" and "bike master plans" without accompanying "car master plans" aimed at building a world where fewer people get behind the wheel?

Pity the poor bus rider. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman. Poster: Courtney Menard

New York City’s Slowest-in-the-Nation Buses are a Poster Child for Failure

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 7, 2022 | No Comments

And the poster offers the most damning visual symbol for our bus system: turtles!

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Study: Cycling is 10x More Important Than E-Cars to Get to Net Zero

By Kea Wilson | Jun 6, 2022 | No Comments

"We found that emissions from cycling can be more than 30 times lower than driving a fossil fuel car, and about 10 times lower than driving an electric one."

Half good, half bad. Half full. It's a metaphor.

THE ALBANY REPORT: A Historic, Yet Deeply Disappointing, Glass-Half-Empty Legislative Session

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 6, 2022 | No Comments

"This is four-dimensional chess," said one lawmaker. "We're negotiating with the Council, with both houses of the legislator and with the executive. To play four-dimensional chess with new and novel pieces was difficult."

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OPINION: Make Cars Safer for People Outside of Vehicles

By Streetsblog | Jun 5, 2022 | No Comments

Join these campaigns and send a message to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

A notice and map tied to a fence informed greenway users about the closure in May. Photo: Allegra N. Legrande

OPINION: City Must Protect Bikers, Walkers During Hudson Greenway Closure

By Allegra N. LeGrande | Jun 3, 2022 | No Comments

A hilly, unsafe detour needs better signage and physical barriers separating vulnerable road users from cars.

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Ford’s Geofenced ‘Speed Limiters’ Might Not Cut Road Deaths As Much As You Think

By Kea Wilson | Jun 3, 2022 | No Comments

The trouble with this "smart" tech, though, is that drivers can easily outsmart it — and that's by the company's and regulators' own design.

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Talking Headways Podcast: Thinking Regionally About New York

By Jeff Wood | Jun 3, 2022 | No Comments

How the Interborough Express got traction, and other tales of transit in the Big City.

Placard abuse in Downtown Brooklyn makes once-safe streets impassible.

OPINION: Why We Must Eliminate Placards — And Here’s How We’ll Do It

By Lincoln Restler | Jun 2, 2022 | No Comments

City Council Member Lincoln Restler offers his plan to solve the problem.

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Will ‘Autonomous’ Buses Force Drivers Out of a Job — Or Make Them More Important Than Ever?

By Kea Wilson | Jun 1, 2022 | No Comments

Automated vehicle technology could improve labor conditions for bus drivers while improving safety and service for transit passengers and city-dwellers alike — but only if regulators act now, a new analysis argues.

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