Lemonade From Lemons: Six Improvements Worth Celebrating Within Flawed Infrastructure Bill
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These are some of the IIJA's most notable successes — even if some of them are pretty incremental.
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SEE IT! Streetfilms Takes You to the ‘Bike Boulevard’
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The city's new "bike boulevards" are a success. Injuries are down, tensions are down and comfort is up.
INSIDE BASEBALL: Is DOT Ready For New Role as Overseer of Crash Investigations and Press Reports?
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Many questions remain just three weeks before the agency gains far more control over the NYPD's Collision Investigation Squad.
The History of a Movement, Part II: Raising the Stenciling Stakes
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This installment focuses on initial media coverage of the movement.
Study: Drivers Responsible For Way More Ammonia Pollution Than Previously Thought
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Federal and state agencies may be underestimating the amount of dangerous ammonia emissions that cars pump into the atmosphere by as much as a factor of five, a new study finds — and maybe more in urban areas.
OPINION: Let’s Fix These Killer ‘Signalized Sidewalks’
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A flawed intersection design helped lead to the traffic death of a toddler on Staten Island. Here's what we must do — and which intersections around the city to avoid.
The History of a Movement, Part I: Hazmat Suits and Street Memorials
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Today, as we confront the bloodiest year in Mayor de Blasio's Vision Zero, Streetsblog begins a seven-part series focusing on a key strand in the movement for livable safe streets, written by a central figure in that movement, Charles Komanoff.
OPINION: City DOT Must Do More To Fix Atlantic Avenue
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Being a pedestrian or cyclist rather than a driver should not mean you are more likely to lose your life.
Streetfilms: ‘Talking Public Spaces’ in the Meatpacking District
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See it: Gorgeous plazas with lush plantings in movable containers. Refurbished 19th-century factory buildings on quaint cobblestone streets. People sipping drinks under red cloth umbrellas — and hardly a car to be seen. Are we really in the Manhattan? Yes.
OPINION: Cars Are Killing Us (Says a Former City DOT Official!)
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We let their production dominate our economies without a thought of how private car ownership would affect our living spaces.
Advocates to Biden: There’s A Better Way to Address Rising Gas Prices
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Sustainable transportation advocates are sending a clear message to Washington: the best way to address rising gas prices is to cut oil demand, not increase supply.
In New York, Business Groups — Not the City — Lead on People-Centered Streets
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Commercial interests have pushed pedestrianization in the city's core shopping areas — because it improves their bottom lines. That can be good for residents but it has downsides, too.