Advocates Urge NY To Cut Car Trips by 20 Percent
New York should spend billions on transit, bikes, and paths instead of more highway.
February 6, 2024
NY Advocates Push for Speed Limit Reductions for Fourth Year
Once again this year, it's all eyes on the Assembly Speaker.
January 24, 2024
Eyes on the Street: ‘Daylighting’ NYC Intersections Needs More Than Paint and Signs
We're gonna need more than paint and signs.
December 5, 2023
Want More Rapid Bus Transit? Build Real Bus Rapid Transit
Cleveland, Johannesburg, and Mexico City can do it, so why can’t New York use BRT to speed up its slow buses?
November 13, 2023
Wait, So Why is the NYC Mayor Comparing City Workers to Rats?
In a bizarre pep talk to Department of Transportation workers, Mayor Adams likened them to rats who survived a drowning experiment and learned about “hope.” Huh?
November 6, 2023
Cyclist Deaths Soared in the First Three Months of 2023, On Pace for Worst Year in History
"We're alarmed by the increase in bike riders killed in traffic violence so far this year," said Transportation Alternatives.
April 10, 2023
EXCLU: Many MTA Board Members Barely Use Their Free MetroCards
Whatever happened to first-hand knowledge?
March 14, 2023
Pandemic Dining Program Added Outdoor Cafés to 17 Neighborhoods that Never Had Them
And the "open restaurants" initiative was also a boon to especially blue collar districts of color outside of Manhattan, according to a new report.
January 23, 2023
New York’s Mayor Adams Will Create a ‘Public Realm Czar’
The new public space czar would become the central node to oversee the different agencies that affect all public realm policies and projects, including the departments of Transportation, Parks, and Sanitation.
December 16, 2022
Going in Circles: Laws to Tame Helicopters Struggle to Take Off
Helicopters are like the weather: Everyone complains about them, but no one fixes the problem. Here's our deep dive into how all three branches of government have failed the public.
December 12, 2022
