NYC Passes Battery ‘Buy-Back’ Program to Curb Lithium-Ion Fires
Finally, there's a law to create a citywide "buy back" program that would allow delivery workers to exchange faulty or second-hand lithium-ion batteries for safe, certified ones.
September 14, 2023
The NYPD Doesn’t Want You to Know the Official Policy on Police Chases
The independent agency that investigates police misconduct removed its copy of the NYPD Patrol Guide from its website, where it previously had pages about vehicle pursuits that the NYPD has kept hidden from the public. Experts are alarmed.
August 30, 2023
The Moped Crisis — An Analysis: New York City Needs a Systemic Fix, Justice for Workers and Accountability by Tech Giants
Mayhem — and, more accurately, the perception of mayhem — on the streets of the city is provoking a new backlash against delivery workers. But are poor workers really the ones to blame?
August 23, 2023
Inside a ‘Open Street’ Fight So Bitter, They Had to Call in a Mediator
We've seen divorces that were more amiable than a battle over a single roadway on the Upper West Side.
July 11, 2023
Despite ‘Lofty’ Climate Goals, United Nations Bans Cyclists on its Campus
Cyclists are barred from bringing their two-wheelers onto the vaunted United Nations campus, while drivers, who are notorious for skirting parking tickets, are waved right through its security gates.
June 2, 2023
Judge Tosses Suit that Argued Dense Development is Bad for Urban Environment
Sorry, NIMBYs, but dense development is just life in the city.
May 15, 2023
For Safer, Greener Streets, Cities Must Speed Up and Fund Infrastructure: Report
A study by the Regional Plan Association offers a new analysis into why infrastructure in New York City costs more than in other cities and countries around the world. And offers solutions that likely go behind the Big Apple.
April 18, 2023
DOT Rolls Out New Tech To Better Analyze How People Move on City Streets
The sensors could help resolve misallocations of public space, where cars often get the bulk of room despite being outnumbered by pedestrians or cyclists.
April 14, 2023
Finally! Uber Helps Fund Two Battery Buy-Back Programs
The San Francisco-based tech giant, which so far has remained relatively silent on an issue that has blazed through the city, is helping fund the two separate pilot programs both aimed at improving access to safe e-bikes and batteries.
April 11, 2023
Stop the Stops? Speaker Adams Wants to ‘Overhaul’ NYPD Traffic Enforcement
The NYPD should "move away" from police-initiated traffic stops that disproportionately target people of color and can lead to police brutality, Council Speaker Adrienne Adams said on Monday — offering uncharacteristic support for a central pillar of a progressive-wing movement to reform the police department.
March 28, 2023
