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Former FDNY Commissioner wants the agency to stop taking a back seat on street safety.| nyc.streetsblog.org
Cities aren’t noisy, cars are. And we need to fix that if we are to retain our sanity, says one of the leading scholars in her final piece.| Streetsblog New York City
Satmar Hasidic leader Moishe Indig endorsed Zohran Mamdani — but didn't demand any anti-bike lane promises from the mayoral frontrunner, he said.| Streetsblog New York City
Street safety advocates should not be pleased by Zohran Mamdani's decision to invite NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch to stay on. Here's why.| Streetsblog New York City
Thirty-four City Council members from across the political spectrum want to force Amazon to directly employ and better train its delivery workers.| Streetsblog New York City
Former FDNY Commissioner wants the agency to stop taking a back seat on street safety.| nyc.streetsblog.org
What this country needs is the "Great American Rail Trail."| Streetsblog New York City
DHS overstepped its authority when it attempted to tie money from the Transit Security Grant Program to the Trump administration's efforts to deport immigrants, Judge Lewis Kaplan said.| Streetsblog New York City
President Trump abruptly announced he'd "terminated" the Gateway Tunnel project while taking aim at Chuck Schumer. Plus more news.| Streetsblog New York City
The Trump administration threatened to cut city and state funding if New York doesn't halt work on the 34th Street busway.| nyc.streetsblog.org
It's time to understand the science of pedestrian-friendly cities.| usa.streetsblog.org
DOT's anti-daylighting "scare tactics" have peeled off Council Member Gale Brewer, who says the policy will gobble up too many parking spots.| nyc.streetsblog.org
The Trump administration bias for "vehicular travel" — and the burning of fossil fuels that it requires — rears its ugly head again.| usa.streetsblog.org
A bill to let for-hire vehicle drivers park in delivery zones will cause more double parking and congestion, New York City officials warned.| nyc.streetsblog.org
The central business district toll did not lead to a traffic influx in the South Bronx, our columnist reveals.| nyc.streetsblog.org
Uncertified batteries can no longer legally be sold in the city, but many workers are still using them because they are less expensive.| nyc.streetsblog.org
Zohran Mamdani vowed to complete street redesigns that Eric Adams killed due to political pressure and, in at least one case, alleged bribes.| nyc.streetsblog.org
What could possibly go wrong? Perhaps we get safer streets. Perhaps every taxi driver loses his or her job.| nyc.streetsblog.org
Imagine destroying everything you've spent decades building to stop the city from building a bike lane. Welcome to Gina and Tony Argentos' world.| nyc.streetsblog.org
Mark Kabbash on his new system for measuring and verifying bike commuting to obtain carbon avoidance credits.| usa.streetsblog.org
The Adams administration is supposed to install 25 of them by the end of September. What's going on?| nyc.streetsblog.org
Much as our contributor hates to admit it, she thinks twice every time she gets on her bike since being hit by an e-bike.| nyc.streetsblog.org
Instacart is arguing that its services are a lifeline to low income New Yorkers, but the app makes groceries 75 percent more expensive.| nyc.streetsblog.org
A 2022 report from the former Democrat promised to expand labor protections to more app delivery workers, but he won't commit to supporting Council bills trying to do just that.| nyc.streetsblog.org
Instacart is trying everything to pressure the mayor to veto a bill that would require the company to pay its workers minimum wage.| nyc.streetsblog.org
Needing to drive in a car-dependent society is not some sort of moral failure. A one-week teach-in can help elected officials see that.| usa.streetsblog.org
The bus-first transformation is an ambitious project that could speed buses by 20 percent while also calming the roadway's notorious traffic. But it's not perfect.| nyc.streetsblog.org
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg dropped charges against a 30-year-old cyclist who NYPD falsely accused of fleeing the scene.| nyc.streetsblog.org
... And will the Idaho Stop become a victim of the current bikelash? It's all in today's Capitol Idea by Amy Sohn.| nyc.streetsblog.org
Quietly, the NYPD has changed policy and will now make criminal cases against cyclists who go through red lights, a change that will have predictable and unpredictable ramifications.| nyc.streetsblog.org
Why has the NYPD prioritized writing red-light tickets to the lightest, slowest-moving vehicles instead of doubling-down on enforcement against 3,000-pound-plus killing machines?| nyc.streetsblog.org
"It would be contrary to notions of basic fairness to reward a powerful special interest with a $22 million handout," Reinvent Albany said.| nyc.streetsblog.org
The Police Department boasted nabbing two would-be toll evaders with obscured plates, but more needs to be done.| nyc.streetsblog.org
