OPINION: The Cost of ‘Free’ Parking is Dirty Streets and Foul Air
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Our policy of forcing cars to move for street cleaning has many hidden costs, most notably the environmental effects of trading clean streets for polluted air.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about DOT
Friday’s Headlines: Let’s Go Zoom! Edition
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Should online video streaming be a permanent feature of public meetings? Plus other news.
INVESTIGATION: Whatever Happened to that Reckless Driver Who Totaled Brooklyn War Memorial?
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Here's a deep dive on one single reckless driver with a singularly bad driving record who caused a single crash in Brooklyn — a story of civic dysfunction and basic lack of follow up.
DOT May (May?!) Fund the Streets Master Plan For This Year, But Advocates Want More
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Pols and advocates are demanding that the city actually fund the long-awaited Streets Master Plan, which requires scores of new miles of protected bike lanes and bus lanes, cleaner sidewalks, and car-free streets.
New Law May Make School Zones Safer — But Why Does DOT Act So Slowly, Pols Ask
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City traffic "engineers" rely too heavily on federal guidelines that are biased against pedestrians. But a change may be on the way, at least for school zones.
UPDATED: EYES ON THE STREET: Dereliction of Duty in the Heights and Inwood
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How many trashed cars, vans and RVs can uptown neighborhoods take? DSNY and NYPD are inflicting an unnatural experiment on two low-income, Latino areas.