Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Car Dependence

City Has Spent Half-a-BILLION Because of Reckless Driving by Workers

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 21, 2019 | No Comments

The City of New York has spent more than $500 million since 2013 in payouts to the victims of road violence caused by employees of just five key agencies crashing their city-owned vehicles, Streetsblog has learned.

We keep writing these stories. And the mayor doesn't take action.

NYPD and Mayor Have Ignored Repeated Warnings About Recklessly Driving Cops

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 17, 2019 | No Comments

Neither took action against reckless cops that might have saved the life of Officer Garman Chen, a speed demon with a long list of moving violations.

The Select Bus Service project on Woodhaven Boulevard, a major north-south route in Queens, promised to make streets safer. But people who want to travel by bike have no safe routes to other parts of Queens in this transit and bike desert. But there's plenty of free parking!

Op-Ed: Let’s Build Bus and Bike Infrastructure Together

By Samuel Santaella | Oct 23, 2019 | No Comments

It is disappointing that, as the boroughs finally modernize their bus services with bus lanes, stop-consolidation and more, cycling again seems left out of the picture.

An e-scooter share program is coming to The Bronx this year.

Op-Ed: New York Needs More Micro-Mobility Lanes Now

By Melinda Hanson | Oct 14, 2019 | No Comments

Cities are setting ambitious goals to reduce the impact of climate change. But most are hoping electric cars save the day. They won't. They're still cars.

Council Member Chaim Deutsch talking to transportation activists Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

L’CHAIM! Southern Brooklyn Pol Gave Up His Car — So Can You, Mr. Mayor

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 27, 2019 | 18 Comments

“I would encourage drivers to use mass transit as much as they can," said Council Member Chaim Deutsch, days after Hizzoner refused to do just that.

The mayor in his natural habitat: a taxpayer-funded SUV.

Editorial: Bill de Blasio Must Put His Feet Where His Mouth Is on Climate

By Streetsblog | Sep 24, 2019 | 14 Comments

Despite the drastically warming planet (and his own heated rhetoric), Mayor de Blasio refuses to get out of his SUV — even for one day a week!

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