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Newsday Endorses Move NY for 2016, While the Times Misses Its Chance

By Charles Komanoff | Jan 4, 2016 | 2 Comments

Two of the region’s papers laid out their Albany 2016 agendas in New Year’s weekend editorials. Both led with ethics reform, but the similarities ended there. One paper boldly called on the legislature to “adopt some version of the innovative Move NY tolling-and-congestion pricing plan.” The other was silent on transit and traffic, even as it […]

Help TA and Families for Safe Streets Convince the AP to Drop “Accident”

By Brad Aaron | Nov 4, 2015 | 5 Comments

The word “accident” is so ingrained in media practice that reporters use it to describe basically any motor vehicle crash scenario, even when a driver is impaired or accused of using a car as a weapon. This is harmful because it disregards the fact that most collisions can be traced to preventable causes, including reckless driving […]

Giving Up on Public Spaces Is Exactly What NYC Did in “The Bad Old Days”

By Ben Fried | Sep 9, 2015 | 25 Comments

Normally Streetsblog would just ignore Steve Cuozzo’s rant yesterday about the evils of giving New Yorkers more room to walk and sit. But yanking out public space is a surprisingly credible threat these days, so here goes. If you missed it, the nut of Cuozzo’s piece is that because he saw some homeless people sitting on benches […]

Trottenberg: DOT Will Soon Propose Amsterdam Avenue Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | Aug 14, 2015 | 22 Comments

DOT will release a long-awaited proposal for a bike lane and other traffic calming measures on Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side this September or October, Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg said on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show this morning. The announcement comes after years of requests from local advocates and Manhattan Community Board 7 for a […]

Hey Brian Lehrer — Traffic Congestion Is Not a Vision Zero Tactic

By Brad Aaron | Jul 24, 2015 | 28 Comments

This morning on WNYC Brian Lehrer said he didn’t understand why Mayor de Blasio would want to penalize Uber for making traffic congestion worse, since the mayor is “causing congestion purposely” to make streets safer for walking and biking. Here’s an excerpt: They want to make driving in the city as unpalatable as possible so people […]

Hey Daily News: NYC Pedestrians Are Safer With Right of Way Law

By Brad Aaron | Jul 7, 2015 | 1 Comment

In its latest attack on efforts to make New York City streets safer for everyone who walks, bikes, and drives, the Daily News editorial board says the Right of Way Law isn’t working. But the available evidence suggests NYC streets are safer since the law took effect. Basically, the Daily News believes that, since the law has been […]

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