Countless marginalized U.S. communities, though, are already being annoyed by car noise —and experts say that may not change even if every vehicle on the road were electrified overnight.
Elected officials in Queens joined forces to seek a big bag of money to study reactivating an old transit right of way, the latest effort to move the project known as QueensLink off the conceptual page and into reality.
The Department of Transportation has dismissed complaints of a Bronx Council member and will move ahead with its life-saving plan to narrow Riverdale Avenue from a four-lane speedway into a slower residential street
Automakers are warning that they won't be able to meet demand for electric cars while also divesting from foreign supply chains — prompting some advocates to demand a decarbonization strategy that doesn't require 1,000-pound batteries.
A Manhattan community board is generally supportive of a Department of Transportation plan to increase pedestrian space on Eighth Avenue while also narrowing the wild west roadway, but wants the agency to fully build out the changes with concrete, not just paint.