Brooklyn Pols: Fix Grand Army Plaza and Make it Safer
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The letter by Council Members Crystal Hudson and Shahana Hanif said the DOT needs to build on work it has already done.
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EXCLUSIVE: Here’s Why Mayor Adams is Pinning Hopes on Business Improvement Districts
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Even as the city's businesses reeled during the pandemic, the city's business improvement districts provided nearly the same level of sanitation and other supplemental services — which may be why the Adams administration is hoping BIDs will be the engine to pull the city out of the doldrums.
THE BRAKE: Why Sustainable Transportation Advocates Need to Talk About Zoning
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What if any American could tell at a glance how her unique local land use policies influence the way she and her neighbors get around, without having to dig through a mountain of arcane jargon to get there?
OPINION: Stopping the Lawless Drivers Behind Our Traffic Violence Crisis
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Less than 1 percent of motorists cause most of the havoc. We can take countermeasures.
Yet Another Report Makes Clear Case for City Control of Speed Cameras
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Almost 60 percent of road fatalities in the five boroughs occur in the hours when the cameras are, by current law, unable to issue tickets.
Advocates: The City’s ‘Clean Curbs’ Pilot is Too Small
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The limited scale of Clean Curbs — basically, the piloting of off-the-shelf storage sheds for bags — hampers the city's goals because it does not require the total rethinking of garbage-collection methods, which is what the city ultimately needs.