Gridlock Sam: Give Cyclists a Car Lane on the Henry Hudson Parkway
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A proposal for a temporary lane on the Henry Hudson Parkway gets an assist from Gridlock Sam!
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UPDATE: They Might Be Giants Guitarist Badly Injured in City Crash, Driver Arrested
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Guitarist John Flansburgh was badly injured in a "rather serious" car crash while "on his way home" from Wednesday night's return to the stage from a pandemic lull, the band said in a statement.
OPINION: We Can Have Nice Things … Once We Get Rid of King Car
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Europe has great public places. A walk or bike ride from Borough Hall to City Hall across an auto-free Brooklyn Bridge would equal any of them.
THE BRAKE: Every City Needs a Car Master Plan
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So why do transportation leaders spend so much time drafting "pedestrian master plans" and "bike master plans" without accompanying "car master plans" aimed at building a world where fewer people get behind the wheel?
New York City’s Slowest-in-the-Nation Buses are a Poster Child for Failure
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And the poster offers the most damning visual symbol for our bus system: turtles!
Study: Cycling is 10x More Important Than E-Cars to Get to Net Zero
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"We found that emissions from cycling can be more than 30 times lower than driving a fossil fuel car, and about 10 times lower than driving an electric one."
THE ALBANY REPORT: A Historic, Yet Deeply Disappointing, Glass-Half-Empty Legislative Session
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"This is four-dimensional chess," said one lawmaker. "We're negotiating with the Council, with both houses of the legislator and with the executive. To play four-dimensional chess with new and novel pieces was difficult."
OPINION: Make Cars Safer for People Outside of Vehicles
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OPINION: City Must Protect Bikers, Walkers During Hudson Greenway Closure
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A hilly, unsafe detour needs better signage and physical barriers separating vulnerable road users from cars.
Ford’s Geofenced ‘Speed Limiters’ Might Not Cut Road Deaths As Much As You Think
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The trouble with this "smart" tech, though, is that drivers can easily outsmart it — and that's by the company's and regulators' own design.
Talking Headways Podcast: Thinking Regionally About New York
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How the Interborough Express got traction, and other tales of transit in the Big City.
OPINION: Why We Must Eliminate Placards — And Here’s How We’ll Do It
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City Council Member Lincoln Restler offers his plan to solve the problem.