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Bird e-scooters, pictured during a product demonstration in Queens. Photo: Bird/Dennis A. Clark

Two Scooter Companies Claim They Have the Tech to Stop Sidewalk Parking

By Eve Kessler | May 11, 2022 | No Comments

Two e-scooter-share companies, Bird and Lime, unveiled new tech for combatting the single-biggest complaint about scooters: riders who leave them all over the sidewalk.

THE BRAKE: Why Sustainable Transportation Advocates Need to Talk About Zoning

By Streetsblog | May 10, 2022 | No Comments

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?

Human error causes most crashes. Photo: File photo

OPINION: Stopping the Lawless Drivers Behind Our Traffic Violence Crisis

By Matthew Carmody | May 10, 2022 | No Comments

Less than 1 percent of motorists cause most of the havoc. We can take countermeasures.

What pedestrians must wade through many nights. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Advocates: The City’s ‘Clean Curbs’ Pilot is Too Small

By Eve Kessler | May 10, 2022 | No Comments

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.

How To Bring ‘Zero Auto Ownership’ Out of the Shadows

By Streetsblog | May 9, 2022 | No Comments

Cars are so ubiquitous in the United States it’s hard for some people to believe it’s possible to live without one. But in order to meet a host of urgent local, regional and national environmental and public health goals, we must drastically cut down on vehicle miles traveled (VMT). In short: people need to drive less.

Study: EV Rebates Had Little Effect on Buyers’ Choices

By Christian MilNeil | May 9, 2022 | No Comments

Surveys of program participants found that more than half of rebate recipients were "free riders" — car buyers who would have chosen an electric car with or without the state's cash, but took the money anyhow.

NYPD officers in Brooklyn. Cops who live outside the city often act like an occupying force, State Sen. Kevin Parker writes. Photo: AdmiralHalseyy via Wikimedia Commons

OPINION: NYPD Officers Must Live in the City They Serve Rather Than Being an ‘Occupying Force’

By Kevin Parker | May 6, 2022 | No Comments

State Sen. Kevin Parker makes the case for enacting a residency requirement for cops.

Composting at BK ROT. Photo: Via Instagram

OPINION: It’s Time To Mandate Composting Citywide

By Sandy Nurse | May 5, 2022 | No Comments

Small waste programs in underserved Brooklyn neighborhoods show it can be done, argues the Council's Sanitation Committee chairwoman.

This is the mess that needs fixing right now. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

KOMANOFF TO BUTTIGIEG: Speed Congestion Pricing… And Show Us Your ‘Overzealous’ Concerns

By Charles Komanoff | May 4, 2022 | No Comments

In this clarion call op-ed, Charles Komanoff writes an open letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation secretary demanding action on congestion pricing.

'We Need New Station Houses Because of NYPD's Illegal Parking,' Communities Say

By Eve Kessler | May 4, 2022 | No Comments

The antidote to illegal cop parking? Why, more parking, of course, say many community boards.

Why Transportation Advocates Need to Talk About Abortion Access

By Kea Wilson | May 3, 2022 | No Comments

Auto-centrism already poses a barrier to health care — and the likely rollback of the once-protected procedure could make that hurdle insurmountable for many.

Holland Tunnel traffic inbound from New Jersey. Tolling of the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels would divert east-west auto and truck trips to the Cross-Bronx Expressway and other highways north of mid-Manhattan. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

THUNDER ROAD: Car Noise Stokes Heart Attacks, Study Finds

By Eve Kessler | May 3, 2022 | No Comments

Researchers in New Jersey link traffic racket to cardiovascular disease and cardiac episodes, proving again that it's death, not redemption, that's beneath a dirty hood.

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