OPINION: Connecting Cyclists and E-Scooter Users With the MTA
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The authority could do much — right now and fairly cheaply — to help active-transportation users make first/last mile connections with transit.
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Four Ways to Keep Kids Safe From Traffic Violence This Halloween
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Top health leaders are encouraging families to get outside and trick-or-treat for the first time since the pandemic began, but advocates are urging them not to ignore another public health threat that threatens kids every Halloween: traffic violence.
PROPS FOR PROP 2: Referendum Could Empower State’s Livable-Streets Advocates
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Do you want a Constitutional right to breathe clean air? Then vote "yes" on this ballot proposal.
A Round and a Roundy: The NYPD’s ‘System’ for 311 Calls
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Obviously, our national treasure cartoonist has been reading Streetsblog!
America’s Most Toxic Car Ads Semi-Finals: Dodge vs. Chevy
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We're down to the worst of the worst in our quest to find America's most toxic car ad — and it's time to talk about what to do about it.
Amid Multiple Investigations, NYPD Defends Its 311 Response at Council Hearing
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City Council members voiced frustration with the NYPD's handling of 311 complaints about illegal parking at a hearing Tuesday, but police officials defended the department's efforts.
The 10 Best Ideas We Heard at Tuesday’s Epic ‘Vision Zero’ Hearing
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...and it doesn't take much to implement them (except some courage).
NYPD Ignores Council Request for Info on Allegedly Fraudulent 311 Responses
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Council leaders had asked the NYPD to provide materials related to 14 311 service requests about illegal parking that police officers had marked as resolved despite never responding to the scenes of the infractions, according to council investigators.
HOT TAKES: Four Views on Why Electric Trucks Won’t Save Us
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We are being sold a bill of goods, four authors argue.
Op-Ed: The Troubling Tie Between Big Cars and Pedestrian Deaths
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A recent study added to the mountain of evidence that SUVs are worsening America's pedestrian death crisis. Eric Jaffe explores what to do about it.
IGNORED, DISMISSED: How the NYPD Neglects 311 Complaints about Driver Misconduct
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NYPD cops now close out thousands of 311 complaints about driver misconduct in mere minutes, contributing to a culture of lawlessness on city streets, a Streetsblog investigation into more than 26 million 311 complaints shows.
New ‘Induced Demand’ Calculator Shows Exactly How Much Driving Your City’s Highway Expansion Will Cause
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A new calculator shows the real impacts of proposed highway expansions in their communities — and the experts behind the project hope that transportation agencies will someday be required to use it, too.