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Streetsblog NYC |Bicycle Safety

OPINION: Ordering Takeout? Stop Complaining and Look in the Mirror

Entitled, app-using New Yorkers don't seem to understand their central role in creating unsafe streets.

Robert Green

February 4, 2022

OPINION: Ordering Takeout? Stop Complaining and Look in the Mirror

Streetsblog NYC |Delivery

Feds Considering if Gig Workers are Independent Contractors or Employees

A federal board may give workers more power ... or maybe not.

Dave Colon

December 30, 2021

Streetsblog NYC |Bicycle Safety

Deliveristas Face Yet Another Deadly Threat — Exploding Cheap E-Bike Batteries

“We want to really stress the seriousness of this situation,” said FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro.

Julianne Cuba

September 9, 2021

Barcelona

European Infrastructure Approach Highlights U.S. Shortcomings

As the U.S. plods towards an underwhelming federal infrastructure deal that will funnel billions into building new roads for drivers, Europe makes strides towards saving its most vulnerable road users and the climate.

Streetsblog

August 9, 2021

Streetsblog NYC |Carnage

Deliveristas March to Demand Protection on the Willis Avenue Bridge and Beyond

"The bridge is one of the most dangerous in the city and a place where assaults and robberies are frequently committed," said Sergio Solano of El Diario de los Deliveryboys en la Gran Manzana.

Fiifi Frimpong

June 29, 2021

Streetsblog NYC |Bicycling

OPINION: What I Learned Delivering for DoorDash

E-bike workers are in an impossible bind — they have to break the law to earn a living. How we could fix it.

Richard Robbins

June 24, 2021

Streetsblog NYC |Delivery

‘Uber’s Fantasy’: Bill Would Limit Gig-Worker Rights

A state proposal that would allow gig workers, such as the city's delivery riders, to form unions and bargain for wages would also undercut recent City Council efforts to give far more rights to those workers, advocates say.