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More Money for Delivery Workers Will Require More Protection for Them
In New York, a significant pay raise for city delivery workers could end up increasing the number of deliveries made per hour, which might unleash more two-wheeled deliveristas crisscrossing the city's deadly streets at all hours of the day and night. Be careful what you wish for?
November 25, 2022
A Grove Grows In Brooklyn: Finally, New York Has a Memorial to Road Violence Victims
It's a different memorial to a different holocaust.
November 18, 2022
#StuckAtDOT: It Takes Years (and Years) to Get a Speed Hump in this City
A Brooklyn City Council member has a simple question for the Department of Transportation: Why does it take years and years (and sometimes years and years and years) to put in a simple speed bump?
November 11, 2022
TEN YEARS AFTER: Despite Warnings and Panels and Reports, New York is Not Ready for a Sandy Sequel
City and state officials have simply not done enough.
October 28, 2022
First-in-the-Nation Charging Hubs for Delivery Workers Coming Soon to Abandoned Newsstands
“You're riding this bike a long time. You need a break. Maybe you got to make a phone call. Maybe you have to take care of your personal needs, all of these things,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer, talking about the delivery workers he has been championing.
October 4, 2022
Business Grew After Controversial Bike Lane Installed, Data Show
It's a lesson for any community facing opposition from residents who claim bike lanes hurt business.
October 3, 2022
SEE IT: Streetfilms Takes You to NYC’s All-Too-Rare, Car-Free School Streets
School zones don't have to be danger zones.
September 8, 2022
City is Slowly Rolling Out New Tech to Stop Gov’t Workers from Speeding
NYC wants its drivers to slow down in their city-owned cars. But a pilot program will start with just .2 percent of the fleet.
August 12, 2022
What The Proposed GHG Rule Will (And Won’t) Do for the Climate
Federal regulators want local governments to track transportation sector emissions — but they can't do much to force communities to reduce those emissions, never mind doing so in ways that would address the other damages of car dependency, experts say.
July 18, 2022
Chaos Reigned During GrubHub’s ‘Free Lunch’ Day in May, But Not on Streets
Once again, more evidence that e-bikes are not causing a "bloody battle" on New York City streets.
July 5, 2022
