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NYS Moves Ahead on Requiring Delivery Apps to Provide Insurance for Workers
Speed limits are fine, but what will really help crash victims is insurance.
Amy Sohn
June 16, 2025
NY State Senate Guts ‘Super Speeder Bill’ To Protect Reckless Drivers
Under cloak of darkness, the state Senate helped more than 130,000 reckless drivers avoid accountability.
Amy Sohn
June 11, 2025
Empty Bike and Bus Lanes Are A Feature, Not a Bug
People stuck in a car in a lane next to a bus or bike lane shouldn’t be mad at the bus or the bike lane. If they had access to the bus or bike lane, it, too, would quickly clog with cars and trucks.
June 11, 2025
Now Do Cars: NYC Pushing Speed Limits for E-Bikes Instead of Addressing Clear and Present Danger
The signs show that the city's priorities are completely backwards.
June 11, 2025
Families for Safe Streets Founder ‘Disgusted’ That NYS Law to Slow Down Cars is Being Use for Bikes
Amy Cohen says she is disgusted and we will not be quiet about the Adams administration warping the intent behind a decade of her work for safe streets.
Amy Cohen
June 9, 2025
Car Harms Monday: Cars Make Us More Lonely
The specter of road violence keeps people from interacting. And you can blame cars for that.
June 9, 2025
Chaos in NYC: Citi Bike Will Slow Down E-Bikes After City Hall Cites Public Health ‘Emergency’
Lyft caves to pressure from Mayor Adams.
June 5, 2025
‘War on Cyclists’: NYC E-Bike Speed Limit Panned by Safety Advocates
"Sounds like more flavor-of-the-month hot air," said one activist.
June 5, 2025
No Parking: NYC Finally Puts Trash in Bins (Um, Like Europe Has Been Doing for Decades)
A new era of trash has dawned in New York City.
June 3, 2025
In New York, Pols Want to Require Helmets for Teen E-Cyclists
Helmet laws remain controversial — they're the "common-sense" approach pushed by lawmakers who ignore that studies show they don't improve safety.
Amy Sohn
June 2, 2025
