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OPINION: Let’s Fix These Killer ‘Signalized Sidewalks’
A flawed intersection design helped lead to the traffic death of a toddler on Staten Island. Here's what we must do — and which intersections around the city to avoid.
December 7, 2021
Wisconsin Car Attack is an Example of Our Failure to Prevent Cars Being Used as Weapons
Policy, culture, and environment create conditions that all too often permit such crimes — and by failing to address those conditions, advocates argue, we practically ensure that such atrocities will continue to happen.
November 24, 2021
OPINION: How Family Rides Turned a ‘Bike Dad’ Into an Activist
Former Sunnyside resident Alan Baglia describes his evolution from ordinary citizen to mover and shaker.
November 9, 2021
The 10 Best Ideas We Heard at Tuesday’s Epic ‘Vision Zero’ Hearing
...and it doesn't take much to implement them (except some courage).
October 26, 2021
HOT TAKES: Four Views on Why Electric Trucks Won’t Save Us
We are being sold a bill of goods, four authors argue.
October 18, 2021
OPINION: Muscle-Car Makers Market Mayhem
Dodge sells its Chargers with images of road recklessness and — whaddya know? — some Charger drivers copy the ads. It's time for the dangerous appeals to end.
August 16, 2021
Arrests of Drunk Drivers Are Falling Even as Crashes are Historically High: Report

August 9, 2021
I Watched ‘F9’ So Other Bike/Ped Advocates Don’t Have To
I write about car crashes all day. Here's my take on the new "Fast and the Furious" movie.
July 7, 2021
Deliveristas March to Demand Protection on the Willis Avenue Bridge and Beyond

June 29, 2021
CARNAGE CONTINUES: Bloody Year on NYC Streets on Pace for Worst Ever Under ‘Vision Zero’ De Blasio

June 22, 2021