Op/Ed Archives — Page 10 of 16

Streetsblog NYC |Air Quality

OPINION: What New Yorkers Can Learn From Seoul

The subway and streets of the Korean capital hold many lessons for Gotham.

Philip Plotch

July 28, 2021

OPINION: What New Yorkers Can Learn From Seoul

Streetsblog NYC |Bicycling

OPINION: Sorting Out Space for Pedestrians and Cyclists

What the next mayor can do for safety. (Hint: widen sidewalks at the expense of car lanes.)

Michael King

July 16, 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

Air Quality

OPINION: Raise the Gas Tax? Yes, but Fix Transportation Spending First

We can’t keep pumping new money into a broken system and expect a different result.

John Stout

June 1, 2021

Streetsblog NYC |Carnage

OPINION: Treat Traffic Violence Like Other Violence

New Yorkers should not have to choose between ending mass incarceration and safety, says Manhattan DA candidate Lucy Lang. Restorative-justice techniques can help achieve both.

Lucy Lang

May 15, 2021

Streetsblog NYC |Bicycling

OPINION: Stop the Shameful Treatment of Deliveristas

These largely immigrant strivers occupy a crucial economic niche. They deserve safety, fairness, dignity and recognition.

Shabazz Stuart

April 27, 2021

Streetsblog NYC |Accessibility

OPINION: New York Needs a ‘Disability’ Agenda

The status quo of inaccessibility must be done away with immediately, says one Council candidate from the Upper East Side.

Rebecca Lamorte

March 10, 2021

Streetsblog NYC |Carnage

OPINION: Treat Traffic Violence as an Epidemic

Manhattan district attorney hopeful Tali Farhadian Weinstein looks to driver-accountability law, technology to curtail reckless drivers.

Tali Farhadian Weinstein

March 8, 2021

Streetsblog NYC |DOT

OPINION: It’s Time to End NYPD’s Current Role in Crash Investigations

A victim of road violence speaks.

Bernadette Karna

February 23, 2021

Streetsblog NYC |Air Quality

OPINION: Time for Our Airports To Put Transit First

The Port Authority charges a $7.75 fare for its AirTrain passengers, but no tolls on its access roads. Why is it privileging car drivers, further congesting our roads and dirtying our air?

Sean Scott

February 19, 2021

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