Op/Ed
Basics
Ticketing Injured Cyclist is a New Low for NYPD
November 27, 2019
Op-Ed: What America Gets Wrong about Fare Evasion
There’s a moralistic discourse in the United States about fare evasion on public transport that makes it about every issue other than public transport or fares. It’s a proxy for lawlessness, for police racism, for public safety, for poverty. In lieu of treating it as a big intra-urban culture war, I am going to talk about best practices from the perspective of limiting revenue loss to a minimum.
November 26, 2019
Op-Ed: Hey, Reporters, Stop Blaming Crashes on the Victims
A new academic paper argues that a shift away from the victim-blaming of most news coverage of traffic crashes involving pedestrians could improve the lackluster policy debate around vehicle violence.
November 18, 2019
Why We Formed the Future of Transportation Caucus
Reps. Pressley, Garcia and Takano outline the need for a new federal vision.
November 14, 2019
Op-Ed: How Cities Should Regulate Scooters
October 29, 2019
Op-Ed: What Flying Ubers Mean For the Future
Really? Flying taxis? Why don't we just make real transit better?
August 26, 2019
Op-Ed: A Lesson from Israel on How to Double Bus Ridership in U.S. Cities
What can U.S. cities learn from Herzliya’s unexpected success at significantly increasing bus ridership?
April 29, 2019
Auto Worship Still a Sign of the Times
When the Supreme Court held this week that the Environmental Protection Agency does, in fact, possess the latitude to protect the environment, the New York Times called it "a victory for a world whose environment seems increasingly threatened by climate change."
April 4, 2007
Going Nowhere Fast
This weekend's City section of the New York Times featured a
mind-blowing essay by children's-book writer Sarah Shey about her habit
of taking her one-year-old son out for drives in the city -- drives
with no destination or purpose in mind, in which she crossed and
recrossed the Brooklyn Bridge endless times.
March 26, 2007
Parochial Thinking Amid Ominous Signs
The Committee to Keep NYC "Congestion Tax Free." Front row, left to right: John Corlett, Automobile Club of New York; Ray Irrera, Queens Chamber of Commerce;
Council Member David Weprin; Lobbyist
Walter McCaffrey; Joe Conley of Queens Community Board 2.
December 12, 2006