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Welcome back to the working week! Here in a snowy New York, we’re thinking about how New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s proposal to reduce car insurance premiums is propaganda designed to protect the wealthy insurance industry from scrutiny and deny injured people full legal recourse. In our latest reporting on the push, Streetsblog NYC spoke to the lawyers who represent crash victims about how this proposal would change the equation for victims.
Plus: The largest categorial of American “bike lanes” are little more than lines of paint at the edges of deadly roads — and that lack ofquality infrastructure is keeping many would-be riders out of the saddle, a new study confirms.
Congressional negotiations over America’s next big transportation law hit some speed bumps this summer — but that doesn’t mean there isn’t work to be done.
The small expansion of e-car charging stations is a small down payment on the city’s larger plan to permanently allocate more public space for the automobile.
Congressional negotiations over America’s next big transportation law hit some speed bumps this summer — but that doesn’t mean there isn’t work to be done.
The average American car owner spends about $15,000 a year on their vehicle, according to a AAA analysis of Bureau of Labor statistics.
The small expansion of e-car charging stations is a small down payment on the city’s larger plan to permanently allocate more public space for the automobile.
