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Gounardes Seeks State Rating System to Reflect the Danger of Cars — To People...
A Brooklyn lawmaker wants the state to create a database that rates cars on how safe they are for people outside of them — to both encourage consumers to purchase vehicles less likely to kill their...
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Opinion: After Revel’s Retreat, Whither the Motorcycle in NYC?
The word “motorcycle” sends shivers down the spines of many New Yorkers, given the vehicles’ bad reputation in popular culture. Now that Revel, the motor-scooter-share service, has suspended operations...
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OPINION: Protecting Cyclists From Road Ragers
Several weeks ago, on a Saturday afternoon, a middle-aged man attempted to drive me off the road as I rode on my bike in Northwestern Queens. He was angered that I was on the road. After stopping...
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Examine the Medical Competency of Drivers in Crashes
Council Member Brad Lander recently proposed removing the responsibility for investigating serious automobile crashes from the NYPD, and placing it instead at the Department of Transportation. As a...
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Advocates Pushing Raft of New Street-Safety Bills in Albany
Fresh off several years of legislative wins, livable streets groups are pushing Albany lawmakers to adopt a raft of street-safety measures in order to bring to heel mounting traffic violence in the...
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Out-Of-State Cars Causing MayhemA Streetsblog Crash Analysis
When a reckless driver killed an infant and injured her mother and two others in Brooklyn earlier this month, it wasn’t lost on outraged New Yorkers that the suspect’s car had Pennsylvania license...
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Vision Zero Cities Op-Ed: New York Needs SUV Ratings — Now
A version of this article will appear in Transportation Alternatives’s Vision Zero Cities Journal as part of the 2021 Vision Zero Cities Conference, Oct. 20-22, including walking and biking tours on...
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Albany Bill Would Finally Mandate Instruction for Student Drivers (Well, a...
It’s about time. Two progressive state pols want to require would-be drivers to do what they — believe it or not — do not currently have to do before getting their license: practice driving with a...
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Opinion: Fake Plates are Hiding in Plain Sight on Facebook
You get a temp tag. And you get a temp tag. For a certain kind of person, license plates are a pain. If you want to drag race, leave the scene of a crash, avoid bridge tolls, park illegally, or ignore...
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New Bill Would Mandate Speed Governors and Set Limits on Huge SUVs
A new bill in the New York State Senate would require all new cars registered in the state to have speed-limiting technology by 2024. The legislation, introduced by Manhattan State Sen. Brad Hoylman on...
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