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UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED: NYS Is About to Make it Even Easier for Untrained Drivers to Get Licenses
State lawmakers are making it easier for bad drivers to get licenses by allowing student drivers to take a questionable online safety course rather than the previously mandated five-hour, instructor-taught classroom session.
August 23, 2019
CYCLE OF RAGE: Forget Your Vanity Plates, Andrew, And Make Drivers Use These
Cuomo is right that license plates are a symbol — but he's willfully blinded himself to the symbolism embodied by the cars to which they're attached. So I decided to help with my own proposals for more realistic designs.
August 20, 2019
How Many Bad Drivers Are There in New York State? DMV Doesn’t Know — And Doesn’t Seem to Care!
DMV "does not have a way to know which records in our possession might answer the questions you have asked," the agency's Freedom of Information Law and Subpoena Unit told Streetsblog.
August 6, 2019
Who Is the MTA Board? Not Anyone Most Transit Riders Would Recognize…
Board members are predominantly suburban, white, and wealthy, a Reinvent Albany study finds.
August 1, 2019
Have No Fear, Advocates: State E-Bike Bill Will Become Law
The chairman of the State Senate Transportation Committee said he is "confident" that the governor will sign the bill legalizing e-bikes and scooters because his veto will be overridden if he doesn't.
July 16, 2019
Secret MTA Reorganization Plan is Actually Quite Public, MTA Chair Says
The MTA's secretive reorganization process has and will continue to be forward-facing, MTA Chairman Pat Foye said on Thursday morning.
July 11, 2019
Op-Ed: Gov. Cuomo’s Plan for New LIRR Station for Islanders is a Boondoggle
The state's plan for a new LIRR station at Belmont Park raises many questions, many of which are asked in this op-ed by a respected transit analyst.
July 9, 2019
The Rumor Mill: Separating Fact from Fiction in Andrew Cuomo’s Bid to Sideline Andy Byford
As the MTA hurtles towards a huge reorganization, no one knows what the next phase of the MTA will actually look like, or who will get to run what.
July 4, 2019
State to Study Reuse of Old ‘Motor Parkway’ in Eastern Queens
Queens cyclists and pedestrians are closer to getting more control over a car highway in that was built in the early days of the automobile.
June 19, 2019
Transit Advocates to Cuomo: Don’t Keep Us in the Dark
Dear Governor, can you make sure you fix the MTA right?
June 18, 2019
