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Map Quest: Meet The City’s Most Dangerous Drivers (And Where They’re Preying On You)
Know where to run. Know where to hide.
April 16, 2025
Report Provides More Reasons to Rein in Supersized SUVs (As If You Needed More)
"This is a nationwide crisis, but the feds refuse to take the necessary steps to limit vehicle size and weight," Transportation Alternatives says in a new report.
June 23, 2023
Speaker Adams Still Won’t Come Out in Support of Sammy’s Law
Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez (D-Williamsburg) introduced a resolution on Tuesday calling on the state legislature to pass Sammy’s Law — a resolution that is a first step in securing the required “home rule” message to be sent to Albany legislators.
April 12, 2023
State of the State: Hochul Seeks to Let New York City Lower its Speed Limits
Gov. Hochul has fully endorsed a state legislative effort to allow New York City to set — and reduce — its own speed limits, announcing in her State of the State address on Tuesday that she will introduce her own version of the existing "Sammy's Law" bill that the legislature has failed to pass previously.
January 10, 2023
Long-Ignored Far Rockaway Speedway Finally Getting Safety Redesign
Finally, the city will do more than just install speed cameras.
September 6, 2022
Sin City: New 24/7 Speed Cameras Issue a Whopping 70 Percent More Tickets
New York City's speed cameras have ticketed 70 percent more drivers since they've been able to stay on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, according to new data from the city.
September 1, 2022
Albany Deal Extends Speed Cameras, But Sacrifices the Bill’s Boldest Provisions
Albany lawmakers on Thursday afternoon reached a deal to renew and expand the city’s speed camera program, keeping them on 24/7 — but the deal was reached only after key provisions of the bill that would help keep reckless drivers off the road were gutted by state lawmakers.
May 19, 2022
Let’s Face It, ‘Home Rule’ on Speed Cameras is Dead — Blame Focuses on City Hall
Mayor Adams will not get what he claims he wants from the state legislature this year — city control of the speed- and red-light camera programs — a devastating blow to advocates' dream of no longer having to beg Albany to reauthorize the life-saving system every few years.
May 11, 2022
Analysis: New York’s Speed Cameras Aren’t Racist — But the City’s Road Design Is
Speed cameras are not disproportionately concentrated in low-income communities of color, despite a pervasive belief that the cameras are a money-making ploy that unfairly target Black and Brown neighborhoods, a Streetsblog analysis reveals.
February 14, 2022
Speaker Adams Offers Misinformation on Speed Cameras
Concern about speed cameras is popular among drivers, anti-government folk and, apparently, the Council Speaker, too.
January 21, 2022
