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Environmental Groups Join to Fight Adams’s BQE Reconstruction
Rebuilding the Moses-era highway for another century is not environmental justice.
April 11, 2024
Want Safer Streets? Get the Worst Drivers off the Road, Report Says
The city could save 50 lives every year by getting the worst drivers off the road — but that's a heavy lift, a new report shows.
March 21, 2024
DOT Report: Rise in Red Light Running Shows Need for More Cameras
Two unfortunate trends are merging: post-pandemic reckless driving is increasing and far more people are dying in crashes from drivers running red lights.
March 20, 2024
Getting the Green: Upstate Pol Wants to Unlock Highway Cash for Bike Paths
A New York state grant program now limited to road and highway projects could be unlocked for biking and walking paths under a new proposal.
January 23, 2024
Audit: DOT Cameras Miss Millions of Speeding Drivers
The "worsening problem" of vehicles with obscured or covered license plates means more than $100 million a year in lost revenue — and failure in the fight against reckless drivers.
January 22, 2024
EXCLUSIVE: Gov. Hochul Again Seeks to Let New York City Lower its Speed Limits
Gov. Hochul will try again this year to pass long-sought-after legislation to allow New York City to control its own speed limits.
January 9, 2024
Groups Call on Hochul to Stop City’s ‘Predetermined’ Plan to Keep BQE
"The existing process will only lead to billions of city and state taxpayer dollars spent to simply preserve the failed and dangerous BQE with a Band-Aid," the groups said.
December 18, 2023
A ‘Dangerous’ Sunset: What’s Next for Reining In Reckless Drivers?
The city's Dangerous Vehicle Abatement Program expires on Thursday. And there's no new strategy to deal with the worst of the worst recidivists, except to appeal to the state for new laws.
October 25, 2023
State Lawmaker Seeks to Close Moped-Registration Loophole
New legislation in Albany seeks to eliminate — in one fell swoop — the sale of illegal mopeds by requiring sellers of the devices to register them with the DMV before buyers could take them out of the shop.
October 23, 2023
Council Needs Info from DOT So it Can Rescue (or Ignore) Fading ‘Dangerous Vehicle Abatement Program’
The Council Transportation Chair said that the DOT's failure to give the Council the required final report has made it difficult to consider the next steps for the program, which expires on Oct. 26.
September 18, 2023
