A 24/7 speed camera on Houston St. in the East Village. The DOT claims that speeding incidents in the neighborhood have decreased by nearly 100 percent in the year since the cameras expanded to round-the-clock surveillance. ( Photo via NY DOT) Speeding Incidents Down 30 Percent in Year Since 24/7 Cameras Installed, Says DOT Speeding and injuries in traffic corridors have considerably decreased in the year since the Department of Transportation... News 30 Aug 2023 | 06:44
Mayor Eric Adams and New York Governor Kathy Hochul announce the subway safety plan at the Fulton Street subway station on Friday, February 18, 2022. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office A City on Edge The West Sider was in a hurry to get home from her office in Times Square. “My thing is to get the heck out of the subway... News 26 Feb 2022 | 05:08
Sidewalk cut before and after shoveling. Photos: Lindsey Cormack Sidewalk Snow Removal is an Intersectional Issue By Patrick Bobilin, Lindsey Cormack and Zaki Molvi Making cities more walkable and easier to navigate should be a goal of... Voices 19 Feb 2021 | 12:58
Students talked about programs they would like to see the community put into place. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) Coming Together After Tragedy Residents of Upper Manhattan came together last week to discuss how the community can move forward following the December... News 03 Feb 2020 | 11:39
After the death of Erica Tishman at 49th St. and Seventh Ave., the Buildings Department ordered the emergency building of a sidewalk shed. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) Deadly Terracotta and Sidewalk Sheds A recent front-page New York Post story decried the “scandal of [New York City’s] everlasting scaffolds,” or sidewalk sheds.... News 20 Dec 2019 | 12:02
Save the Nabes from Busway Invasion! And we are talking about, no, railing against, the tunnel vision that turned 14th Street into a busway. The tunnel vision... Voices 18 Oct 2019 | 03:03
A ghost bike memorial for cyclist Robyn Hightman, 20, who was struck and killed by a truck on Sixth Ave. at 23rd St. in June. ( Photo: David Noonan) Bike deaths prompt new safety plan Mayor Bill de Blasio has released a new five-year, $58.4 million plan to build more protected bike lanes, step up enforcement... News 02 Aug 2019 | 11:28
