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3 天之前 · IT’S WORKING: Initial Data Show Congestion Pricing Has Stemmed The Tide of Years of Increasing Traffic. Travel times are down an average of 34 percent across the eight bridges and tunnels into the Central Business District, which saw a 7.5-percent drop in overall traffic, according to MTA figures.
Congestion Relief Zone is Also a CRASH Relief Zone: Data
3 天之前 · Manhattanites have one more reason to appreciate congestion pricing: early statistics show that roadways inside the congestion relief zone below 60th Street are experiencing fewer crashes resulting in fewer injuries. According to just-updated city …
OPINION: Slow Down on Our Bike Paths! - Streetsblog New York …
2 天之前 · From time to time, Streetsblog invites leading thinkers in the livable streets movement to opine on safety concerns. Our instinct toward free debate should not be interpreted as approval for one opinion or another. The Editors Social critic Ivan Illich once observed that when machines exceed 15 mph ...
New DOT Report Questions Daylighting As Council Bill Gains Steam
2025年1月18日 · The Adams administration contradicted a widely held belief that banning parking at corners — aka daylighting — provides better visibility and safety, releasing a report that advocates derided as deeply flawed.. The Department of Transportation's conclusion rests on shaky stats and suspect methodology, advocates charged, and its long-delayed release came just as a Council bill to require ...
The Stakes Are High For Congestion Pricing Mitigation In The Bronx
5 天之前 · Broken neighborhoods. Broken promises. Broken trust. Congestion pricing has just begun, but environmental justice advocates in the Bronx are already sounding the alarm that they won't be satisfied until all of the promised pollution mitigations are in place. Like now. And no half measures this time ...
Streetsblog New York City – Covering the fight for sustainable cities
2023年6月8日 · Covering the fight for sustainable cities. Why is Sammy's Law so important? Why are activists staging a hunger strike to get the state Assembly to pass a law that would allow New York City to reduce some speed limits to 20 miles per hour from the current 25?
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2025年1月16日 · Exclusive: New Policy from Tisch Seeks to Reduce High-Speed NYPD Chases. The NYPD will stop initiating dangerous and often high-speed pursuits of suspects fleeing non-violent crimes and traffic infractions — a major reform that Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch hopes will reduce fatalities.
IT'S WORKING: Initial Data Show Congestion Pricing Has Stemmed …
2025年1月14日 · Congestion Pricing IT’S WORKING: Initial Data Show Congestion Pricing Has Stemmed The Tide of Years of Increasing Traffic. Travel times are down an average of 34 percent across the eight bridges and tunnels into the Central Business District, which saw a 7.5-percent drop in overall traffic, according to MTA figures.
Analysis: Mayor Gets the 'W,' But Council Turns His Zoning Plan …
2024年11月22日 · Well, it’s a little more housing in some neighborhoods. The City Council's vote on Thursday to water down Mayor Adams's signature "City of Yes" rezoning — ending mandatory parking in areas with the best transit while keeping the costly mandate in low-density neighborhoods where it most hinders development — demonstrates the restive legislature's failure to institute progressive ...
Room for Improvement: What New York’s Subway System Can …
2024年10月3日 · MTA Room for Improvement: What New York’s Subway System Can Learn from Cities Around the World. New York’s subway was once an international model of modernity.