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Road Rage

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton.

Bratton: Cop Who Fatally Shot Motorist in Brooklyn Stripped of Badge and Gun

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said an off-duty cop who fatally shot another motorist had his badge and gun taken away.
By Madina Toure

Drivers Not Wanted: An NYC Car Spends 95 Percent of Its Life Parked—Oh, but That Other 5 Percent!

Like all six-lane urban highways scattered with years of pulverized wreckage—nary an inch of shoulder for breakdowns, center lines that
By Ben Ryder Howe

Will Citi Bikes Be Even More Reviled Than Their Racks? Is That Even Possible?

These last few weeks, to hear some people tell it, you’d think that New York’s streets have been endangered by
By Kim Velsey

Even Louis C.K. Is Confounded by the City’s Old Parking Signs

By Matt Chaban
Stay in your lane, or the Staten Island senator will get you (Getty)

Crash, and Burn: City Dismisses Prospect Park West Bike Lane Foes’ Unusual Settlement Offer

By Matt Chaban
A bike share station at the Navy Yards, in sunnier days. (Brooklyn Spoke)

Sandy Gears: Despite Hurricane Damage, DOT Says Bike Share Will Launch In May

By Matt Chaban

Slideshow: Sandy Floods the Streets With Traffic

By Matt Chaban

Central Parking: DOT Cuts Down on Car Lanes to Make More Room for Joggers, Bikers

By Matt Chaban
None shall pass.

Obama, Ahmadinejad and Jay-Z Will Create Carmageddon in New York This Week

By Matt Chaban

A Tale of Two Pedestrian Plazas: Transformation In Corona, Lamentations in Astoria

By Matt Chaban
Red overreactions? (NYPost.com)

Is 6½th Avenue Really Slowing Down Traffic?

By Matt Chaban
Ford motors along. (Vanessa Rieger)

Would the Next Mayor Really Reverse Mayor Bloomberg’s Re-engineering of the Streets?

By Matt Chaban
How about some rainbow colored lanes? (Getty)

Let’s Roll! Two Out of Three New Yorkers Like Bike Lanes

By Matt Chaban
Pedestrians? My word!

Bulldogs! Might Some Entitled Yalies Torpedo Plan to Pedestrianize Vanderbilt Avenue?

By Matt Chaban
Fight! Fight! (getlstd property)

Territorial Bicycling Businesses Battle For Prime Real Estate in Central Park

By Sarah Grothjan

New Eighth Avenue Protected Bike Lane Sure Is Nice When It’s Not Full of Pedestrians (Which Is Never)

By Matt Chaban

Baron Davis Bounces Off Bikers and Dribbles on Taxis to Promote Streets Smarts

By Lindsey Cherner
Are the bikers really the problem? (AFP/Getty)

Helmet Huggers: Pedestrians Really Have Nothing to Fear from Bikes (But Everyone Still Has to Worry About Cars)

By Matt Chaban

Hooray for Hip Helmets: Seven Sleek Options If the City Council Makes Bike Helmets Mandatory

By Jess Schiewe
Coming to a Midtown intersection near you. (NYC DOT)

6½th Avenue Gets Greenlight: Pedestrian Passageway Approved by Community Board, Installation in June

By Matt Chaban

Does Diplomatic Immunity Cover Blocking Bike Lanes?

By Matt Chaban
Boogie men? (Bicycling magazine)

Are Bikers to Blame for the Bicycle Backlash? Decide for Yourself Tomorrow

By Matt Chaban
Curse those bikes!

Bikes Desecrate 9/11: Lane to Blamed for Moving Survivor Sphere

By Matt Chaban
Secret gardens. (NYC DOT)

Paving the Way for 6½th Avenue: Midtown Community Board Committee Gives Pedestrian Plan Unanimous Support

By Matt Chaban
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