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Photo of the Blade GT II scooter boasting that it can go up to 53mph
A photo of NYPD cops outside of a precinct on Staten Island. The third man from the left is Officer James Giovansanti.
Chart showing relative kill/serious injury crash risk by number of violations (top four tickets) Drivers who have an average of 1 violation per year are 1x as likely to get into a serious crash. For 2.5 violations per year (avg), that multiplier goes to 285x as likely.
Photo of a white RAM 1500 pickup truck parked on a city street. The license plate is LFC3742
Rendering of 72nd street with a two way bike lane, bus boarding islands, and seemingly still some parking?
Geoguessr guy
The safety argument is shakier than it looks The industry’s foundational claim — that humans cause 94 percent of crashes — has long been debunked. National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy herself called that claim “not accurate” and “often mis-cited” — and it’s so widely misused that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration removed it from its own materials. But the claim lingers in the national mind because it sounds right and it absolves Big Car from culpability. But even setting aside the flawed claim that human error causes virtually all crashes, the data meant to replace it can’t be trusted either; Waymo has declined to share any findings from its city testing with the public, and we argue we still do not have enough information to make decisions on safety. The result is a data environment that is not just incomplete, but actively contradictory: Bloomberg Intelligence reported that Tesla is 10 times safer than Waymo, while recent reporting has found Tesla’s robotaxi performing four times worse than human drivers in Austin. Waymo says its studies show that its vehicles are at least 80 percent safer than the average driver, but a close look at the source reveals that all 10 authors work for Waymo! We are being asked to reshape New York City’s streets based on something we may not fully understand or trust just yet. Any future permit must require independent data disclosure as a baseline condition.
People on the train platform at Yankee Stadium for the home opener. Credit: MTA via Flickr.
Busy stroad in Phoenix, AZ.
RADIO-DRIVEN AUTO RUNS DOWN ESCORT | Wireless Directs Test Car In Wobbly Course Through Heavy Broadway Traffic. | ESCAPES FIRE ENGINE CRASH | Defect In Steering Mechanism Blamed for Erratic Action — New Demonstration Planned.
Front bumper of a Toyota with the license plate obscured.
"do it for her" simpsons meme but edited with pics of donald shoup
Breaking News Federal Judge Rules Trump Can't Kill Congestion Pricing
Location: New York City Salary: $70,000-$75,000 annual salary plus benefits Date Posted: 2/6/26 Application Due: 3/6/26 StreetsblogNYC, a Polk Award-winning news outlet covering the movement for better transit, street safety and livable communities, is hiring a reporter to cover law enforcement. We are seeking an experienced journalist to cover NYPD and the larger law enforcement community’s systemic failure to address traffic safety in the broadest possible sense: how multiple agencies fail to hold reckless drivers accountable; how law enforcement could be playing a more constructive role in protecting the most vulnerable road users; and how, of course, law enforcement routinely flouts traffic laws that the rest of us have to follow. In short, why is the NYPD, and the law enforcement community at large, so bad at Vision Zero? The reporter will work approximately two days or more per week out of NYPD headquarters, where they will be expected to build sources within and around the police department and the city’s various district attorneys. Minimum qualifications 3 years of experience as a working reporter. NYPD sources. A proactive approach to journalism and the ability to quickly pivot to breaking news as needed. A high level of organization and ability to juggle multiple assignments and interviews. Enjoyment at working in a fast-paced environment. A knowledge of what Streetsblog does and why it does it. A strong knowledge of issues relevant to sustainable transportation. An even stronger understanding of how law enforcement works (or doesn’t) in New York City and beyond. Lots of ideas! We live in a rapidly changing journalistic environment. The ideal candidate can use data to both find stories in otherwise innocuous data bases, but also to create interactive components to our stories. But we also rely on traditional shoe-leather reporting, so the ideal candidate has existing sources and knows how to develop more
NIMBY-Mania: Middle Village Has a Love-Hate Relationship with the IBX The idea of making it easier to reach Middle Village clearly put some Middle Villagers on edge. Image: An attendee at an open house on the Interborough Express considers the project.
Queensboro bridge bike path cleared and salted, with bike riders going by.
congestion pricing toll gantry with happy birthday balloons
Photo of Mayor Mamdani in front of a crowd at McGuinness Blvd.
Yellow button that says "MAKE MCGUINNESS SAFE"
DOT's plan to install a wide curbside protected on 31st Street beneath the elevated subway tracks. Graphic: DOT
Graph showing the increase of Citi Bike membership costs.
"It's out of my control" meme Frowny guy: "against change quality of life" "crime will go up" "this will BRING DRUGS" "not needed" "this will bring homeless" Smiling guy: "Scarcity of mobility is not a solution! Go IBX :)" "The IBX is going to be a positive thing for our neighborhood" "would save a lot of time going to Mets games" "i'm excited for a universal cut in commuting time!"
ICE agents getting into a black Nissan sedan with a covered license plate: NJ A59SSK
Tweet from Laura Loomer: "A Muslim driver in NYC appears to have deliberately run over a couple from Germany. A woman is dead after she was nearly decapitated in the horrific NYC hit-and-run crash. Her husband is in critical condition. Vehicular jihad on the streets of America."
Zohran Mamdani walked McGuinness Boulevard with a local family on Aug. 25. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.
"I stopped biking on 31st Street and I started biking on 35th Street because of the fact that I did not want to jeopardize my life each and every day that I took that Citi Bike from right in front of my apartment building to where my district office was," Mamdani said. "What I would tell those businesses, if they came to me, is that I stand with the DOT and with the other elected officials of the neighborhood in looking to ensure that every street is safe in our neighborhood."
Screenshot of an Instagram post from @makemcguinnesssafe showing Zohran Mamdani smiling and holding a clipboard with a signed pledge.
"Those donors knew that if they provided enough catering to a Gracie Mansion event, if they put the mayor's top aide in a cameo speaking role in 'The Godfather of Harlem,' then they could ensure that the road diet would be cut in half," Mamdani said at a press conference in Union Square. "And the whole reason there's advocacy for that street safety improvement is because a local teacher was killed ... at that same site. New Yorkers need a mayor who's thinking about safety first, not about the possibility of enrichment of his closest friends. "The same tens of thousands of dollars that are alleged to have passed hands from top donors to the Adams administration to the top aide to Eric Adams, are the same kinds of money that keep New Yorkers from living a life of dignity in their own lives," Mamdani added.
THE GRAND JURY OF THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, by this indictment accuses the defendants Ingrid Lewis-Martin, Gina Argento, Anthony "Tony" Argento, and Broadway Stages, Ltd. ("Broadway Stages") of the crime of CONSPIRACY IN THE FOURTH DEGREE, in violation of New York Penal Law § 105.10(1), committed as follows: The defendants, in New York County and elsewhere, from on or about March 1, 2022, to on or about November 2, 2024, with intent that conduct constituting the Class C felonies of Bribery in the Second Degree, in violation of Penal Law § 200.03, and Bribe Receiving in the Second Degree, in violation on Penal Law § 200.11, be committed, knowingly and intentionally agreed with others, known and unknown, to engage in and cause the performance of such conduct.
Screenshot of a Streetsblog story by Kevin Duggan from June 16,2023: Donor Class McGuinness Safety Opponents Reel in Brooklyn Dem Boss, DOT Commish for ‘Sham’ Town Hall Opponents of the city’s proposed safety redesign of deadly McGuinness Boulevard flexed their political muscle on Thursday, even luring the boss of Brooklyn’s Democratic county machine — to whom they’ve donated tens of thousands of dollars.
32. On April 18, 2024, Ingrid Lewis-Martin had a phone conversation with Anthony "Tony" Argento and a person known to the Grand Jury ("GJ-1"), in which Anthony "Tony" Argento told Ingrid Lewis-Martin that he and GJ-1 were negotiating to get Ingrid Lewis-Martin another acting role. 33. In a phone call on April 22, 2024, Ingrid Lewis-Martin told CH-1: "Just make sure we shut their asses down on McGuinness." 34. On May 7, 2024, Ingrid Lewis-Martin had a phone call with BS-1 to confirm Ingrid Lewis-Martin's meeting with Anthony "Tony" Argento later that day, and said, "I hope he is not yelling and screaming. I did a good job on McGuinness."