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Cars pass under the toll gantries at the Manhattan Bridge amid congestion pricing in New York on Jan. 7, 2025.

Congestion Pricing

Real road relief: Latest congestion pricing research shows fewer traffic jams and delays across NYC metro area

Posted on June 18, 2025

City improves safety at over 1,000 intersections in 2022

‘Daylighting’ savings time in NYC: DOT to redesign intersections to limit vehicle parking and improve cyclist safety

Posted on June 11, 2025

An express bus operating on a rainy street on Staten Island

Staten Island commuters endure ‘painful’ waits, crowded express buses after depot closure

Posted on May 14, 2025

Uber and Lyft drivers in Lower Manhattan.

NYC taxi commission and drivers’ union reach agreement on ride-share permitting and electric vehicles

Posted on April 24, 2025

Congestion pricing toll gantries Williamsburg Bridge

MTA, feds reach compromise to keep congestion pricing in NYC going through October

Posted on April 8, 2025

Buses going by shelter on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn

No easy ride: Brooklyn commuters say now is the time to move forward with a plan to improve Flatbush Avenue bus speed

Posted on March 26, 2025

slow zone speed limit in dumbo

Brooklyn Paper

Speed limit in Dumbo to be lowered to 20 mph as nabe becomes Brooklyn’s first ‘Regional Slow Zone’

people sitting at a table looking at papers regarding the Cross Bronx Expressway

Transit officials complete federally funded study on Cross Bronx Expressway redesign

Posted on March 10, 2025

three people outside a house on Staten Island

Staten Island residents rally against speed cameras as street safety program faces reauthorization in Albany

Posted on March 2, 2025

MTA subway riders depart train

Congestion pricing: New Yorkers react to Trump’s move to end congestion pricing

Posted on February 19, 2025

People walking through a snowy Times Square

Midtown Manhattan

Bright highlights: Broadway seeing more foot traffic, bigger audiences thus far in congestion pricing era

Posted on February 19, 2025

Cars exiting the Manhattan Bridge amid congestion pricing in New York on Jan. 7, 2025.

Congestion Pricing: Manhattan traffic ticks upward, but slightly, as program enters second month

Posted on February 18, 2025

Traffic on Manhattan's 5th Avenue on Dec. 8, 2024.

Report: Speed cameras in NYC cut major crashes; spark debate as Albany weighs renewal

Posted on January 23, 2025

coney island casino hearing

Brooklyn Paper

Coney Island casino’s future a crapshoot after community board committee votes ‘no’

“It sucks, take them down!” a driver yelled as he passed under the congestion pricing cameras by the Queens Borough bridge.

Upper East Side

Congestion pricing: New Yorkers react to first day of Manhattan tolls with anger, angst and faint hope of change

Posted on January 5, 2025

truck loading and making deliveries in NYC

NYC DOT adds 500 new loading zones for delivery trucks to help curb double parking

Posted on November 25, 2024

mcguinness boulevard

Brooklyn Paper

Work begins on McGuinness Boulevard redesign, ‘substantial completion’ expected by the end of the year

BQE Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

Brooklyn Paper

City to close one lane of Staten Island-bound BQE for next 2 weekends to install weigh-in-motion tech

A sign noting the entrance to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel.

Queens Midtown Tunnel partially reopens after flooding caused by construction accident

Posted on September 4, 2024

sign shows speed limit and warns of traffic camera enforcement in between traffic

Bronx Times

DOT re-launches safe driving campaign at Yankee Stadium

the corner where a sunset park man was struck by a moped rider

Brooklyn Paper

Family seeks justice for Brooklyn man killed by allegedly unlicensed moped rider

A taxi cab

Editorial | Let New York prove whether congestion pricing is right or wrong

Posted on June 17, 2024

motorcycle accident

News

Harley rider killed after colliding with tractor trailer in Bronx hit-and-run

Posted on June 7, 2024

NYPD barnacle placed on windshield of truck

Is the ‘Barnacle’ the NYPD’s answer to stopping parking scofflaws in their tracks?

Posted on April 9, 2024

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway traffic

Brooklyn Paper

Section of Brooklyn-Queens Expressway to close for needed repairs April 13-15

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Brooklyn Paper

Cyclist dies after losing control of e-bike in Brooklyn: NYPD

Brooklyn pols call for backup traffic plan when Verrazzano Bridge closes due to high winds or heavy rain.

Brooklyn Paper

Bay Ridge pols call for help with traffic build-up caused by Verrazzano Bridge closures

Verrazzano Bridge

CAR CITY: MTA and Port Authority data shows record traffic on NYC crossings as congestion pricing nears

Posted on December 28, 2023

Flushing

QNS

Flushing community mourns loss off toddler killed by hit-and-run driver

dump truck in Midwood

Brooklyn Paper

Dump truck driver strikes and kills 77-year-old pedestrian in Midwood

Cops say the school bus driver was attempting to make a turn onto 86th Street in Ozone Park, Queens when they fatally struck Maria Rodriguez in the crosswalk.

Cops cuff school bus driver for fatally striking 73-year-old in Queens

Posted on November 11, 2023

cars and trucks on brooklyn-queens expressway

Brooklyn

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway triple cantilever to partially close for repairs next month

Posted on September 18, 2023

truck after striking woman and child in bath beach

Brooklyn Paper

66-year-old woman dead after she and 2-year-old grandchild hit by truck in Bath Beach: NYPD

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Bronx Times

Bruckner Boulevard, Tremont Avenue see greatest impact from 24/7 speed camera enforcement

Bus traffic

Op-Ed

Op-ed | New York has a problem at the curb. Here’s how we fix it.

Posted on August 23, 2023

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Brooklyn Paper

Relief in Greenpoint as compromise reached on McGuinness Boulevard redesign

NYPD Transportation Bureau Deputy Chief Michael Pilecki

New York

NYPD honcho tells council that it faces obstacles in fight against ‘ghost plates’

Posted on June 27, 2023

Children next to a car walking through pedestrian crossing to the school

Op-Ed

Op-Ed | We must keep NYC kids safe from speeding cars with a statewide passage of Sammy’s Law

Posted on June 26, 2023

The Sheriff’s Office joined the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission, along with several other agencies on April 24 to perform a joint checkpoint operation at the Queens Midtown Tunnel.

Queens

EXCLUSIVE | Sheriff’s Office seizes vehicles at Queens Midtown Tunnel for scofflaw violations

Posted on April 24, 2023

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Traffic deaths underwent a slight decline across the U.S. in 2022 but still a ‘crisis’

Posted on April 22, 2023

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Brooklyn Paper

Driver kills woman crossing Atlantic Ave in Brooklyn Heights

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Queens

Queens traffic agent struck by hit-and-run driver in Forest Hills: NYPD

Posted on March 20, 2023

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Astoria Post

DOT to install traffic calming measures at Astoria intersection where 7-year-old was killed

More than 100 firefighters from 25 units respond to a fire in Soundview on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023.

Bronx Times

Highbridge fires last week underscore traffic and accessibility issues for first responders

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Astoria Post

Queens City Council members urge DOT to install traffic calming measures where Astoria girl was killed

Speed camera in Brooklyn

Speeding down 27% in New York City since cameras turned on 24/‌7: Adams

Posted on December 25, 2022

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Brooklyn

One dead, three injured after Brooklyn collision

Posted on October 15, 2022

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Brooklyn Paper

Driver in fatal Gowanus Expressway ramp crash charged with drunk driving, vehicular manslaughter

More from around NYC

roads to success

CM Riley, Roads to Success and AIMHIGH sponsoring 40 Bronx youths to attend financial empowerment conference

Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers was the first African-American to play in the major leagues.

Jackie Robinson’s ties to Queens go beyond the parkway bearing his name: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

NY: A Night at Niblo’s Garden – Green-Wood Cemetery

Green-Wood Cemetery honors William Niblo with sold-out Victorian spectacle

US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listens at a Make Oklahoma Healthy Again kickoff event at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. June 26, 2025.

RFK abruptly cancels meeting of task force responsible for determining preventive services