The General used data from the nonprofit Insurance Institute for Highway Safety to examine traffic camera laws in New York

Overall, more than half of all vehicles entering the congestion zone are passenger cars (57%), with an additional third being taxis, or Uber and Lyft rides (36%). Small trucks make up just 4% of the vehicle mix entering the zone, and large trucks are only 0.5%, according to MTA traffic data.

Drive times into Manhattan have dropped dramatically since the institution of New York’s congestion tolling program, according to data released Wednesday by the MTA — with the most

New York City Department of Transportation On January 15, 2025, New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez announced a new Vision Zero equity report revealing that predominantly lower-income neighborhoods that received street redesigns saw the largest declines in traffic deaths.

Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, quickly condemned the Trump administration’s offer to roughly 2 million federal employees to resign in exchange for pay, saying in a Senate floor speech that the deal was a trick, that the president didn’t have the authority to make the offer and employees who resign may not be paid.

A 1970s-era federal law requires states to allow right turns on red lights. Mineta Transportation Institute researchers say it’s time to change that.

Case studies have shown the efficacy of traffic cameras. New York City was the first to implement a red light camera program in 1992. In October 2024, the state of New York announced it was expanding its red light camera programs, citing a 73% drop in red light running and related crashes where they were installed.

Speed cameras in NYC are an ongoing controversy. Spread out throughout the city, they are the source of many drivers’ complaints and are viewed by many as a money grab. But a new report released on Thursday shows that lead-foot driving—and road tragedies—have significantly decreased over the past 10 years since cameras were first

The General used data from the nonprofit Insurance Institute for Highway Safety to examine traffic camera laws in Utah

Senior officials under President Trump have talked with prosecutors in Manhattan about the possibility of abandoning the corruption case against New York City’s mayor. After chronicling the ...

Anthony Saccavino, 59, the former head of the Bureau of Fire Prevention from 2021 to 2023, admitted taking money to give preferential treatment to those who paid to get to the front of a two to four-month backlog.

Is Said to Discuss Dropping Case Against Eric Adams Officials under President Trump talked with Manhattan prosecutors about possibly abandoning the corruption case against the mayor of New York City.