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    An EV in Every Driveway Is an Environmental DisasterWe can’t lithium mine our way out of climate crisis.
    By Alissa Walker
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    Al Roker Is at War With His TeslaHe can’t get in, and he can’t get out.
    By Alissa Walker
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    The MetroCard’s 28 Years As a Blank CanvasAs the clock runs down on this ubiquitous object, a collector walks us through its many variations.
    By Christopher Bonanos
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    Riding Around Tompkins Square Park With the Citi Bike BoyzJerome Peel will jump over anything with the 45-pound clunker.
    By Jeremy Rellosa
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    Make 2023 the Year of the BusCori Bush’s first-of-its-kind BRT bill is a start.
    By Alissa Walker
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    Los Angeles’s Celebrity Mountain Lion Was Also Its HostageWithout an easy way to cross the freeways that bisect his natural habitat, P-22’s life in the city was a lonely one.
    By Alissa Walker
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    The Status Submarine’s Time Has Come“If you’re just going on a yacht in some fancy place, that’s one thing,” says Ray Dalio of going bullish on submersibles.
    By Clio Chang
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    ‘Let’s Play Getting Doored!’Lego and Playmobil’s ambulance sets each come with an injured cyclist. But don’t worry — they’re smiling.
    By Clio Chang
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    Eric Garcetti’s Broken SidewalksIf you want to know what kind of mayor he’s been for Los Angeles, just look down.
    By Alissa Walker
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    In Praise of the Subway Exit GateThe MTA may redesign it to stop fare evaders, but it’s the only thing that lets parents ride the subway in the first place.
    By Adriane Quinlan
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    Where Is the Tesla Bus?Elon Musk announced it alongside the Tesla Semi all those years ago. So what gives?
    By Alissa Walker
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    The Great G-Wagen Sell-OffA looming recession and a crypto crash seem to be driving many to offload their status-symbol SUVs at deep discounts.
    By Jack Denton
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    GM Is Fixing Busted Teslas NowAbout 11,000 of them so far, according to GM’s president.
    By Alissa Walker
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    Don’t Blame the E-BikeThere’s fear and confusion after a surge of preventable battery fires.
    By Alissa Walker
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    Can Transit Ambassadors Make the Subway Safer Just by Being There?Los Angeles and other cities are trying to find out if better customer service offers an alternative to policing.
    By Alissa Walker
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    Elon Musk’s ‘Hyperloop Prototype’ Was Always a GimmickAt least a parking lot will be useful?
    By Alissa Walker
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    Pete Davidson and Colin Jost’s Ferry May Be Full of Asbestos and RoachesAccording to its former captain.
    By Clio Chang
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    7-Inch Platform Gaps Are Keeping Disabled Riders Off the SubwaysA new class-action lawsuit is demanding the MTA do something to actually fix them.
    By Alissa Walker
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    New York’s Halloween Streets Plan Should Be in Place Year-RoundIt shouldn’t be this dangerous for kids to walk around their neighborhoods.
    By Alissa Walker
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    The Driving Instructor to New York’s Teen Elite“If these walls could talk in this car, oh my God.”
    By Matthew Schneier
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    The MTA Is ‘Completely Obsessed’ With Reopening Its BathroomsStarting with just eight, to be exact.
    By Clio Chang
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    Wet Leaves Are the Enemy of the Suburban CommuterBut laser trains could be the solution.
    By Chris Stanton
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    Can You Make Drivers Pay Attention to Cyclists?Automakers are betting that a series of built-in alerts will help save lives.
    By Alissa Walker
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    ‘I Didn’t Pick This Height’A review of the FAA’s extremely lively public-comment period on airplane-seat dimensions.
    By Zach Schiffman
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    How Delivery Workers Won Their First Charging HubData collected by the deliveristas pinpointed the first location, a newsstand by City Hall.
    By Wilfred Chan
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    The SUV-ification of Police FleetsExperts sound the alarm as departments across the country embrace bigger, faster vehicles.
    By Alissa Walker
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    The Case for the One-Car BuildingWhy a midtown tower’s communal Porsche is kind of a good thing.
    By Alissa Walker
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    The Era of the Not-Too-Empty, Not-Too-Crowded SubwayIt’s peak comfort. And a huge problem for the MTA.
    By Christopher Bonanos
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    The Queen’s Posthumous Transit Plans Are Surprisingly DetailedAnd rail-specific.
    By Clio Chang
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    The MTA Says You Can Officially Wear Your Mask Weird NowThere’s a sign and everything.
    By Clio Chang
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    Our Highways Are Covered in Pasta SauceAlfredo in Tennessee, classic red in California.
    By Clio Chang
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    Is Alternate-Side Parking a Mistake?How the weekly car ballet does, and doesn’t, keep the city clean.
    By Alissa Walker
  33. design history
    We’ll Miss You, MetroCard MachineAfter more than two decades, the city is replacing the squat stainless-steel machines to make way for OMNY.
    By Karrie Jacobs
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    Can You Believe This Brazen Dog?A pit-bull mix fuels the fare-evasion crisis.
    By Clio Chang
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    Talking to the Last Man Standing at the Congestion-Pricing HearingAn all-nighter with the MTA (and The Real Housewives of Dubai).
    By Katie McDonough
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    6 Hours and 42 Minutes of Insults and Minor MeltdownsA “money grab,” an “embarrassment,” and other complaints from the MTA’s first congestion-pricing hearing.
    By Wilfred Chan
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    California Banned Gas Cars. Now It Needs a Plan for Fewer Cars.“Responding to climate change requires diminishing that car dependence.”
    By Alissa Walker
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    Good Luck to This Man Who Became His Own Tesla KeyThe doors can be fickle.
    By Alissa Walker
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    Can a Garage Full of Revel Taxis Stop the Next Blackout?Electric vehicles could become a giant energy-storage bank.
    By Alissa Walker
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    Should It Be Easier to Take Away a Driver’s License?It’s not a right, but we often treat it like one.
    By Alissa Walker
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    At Last, Congestion Pricing Fee PreviewsSome numbers to fuel the battle.
    By Clio Chang
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    Eric Adams vs. New York’s Greatest Boat RidePay the Staten Island Ferry staff, please.
    By Bridget Read
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    What If We Stole the West Side Highway for Bikes?Closing down a car lane, adding a bike lane.
    By Choire Sicha
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    We’re So Close to Having Cars That You Can’t Drive DrunkA simple fix that Republicans are trying to oppose.
    By Alissa Walker
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    The Flight Hack Is DeadAbandon hope all ye who enter security.
    By Clio Chang
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    DALL-E Is Actually Kind of Good at Designing Walkable StreetsIn case we want to replace car-centric engineers with bots.
    By Alissa Walker
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    A Possible Explanation Behind Kylie Jenner’s Extra-Short Private-Jet TripsShe’s (probably) not flying just to the mall.
    By Alissa Walker
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    A Bike Lane Built for a Car CrashWhy did L.A.’s 6th Street Bridge turn into just another altar to the automobile?
    By Alissa Walker
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    We’ve Surrendered the Subway to the FloodThe water is winning.
    By Clio Chang
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    NYCHA Delays E-Bike Ban As Delivery Workers Push Back“You are forcing them to choose between their work and their home.”
    By Wilfred Chan
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