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Knightscope K5: The Robotic Policeman On Wheels That Embarrassed the NYPD
Knightscope K5: The Robotic Policeman On Wheels That Embarrassed the NYPD

16 Feb 2024, 01:46 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / After a remarkably short run making NYC's busiest subway station safer, we find the Big Apple's plastic robot cop parked in abandoned retail space.

 
NYC Drivers Declare War on MTA, Sue to Stop European-Style Congestion Charging
NYC Drivers Declare War on MTA, Sue to Stop European-Style Congestion Charging

18 Jan 2024, 20:20 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Proponents of NYC's congestion pricing laws claim that selfish drivers who commute into Manhattan by car instead of public transportation burden the city.

 
NYC’s New Toll Hikes and Congestion Charges Are One More Tax on the City’s Working Class
NYC’s New Toll Hikes and Congestion Charges Are One More Tax on the City’s Working Class

9 Jan 2024, 01:50 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The morning of January 8th, 2024, was the first weekday morning in which New Yorkers had to contend with yet another across-the-board toll hike.

 
New York City Buys F-150 Lightning Pickup Trucks, More Are Coming
New York City Buys F-150 Lightning Pickup Trucks, More Are Coming

8 Oct 2023, 06:02 UTC · By: Elena Luchian / NYC went for the standard range version, which is the base configuration. It comes with a dual-motor setup for a total system output of 452 horsepower

 
Hyundai and Kia Sued by New York City Because Their Cars Are Too Easy To Steal
Hyundai and Kia Sued by New York City Because Their Cars Are Too Easy To Steal

7 Jun 2023, 18:08 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / New York City sued Hyundai and Kia for creating a "public nuisance" by failing to install electronic immobilizers to prevent cars from being stolen

 
autoevolution Returns to the 2023 NY Auto Show on April 5th, See You There!
autoevolution Returns to the 2023 NY Auto Show on April 5th, See You There!

17 Mar 2023, 16:33 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In recent years, the New York International Auto Show has evolved into a multi-faceted event that always places spotlighting new vehicles as priority #1

 
Unmitigated Disaster: How the LIRR Dropped the Ball Opening Grand Central Madison Station
Unmitigated Disaster: How the LIRR Dropped the Ball Opening Grand Central Madison Station

4 Mar 2023, 04:03 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / For thousands of New York City commuters, the diversion of LIRR rail cars, usually bound for other stations to Grand Central Madison, has been a nightmare.

 
Spotlight USA: NYC's Grand Central Madison Station Is Eerily Quiet, Won't Be For Very Long
Spotlight USA: NYC's Grand Central Madison Station Is Eerily Quiet, Won't Be For Very Long

18 Feb 2023, 22:22 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / One thing's for sure. We can't wait to come back when the station is in full swing. We'll bet Monopoly money that it won't be nearly as empty next time around.

 
New York City's New, All-Electric Garbage Trucks Can't Handle the Heavy Snow
New York City's New, All-Electric Garbage Trucks Can't Handle the Heavy Snow

28 Dec 2022, 11:04 UTC · By: Mircea Mazuru / The new garbage trucks EVs will be used to collect curbside trash as part of the state's Department of Sanitation goal of reducing emissions by 2040

 
Brooklyn Queens Expressway:  The New York City Highway That Even Locals Can't Stand
Brooklyn Queens Expressway: The New York City Highway That Even Locals Can't Stand

18 Dec 2022, 16:54 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Between Brooklyn and Queens, the two boroughs are host to more than half of all of New York City's traffic collisions. Among them, the BQE has had its share.

 
58 Years Ago Today, New York City's Longest, Most Polarizing Auto Bridge Opened
58 Years Ago Today, New York City's Longest, Most Polarizing Auto Bridge Opened

21 Nov 2022, 21:40 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Named after the first European explorer to discover NY Harbor, the construction of the bridge required colossal amounts of concrete just to make the base.

 
NYPD Declares War on "Ghost Cars" Using Fake Plates and Registrations To Commit Crimes
NYPD Declares War on "Ghost Cars" Using Fake Plates and Registrations To Commit Crimes

11 Oct 2022, 02:54 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Expect NYPD wrecker trucks to be pretty busy in the coming months. It must be noted city police reserve the right to enter a vehicle in their possession if they

 
New York City Plans on Giving You a Cut of the Parking Tickets, But Only if You Help
New York City Plans on Giving You a Cut of the Parking Tickets, But Only if You Help

30 Sep 2022, 23:58 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Things are changing in the Big Apple. Cars are slowly becoming a public enemy. Here’s how you could get some money for sending some photos

 
NYC Yellow Cabs May See Fare Hike Soon, Uber and Lyft Laugh Manically
NYC Yellow Cabs May See Fare Hike Soon, Uber and Lyft Laugh Manically

15 Sep 2022, 03:08 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / According to the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission, this hike would increase driver revenue by as much as a third.

 
New York City Wants More Cars and Trucks Off Its Streets, And It's a Huge Deal
New York City Wants More Cars and Trucks Off Its Streets, And It's a Huge Deal

10 Sep 2022, 16:38 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Like no other city, New York's relationship with automobiles has always been a love and hate affair. Despite a perpetually vibrant car culture among its locals.

 
Electric Luxury Carmaker Hispano Suiza Takes On the USA by Sponsoring the NY City Concours
Electric Luxury Carmaker Hispano Suiza Takes On the USA by Sponsoring the NY City Concours

9 Sep 2022, 21:39 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / The historic luxury car brand aims at a comeback to the New World, to once again set the Hispano Suiza name among the automotive industry's eccentric supercars

 
Three Suspected Catalytic Converter Thieves Caught by Police After Crashing a BMW X6
Three Suspected Catalytic Converter Thieves Caught by Police After Crashing a BMW X6

27 Aug 2022, 17:27 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Three suspects have been arrested by the Police after they got into a hit and run leaving one woman dead. Here’s what the officers found in the trunk

 
I Rode The JFK Airport Air Train, NYC's Little Known 5th Rail Line, and This Happened
I Rode The JFK Airport Air Train, NYC's Little Known 5th Rail Line, and This Happened

25 Aug 2022, 23:51 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Being neither part of the Subway, the LIRR, the Metro North, or the New Jersey Transit systems, the Air Train is a pariah in the middle of Queens.

 
New York City Police Crushes "Extremely Dangerous" Dirt Bikes, Not All People Are Happy
New York City Police Crushes "Extremely Dangerous" Dirt Bikes, Not All People Are Happy

22 Jun 2022, 20:42 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / The NYPD decided it was time to crush some of the impounded dirt bikes and ATVs. They invited the mayor to speak as well. Many people think it’s a mistake

 
New York State Declares War on Catalytic Converter Theft, Lays Out Plan of Attack
New York State Declares War on Catalytic Converter Theft, Lays Out Plan of Attack

14 Jun 2022, 11:14 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / According to reports, New York City Detective Maureen Stefanelli, a member of the city's auto crime division, devised an idea to try and end this nasty trend