Dave Colon
Email Dave Colon at dcolon@streetsblog.org
Recent Posts
With No Federal Money Coming, the MTA Has Options — Bad Ones
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The Feds are allowing transit agencies to use capital funds for operating expenses. But that option comes with huge downsides.
Feds Charge Queens Man For Torching DOT Speed Camera — Oh, and Supposedly Plotting Mass Killing
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Elijah Song, a 27-year-old Flushing resident, is being held without bail.
Summer Bummer: Bike-In Movies Aren’t Happening
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Certainly some ambitious event promoter who doesn't like pollution, crashes and congestion could do a bike-in movie series, right? Uh, no.
POST-MORTEM: Revel Didn’t Move Quickly Enough to Calm Safety Fears
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They knew they had a problem, and didn't act quickly enough.
Revel Temporarily Ends Scooter Service In New York City
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Electric scooter share company Revel announced on Tuesday morning that it had abruptly shut its service in New York City pending a review of its safety measures after two riders died in separate crashes this month — and Mayor de Blasio said the company can't continue "without making this service safe."
MTA Won’t Cross ‘More Cops’ Off Its Shopping List
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Even as the transit agency faces a debt crisis, MTA Chairman Pat Foye said the MTA's plan to hire more than 300 new police officers would not be scrapped.
Good News, Bad News: Riders Return To Buses — But Speeds Are Dropping
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Riders are getting back on the bus, but speeds are also dropping to pre-pandemic levels because of an increase in both riders and traffic, new MTA data show.
Greenpoint Vols: Local Cops Are Only Interested In Harassing, Not Helping, Us
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"Only now when we've taken up the slack are they saying, 'We want to have a conversation,'" said one volunteer.
Jay Street Busway Will Do More To Stop Placard Abuse Than the NYPD Ever Did
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Two out of every three parked cars on the stretch between Livingston and Tillary streets had "parking permits" in their windshield — and more than one-third were total shams, the DOT said.
Carpocalypse Building Slower in Manhattan Than in Outer Boroughs
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With driving rising, but still down, advocates ask whether the city will install the infrastructure New Yorkers need.
City’s Previously Announced Secure Bike Parking Pilot Will Not Happen
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"One of the goals was to examine the financial feasibility," a DOT spokesperson told Streetsblog. "Unfortunately, we concluded it was not feasible."
SEE IT! Here’s a Doomsday Subway Map if Trump Tells MTA To ‘Drop Dead’
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Ever seen a subway map with no subway lines on it? Get ready, New York.