Dave Colon

Email Dave Colon at dcolon@streetsblog.org

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CB9 Transportation Committee Co-Chairwoman Carolyn Thompson (in pink) predicts a battle over every parking space in Harlem when Citi Bike wants to site its docks. Photo: Dave Colon

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Manhattan CB9 Big: Citi Bike Won’t Get ‘Our’ Parking Without A Fight

By Dave Colon | Oct 22, 2019 | No Comments

There's gonna be a showdown over parking, says Carolyn Thompson.

The city is cutting funding for placard enforcement and improving bus service. Photo: Dave Colon

NYPD Is Finally Writing Up More Drivers Who Block Bus Lanes

By Dave Colon | Oct 21, 2019 | No Comments

Cops are writing more tickets, but what we really need are more cameras, which do a much better job at ticketing car drivers than cops (in cars).

Rockaway Boulevard near JFK Airport, where the crash happened. Photo: Google

Hit-and-Run Drunk Driver Kills Scooter Driver In High-Speed Queens Crash, But is Later Caught

By Dave Colon | Oct 18, 2019 | No Comments

The fatal crash occurred on a road near a jumble of expressways and service streets next to JFK Airport.

The car-free busway on 14th Street is still the gold standard (mostly because there's only one other like it). File photo: Dave Colon

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Even More Data Shows That City’s ‘Car-Ban’ on 14th Street is Making Buses Work

By Dave Colon | Oct 17, 2019 | No Comments

"We've shown what can be done if you have true transit priority, and I'd love to replicate that elsewhere," NYCT President Andy Byford said on Thursday afternoon.

Side streets near the 14th Street busway are not filled with traffic, a new study shows. Photo: Dave Colon

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Data: No Side Street Trafficopalyse Near 14th Street Busway

By Dave Colon | Oct 16, 2019 | No Comments

"In most instances, a radical change causes havoc until a new ‘normal’ is established, but in this case it did not," a traffic analyst wrote.

Yes, it's sometimes crowded, but the subway is the solution.

The MTA Needs More Money. Will It Get It?

By Dave Colon | Oct 16, 2019 | No Comments

"Cash-strapped" is not just a cute adjective that always precedes the noun "MTA." It's a harsh reality.

If New York Can’t Protect Bogdan Darmetko, It Can’t Protect Anybody

By Dave Colon | Oct 15, 2019 | No Comments

If New York can't keep Bogdan Darmetko alive, or show any interest in learning lessons from his death, what hope is there for the rest of us?

The spot on Cross Bay Boulevard where a cyclist was struck and killed on Sunday. Photo: Google

BLOODY SUNDAY: Cyclist Killed By Driver In Broad Channel Is 25th This Year

By Dave Colon | Oct 13, 2019 | No Comments

The 60-year-old man was killed by the driver of a Ford Explorer. He's the 25th cyclist to die so far this year.

At a community meeting on Thursday, Assembly Member Cathy Nolan (seated in purple) proposed that cyclists should be banned from some local streets. Photo: Dave Colon

OUTRAGE! Queens Pol Suggests Banning Bikes From Some Streets

By Dave Colon | Oct 11, 2019 | No Comments

"I said there are some streets where perhaps, if we are expanding bikes in some streets, we might want to say on a very heavily industrial block, we're not gonna have bike riders," the legislator said, before following up with: "We're not banning bikes."