Kevin Duggan
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A Bridge Too Far: City Seeks Authority to Ban Sellers From Spans
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DOT wants to officially ban street vendors from its bridges after NYPD temporarily ejected sellers from the Brooklyn Bridge promenade in January — raising the alarm for merchants who say they have fewer and fewer places to hawk their wares.
HOOPLA: City Adds $30M for Managing Open Streets
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The Department of Transportation will bring in managers to help with day-to-day operations and management for pedestrian-friendly spaces, including open streets, plazas, shared streets, slow streets, street furniture and bike corrals.
No Green: Meeker Bike Lane Delayed; DOT Blames Traffic Light Contractor
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The upgrades — which promise to improve a mile-long stretch that is now a dangerous sluice between the Kosciuszko Bridge and Metropolitan Avenue — were slated to be done by the end of last year, but the DOT will only be part of the way done by the end of this year.
Cops: Driver Who Killed 7-Year-Old Girl in Astoria is Collared
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Police on Tuesday morning arrested the woman they say fatally struck a 7-year-old girl in Astoria with her car in February, charging the motorist with criminally negligent homicide, a felony that carries a top jail sentence of four years.
ANALYSIS: Waste Containerization Will Be Big Lift, But Could Be Historic Change for Trash City
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Mountains of trash, mountains of politics.
Ocean Parkway Bike Lane Fixes Finally Begin After Years of Delays
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Repairs have finally started on the busted-up bike lane.
Sanitation: Trash Containerization Can Be Done With a Historic Reuse of Parking; Pilot to Start This Fall
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The city can containerize its trash — and it will start testing that theory in Upper Manhattan.
EXCLU: McGuinness Blvd. to Go On Road Diet for Protected Bike Lanes
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The city plans to install protected bike lanes on both sides of deadly McGuinness Boulevard and remove a car lane in each direction as part of a major redesign of the highway-like north Brooklyn road, Streetsblog has learned.
In Wake of Death, Pols Want Mid-Block Crossings, Safer Atlantic Ave.
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"It is wrong how deadly this strip is," Council Member Lincoln Restler said of the portion of Atlantic Avenue that functions as a speedway for drivers between the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the Barclays Center.
Experts Slam Lawsuit by Open Streets Opponents (Who, Of Course, Have No Problem with Cars)
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Advocates and lawyers blasted a federal lawsuit aiming to end New York City's open streets program by accusing the three-year-old initiative that reclaimed space from cars of violating the rights of people with disabilities.
NYCHA Trash Containerization Set to Launch in Coney Island
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The city's plan to test containerized residential garbage collection at public housing developments will roll out in Brooklyn's Coney Island section, likely next year, according to the New York City Housing Authority.
SMILE! Bus Lane Cameras Reduce Collisions, Speed Commutes, MTA Says
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The MTA’s arsenal of bus-mounted bus lane enforcement cameras have not only sped up buses — but also reduced traffic crashes, a top transit official said.