Julianne Cuba
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Streetsblog Gets Action: NYPD Restores Missing Bike Injury Data From TrafficStat
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They're back ... in all their disgusting clarity.
SEE NO EVIL? NYPD Inexplicably Removes Bike Injury Data From TrafficStat
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The NYPD has mysteriously removed statistics on bike injuries from its online database even as cycling — and cycling injuries from car drivers — are a key side-effect of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Revel Adds Safety Quiz — And a Mandatory Helmet Selfie — But New York Must Wait for Reboot
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A new "safety course" includes a 20-minute multiple choice test, plus that hard-headed picture.
Port Authority Must Reopen Crucial Bus Lane, Riders And Advocates Say
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Public transit riders get screwed as car drivers reclaim a dedicated bus lane on the Manhattan-bound Lincoln Tunnel approach road.
ANATOMY OF A BUSWAY FAILURE: ‘Business Lives Matter’ Protesters Had Some ‘Good Ideas,’ DOT Commish Says
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An anti-transit group has once again sent Polly Trottenberg's agency scurrying back to its drawing boards in unwarranted shame.
Electeds to City Hall: Protect Cyclists on Fifth Avenue
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To paraphrase Rahm Emanuel: Never let a busway go to waste.
Busway Boosters to City Hall: Do Your Job. We’re Your Constituents, Too
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Flushing busway advocates are railing against the Department of Transportation for what appears to be its acquiescence to a small contingent of busway opponents.
Mayor to School Kids: You’re Expendable During a Pandemic
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Mayor de Blasio said on Monday that he's willing to sacrifice school-bound kids to more road carnage — temporarily, of course, because, you know, the pandemic.
State DOT to Add ‘Auxiliary Lane’ on LIE — A Highway-Widening Project, Opponents Charge
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Bad optics, Gov. Cuomo: Transit riders are facing fare hikes and service cuts, but the state wants drivers in Queens to save five seconds in travel time on the Long Island Expressway.
Queens Pol Chants ‘Business Lives Matter!’ In Opposing Flushing Busway
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Council Member Peter Koo appropriated the Black Lives Matter movement on Thursday.
Twitter Mysteriously Removes Driving Record of the Unmarked Van Used in NYPD Arrest
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For some reason, Twitter is covering up for the NYPD. The social media giant offered no explanation.
Mayor’s ‘Open Streets’ Are In Wealthier Neighborhoods, Data Show
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Mayor de Blasio’s Open Streets program — meant to give New Yorkers socially distanced recreation space during the COVID-19 crisis — caters to the rich, a Streetsblog analysis shows.