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Richard Robbins

Recent Posts

So called "free parking" exacts a high toll on our streets, air and the taxpayer. Photo: Chris Murphy/Flickr

OPINION: The Cost of ‘Free’ Parking is Dirty Streets and Foul Air

By Richard Robbins | Mar 21, 2022 | No Comments
Our policy of forcing cars to move for street cleaning has many hidden costs, most notably the environmental effects of trading clean streets for polluted air.
Richard Robbins delivering a DoorDash order on the Upper West Side. Photo: Courtesy Richard Robbins

OPINION: What I Learned Delivering for DoorDash

By Richard Robbins | Jun 24, 2021 | No Comments
E-bike workers are in an impossible bind — they have to break the law to earn a living. How we could fix it.
The new dedicated bypass in Riverside Park has confusing markers for cyclists, one of many flawed design features.

Op-Ed: Riverside Park Greenway Bike Bypass is An Accident Waiting To Happen

By Richard Robbins | Jun 27, 2019 | 50 Comments
The newly designated detour on the nation’s busiest cycling path is well intentioned. Recently a 4-year-old child was injured by a speeding cyclist on the greenway. But the "solution" is deeply flawed — so flawed, in fact, that the city should reconsider its decision forcing cyclists to use the bypass.
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