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Friday’s Headlines: Daily News Beyond the Pale Edition
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Really, New York's Hometown Paper, really? "Psycho de Mayo"? Plus all the other news.
OPINION: 911 Call or Donut Run? The Question Misses the Point of City’s Contempt for Cyclists
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It started with a simple blocked bike lane spotted by a Friend of Streetsblog who posts under the handle JarekFA. Find out what happened next.
Wednesday’s Headlines: Some Linear Parks Are Apparently Better than Others Edition
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Are rich people the only ones who can have nice things in this city? Plus all the other news.
A Round and a Roundy: Fighting Over Crumbs
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Car drivers are selfish. Pedestrians and cyclists are fighting over crumbs. Our roads are unsafe.
Tuesday’s Headlines: The Return of the Real Subway Edition
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And so ends a pointless, completely destructive experiment in pleasing Andrew Cuomo — plus all the day's news.
OPINION: What is ‘Traffic Violence’ and Why Do We Need To Talk About It?
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We were all raised in car culture — which normalizes the idea that 40,000 people will die in car crashes every year. But it's not normal. And it needs to be called what it is.
Monday’s Headlines: The Shame of Staten Island Edition
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As we mentioned last week, it must be terrible to work at the Staten Island Advance and care about the truth about road safety. Plus all the other news.
Friday’s Headlines: It’s Jessica Ramos Day
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The Times dropped a mostly favorable profile of the state senator at roughly the same time we dropped a big story on open streets that quoted her as being less supportive of a permanent, 24-7 greenspace for park-starved Jackson Heights than she had been in the past. Plus other news.
See It: People Really Enjoy Open Streets When Cars are Banished
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Kids having fun. Neighbors meeting neighbors. Everyone walking safe. And a lot of it!
Wednesday’s Headlines: The New York Times’s Sincerest Form of Flattery Edition
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We can die happy! The New York Times is getting its ideas from Streetsblog. That plus the rest of the news.
... And Here's a Delivery Worker's Own Story
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One delivery worker speaks out about basic human dignity that is denied him and his co-workers.
Tuesday’s Headlines: Another Day, Another Busway Edition
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Washington Heights was seeing red on Monday as the DOT made good on its promise to help beleaguered bus riders on a street that the city had been grappling with for a decade. Yes, W. 181st Street got its Busway. Plus other news.