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Delivery workers face dangers in the richest neighborhoods in town. File photo

THAT’S RICH! Some Neighborhoods Order Lots of Deliveries, But Don’t Want to Help the Workers

By Julianne Cuba | May 8, 2023 | No Comments

Some of the city's wealthiest residents have turned their backs on delivery workers — yet are also excessively dependent on deliveristas' labor, placing tens of thousands of orders every day, according to data obtained by Streetsblog via a freedom of information request.

The Brooklyn Academy of Music at Ashland Place and Lafayette Avenue. Photo: Wally Gobetz via Flickr

New DOT Plan Would Let BAM Take Over Proposed Bike Lane During Events

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 21, 2023 | No Comments

The city on Thursday revealed a new design for Ashland Place that attempts to address the concerns of BAM officials — by letting the famed cultural institution park its trucks in the bike lane during "special loading events."

Manhattan Community Board 7 took up the issue of crosstown bike lanes on March 14.

OPINION: How An Upper West Side Community Meeting Changed My Mind About Bike Lanes

By Lauren DeFazio | Apr 4, 2023 | No Comments

A funny thing happened to me when I went to speak out against proposed crosstown bike lanes at my Upper West Side community board — I changed my mind.

Carling Mott, inset, was killed by a truck driver on a crosstown street that did not have a bike lane. File photo

Upper West Side Panel Backs Crosstown Protected Bike Lanes

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 15, 2023 | No Comments

The vote by CB7's Transportation Committee follwed a parade of residents who spoke overwhelmingly for cycling and pedestrian safety.

Paging Kevin Roose! My Conversation with the Bing Chatbot Was Much Better than Yours!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 5, 2023 | No Comments

Here's a story about why we no longer fear artificial intelligence, and, indeed, hope it will someday be running the country.

Thursday’s Headlines: Working In Our Pajamas Edition

By Streetsblog Editorial Board | Oct 20, 2022 | No Comments

Our favorite story of the day was summed up by this Crain's headline: "Working from home means more sleep, less work." Plus all the other news of the day.

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