Council Speaker Candidates Debate (and Pander on) Livable Streets Issues
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Would-be leaders Francisco Moya and Justin Brannan were far more conciliatory towards car drivers than other potential speakers.
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Brooklyn Pol Offers Poor Fix After Death of 10-Year-Old Boy: Advocates
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“All bus stops should have bollards,” Council Member Chaim Deutsch said.
Op-ed: DOT Rebuffs Community on Riverside Park Rotunda Traffic Safety
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Last October, the Department of Transportation presented to Community Board 7 a $150- to 200-million plan to renovate the Rotunda at West 79th Street in Riverside Park. The Rotunda is topped by a traffic circle that cyclists use to get to the Hudson River Greenway, the busiest bike route in the country. For years, cyclists […]
Talking Sense About Red Light Cameras in Connecticut
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Your partner won’t catch you with your lover in a red light camera photo from this distance. A Connecticut campaign for red light cameras offers a reality-based counterpoint to the growing backlash against automated enforcement. The CT Livable Streets Campaign worked hard throughout 2009 on legislation allowing municipalities to implement automated red light camera enforcement […]
What Does Southern Brooklyn Think About Bicycling?
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Livable Streets member Sholom Brody files an interesting report from southern Brooklyn, where volunteers with Transportation Alternatives’ Brooklyn Committee recently surveyed subway and bus commuters about their attitudes toward bicycling and bike infrastructure. Brooklynites wait to transfer to the bus from the Kings Highway subway station. Photo: Sholom Brody Neighborhoods like Mill Basin, Marine Park, […]
In NJ Town, Demonstrating the Benefits of Bike Lanes
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Collings Avenue: A street that could use a bike lane. Photo: Joe Bonaparte. Back in May, Stella Bonaparte launched a group called Collingswood Streets and began studying bike lane options for downtown Collingswood, NJ, a borough outside Camden. Now she’s shared her excellent work on the Livable Streets Community. As she explains in the study: […]