Hey, NYC — Boston Has Incentives for E-Bike Purchases
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Beantown Mayor Michelle Wu is using American Rescue Plan money to help older adults and people with disabilities get electric mobility. We don't do that.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Disability
Feds: City’s Interpretation of Disabilities Act is ‘Wrong’
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The federal government says the city's interpretation of the Americans With Disabilities law is wrong, and that the city must clear pedestrian pathways and remove any interferences to the disabled — and that includes placard abusers or illegal parkers.
Thursday’s Headlines: A Historic Deal that Will Take Years Edition
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The MTA reached an historic settlement with disability advocates. And by "historic," we mean it — it'll take another 32 years to make the subway system accessible. Plus other news.
It’s Time for America to Talk About Bike Parking
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A historic commitment to increase bike parking in Paris has U.S. advocates wondering why cycle storage doesn't get the same level of attention in American cities — and sharing policy strategies that could help.
OPINION: New York Needs a ‘Disability’ Agenda
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The status quo of inaccessibility must be done away with immediately, says one Council candidate from the Upper East Side.
Why Transportation Advocates Need to Talk About Seating
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When we talk about increasing access to sustainable transportation, many street safety advocates fail to talk about placing benches with anywhere near the fervor with which we talk laying train track or building bike lanes. That needs to change.