Upper West Side Community Board Strongly Backs CPW Protected Bike Lane
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After a raucous two hours of debate and testimony, CB7 voted 27-7 in favor, with five abstentions.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Car Culture
Op-Ed: To Meet New York’s New Climate Law, We’ll Have To Break the Car Culture
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Transportation is the number-one source of greenhouse-gas emissions in New York State, and the number-one offender is the internal-combustion engine. It will be a huge challenge, but we need to reduce the use of cars.
UNBELIEVABLE! DOT Adds Parking to Car-Choked DUMBO
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Pedestrian-packed and car-clogged Washington Street in Brooklyn’s DUMBO neighborhood has been converted to a one-way between Front and York streets — a change spurred by a two-year effort by a neighborhood resident that will actually add more cars and more danger to the roadway.
Council Member: Cops Shouldn’t Let Drag Racers Off With a Warning
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Bay Ridge Council Member Justin Brannan is calling out New York’s Finest for letting four kids off the hook for drag racing in the residential neighborhood — only paying a visit to the kids' parents to deliver a "don't do it again" speech.
Reporter’s Notebook: Corey’s a ‘Master’ Planner — And Other City Hall Takeaways
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Council Speaker Corey Johnson has a problem with free parking — and other highlights from this week's hearing on the Speaker's landmark "master plan" bill for street safety.
Corey Johnson’s ‘Master Plan’: 50 Miles of Protected Bike Lanes Per Year — And A Lot More
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The City Council Speaker is putting his legislative muscle where his mouth is.