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Glenn Beck’s Advice to de Blasio: “Lose the Stupid Bike Lanes”

By Stephen Miller | Nov 14, 2013 | 33 Comments

The Observer asked people they deemed to be “influential” New Yorkers for a short piece of advice for Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio. Of the 57 members of what the Observer calls “the peanut gallery,” 14 had something to say about transportation. If nothing else, it’s good for some insight into what New York’s drive-everywhere class […]

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The Times Blows a Chance to Tackle America’s Broken Traffic Justice System

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 12, 2013 | No Comments

In the United States, it’s pretty much legal to drive into and kill a cyclist, as long as you’re sober and stay at the scene. Writer Daniel Duane made that point last weekend in a New York Times op-ed titled, “Is it O.K. to Kill Cyclists?” The question mark in the headline was the first […]

Prompted By Jimmy Van Bramer, CBS 2 Files a Decent Street Safety Story

By Brad Aaron | Oct 28, 2013 | 8 Comments

We wrote last week how Lou Young of CBS 2 blew an opportunity to educate viewers on the merits of potential safe street improvements on the Upper West Side. In covering a press conference in Queens convened by Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, Young’s colleague Andrea Grymes filed a story that does a much better […]

CBS 2: Don’t Touch the Highway Running Through the Upper West Side

By Brad Aaron | Oct 22, 2013 | 28 Comments

Yesterday’s CBS 2 attempt to trash potential street improvements for Amsterdam Avenue gets it wrong before the story even starts. As she introduces reporter Lou Young, anchor Dana Tyler says a plan for a new bike lane on Amsterdam “has gotten the green light.” Reality: The Community Board 7 transportation committee last week passed a […]

Fox Business Tries and Fails to Capture the Dorothy Rabinowitz Magic

By Ben Fried | Oct 18, 2013 | 18 Comments

Watch the latest video at <a href=”http://video.foxbusiness.com”>video.foxbusiness.com</a> Might the talking heads at Fox Business turn their gaze to the Plaza Hotel’s lawsuit against a nearby Citi Bike station and sneer at the frivolous litigation tying up our courts? Not a chance. Watch Dorothy Rabinowitz wannabes Melissa Francis and Fred Tecce spend four and a half […]

Daily News Exclusive: Woman on Bike Sees De Blasio in Street, Stops

By Brad Aaron | Oct 18, 2013 | 17 Comments

Someone should tell Jennifer Fermino that the bikelash is over. Fermino, who penned the Post’s infamous “bike lanes are messing with bus service” story on the eve of Hurricane Sandy, is now City Hall bureau chief at the Daily News. Her breathless take on yesterday’s encounter between Bill de Blasio and a cyclist boils down […]

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