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Eyes on the Street: Media Envy in DC

By Brad Aaron | Mar 9, 2011 | 4 Comments

In Washington for the National Bike Summit, Clarence Eckerson snapped a shot of this ad for the capital’s NBC affiliate and its reporter Joe Krebs (described in his bio as “an avid swimmer and cyclist”). In January, Dave Alpert at Greater Greater Washington noted the astounding difference between livable streets coverage in his city, where […]

Tell Electeds and the Media: I’m a New Yorker, and I Want Safer Streets

By Brad Aaron | Mar 7, 2011 | 10 Comments

Does Anthony Weiner really intend to someday rip out all the bike lanes in New York City? Or was his remark to Mayor Bloomberg “on a balmy night last June” merely a topical quip blown out of proportion in last week’s Times profile of Janette Sadik-Khan? We’ve queried Weiner’s office to find out, but the […]

The New York Times JSK Profile: Politicos vs. Progressive Transportation

By Ben Fried | Mar 4, 2011 | 61 Comments

Has the Times ever published a profile so singularly devoted to one city commissioner’s relationships with other public figures as this Michael Grynbaum story? It’s not so much a profile of transportation commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan as a 2,500-word description of her place in New York’s political firmament. The question that drives the piece forward is […]

There Is No War On Cars

By Noah Kazis | Mar 1, 2011 | 26 Comments

“The city’s war on automobiles has just gone aerial,” screamed the New York Post in a recent story about speed cameras. A Daily News op-ed in support of safety improvements proclaimed “the battle against cars has saved lives.” The Times matter-of-factly declared last month that “New York City has gone out of its way in […]

Name-Calling Trumps Facts in the Post’s Attacks on 34th Street Transitway

By Ben Fried | Feb 28, 2011 | 16 Comments

The New York Post is escalating its coordinated, fantasy-based assault on efforts to make New York a better city for transit, cycling, and walking. Check out the impressive synergies from its opinion pages: Last week, columnist Steve Cuozzo wrote a column blasting plans for the 34th Street transitway without bothering to check facts or call […]

Steve Cuozzo Hides the Truth: Midtown Biz Leaders Support Street Redesigns

By Ben Fried | Feb 23, 2011 | 8 Comments

Steve Cuozzo columns about street reclamation are usually so divorced from reality that we’ve been letting him go unchallenged for a while. The insanity is usually self-evident. His latest screed against the 34th Street busway is no different. It’s got all the usual fearmongering (“be afraid,” is the mantra), contradictions (in one breath, DOT is […]

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