Tuesday’s Headlines: Listen to the Community Edition
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So, Commissioner Gutman, is it "safety first" or "listen to the community"? And what "community" anyway? Plus all the other news.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes
BREAKING: Brooklyn Bridge Bike Lane Construction Begins Monday Night
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The construction of the protected bike path on the Brooklyn Bridge — one of the most significant clawbacks of space seized by drivers generations ago —will begin on Monday night, Mayor de Blasio just said.
Heads Up! State DOT Promises Safe Detour For Hudson River Greenway Construction
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Cyclists will get a protected bike lane detour on southbound West Street, aka Route 9A, during the hours of construction — 9 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. between Monday and Thursday.
Upper West Side Panel Sees E-Bikes as the Threat — But de Blasio Disagrees
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Members of an Upper West Side community board again put the safety of delivery cyclists secondary in passing a resolution on Tuesday night demanding that they be banned from protected bike lanes — a notion that was quickly sent into the dustbin of history by Mayor de Blasio.
A Round and a Roundy: The Longest Distance Between Two Points
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This week's cartoon is more of a meme of something that's been bugging national treasure cartoonist Bill Roundy for a while.
SEE IT: Cyclists Win (Or, More Accurately, Lose) on Kent Avenue in Brooklyn
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There are more two-wheeled users of Kent Avenue than four- or more-wheeled, pollution-belching users. So why do cars and trucks get all the space?