NYC to Contractors: We Want To Get Serious About Trash Containerization
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Forget about the small-ball (and bin!) pilots. This is the Big Kehuna — a 'scalable' pilot that will modify 'sanitation fleets and staffing practices.'
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Eighth Ave. Road Diet Marches North, But Community Wants ‘Concrete’ Plan
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A Manhattan community board is generally supportive of a Department of Transportation plan to increase pedestrian space on Eighth Avenue while also narrowing the wild west roadway, but wants the agency to fully build out the changes with concrete, not just paint.
Advocates: The City’s ‘Clean Curbs’ Pilot is Too Small
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The limited scale of Clean Curbs — basically, the piloting of off-the-shelf storage sheds for bags — hampers the city's goals because it does not require the total rethinking of garbage-collection methods, which is what the city ultimately needs.
City Will Extend Tiny Clean Curbs Program to All Boroughs
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A pilot program to get trash bags off sidewalks will move beyond Manhattan — first, to Brooklyn. But can it do enough fast enough to curtail 'NY's 5 o'clock shadow'?
Eyes on the Street: The Broadway Bridge Construction is a Clusterf—k
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Long-term unsafe conditions will continue on the Broadway Bridge spanning the Spuyten Duyvil Creek between Inwood and Marble Hill as the city rehabs the key Harlem River crossing.
OPINION: Streetside Dining Is the Future — And Here’s How To Do It Right
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The Open Restaurants program, founded during the pandemic, deserves to be a permanent part of the cityscape. Here are some common-sense steps.