Tuesday’s Headlines: ‘I ♥ NY’ Edition
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Everybody hates tourists ... until they're all gone. Plus all the other news from yesterday.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Tour Buses
9-Year-Old Boy, Mother, and Senior Killed in Weekend of Motorist Violence
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Three pedestrians were fatally struck by motorists over the weekend, bringing to seven the number of people killed while walking in New York City in the first two weeks of 2014. Twenty pedestrians were killed by city motorists in January 2013, according to NYPD data, and 12 pedestrians and one cyclist died in January 2012. […]
Enforcement Lags as Tour Bus Companies Flout Pollution Regs
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Comptroller William Thompson and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer want the city to enforce a law mandating that sightseeing buses reduce harmful emissions. Meanwhile, a citizen group called "Tour Buses No — Tourists Yes" also wants the buses off residential streets. In separate letters issued this month to the Department of Environmental Protection, Thompson and […]