Bay Ridge Workshop Shows Why DOT Can’t Seem To Get Anything Done
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Instead of engineering for safety, the department bends over backward to placate local drivers.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bay Ridge
Streetsies 2019: The NIMBYs Who Should Move to the Suburbs Already
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A rogues gallery of dunderheads tried to impede the movement to make our streets safe. Here are the lowlights.
Entitled Cops’ Car-Culture ‘Lifestyle’ on Display in Brooklyn
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A note from the 68th Precinct excuses illegal parking because "public transportation [is] not a feasible option for their lifestyle."
City Will Defy Community Board and Paint Bay Ridge Bike Network
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Two days after a Bay Ridge community board shot down a city plan for a starter kit of painted bike lanes — and one day after the neighborhood's elected officials demanded action — the Department of Transportation said it would ignore the board's vote and initiate its plan anyway.
Bay Ridge Pols to City: Don’t Listen to Our Community Board! Give Us Bike Lanes Now!
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"We do not agree with their rejection of the proposals," said Council Member Justin Brannan, Assembly Member Mathylde Frontus and State Senator Andrew Gounardes.
BIKELASH! Bay Ridge CB Rejects DOT Cycle Network — Will City Push Back or Cave?
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The DOT had offered Bay Ridge only a "starter pack" of unsafe painted bike lanes on a few roadways, but a group of 18 vocal Bay Ridge residents persuaded the CB10 traffic and transportation committee to demand that the city do even less.