Council: Cuomo’s L-Train Bombshell Should Not Also Kill Bus and Bike Improvements
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Just because the governor bigfooted Andy Byford doesn't mean Brooklyn and Manhattan shouldn't get their bike lanes and their bus improvements!
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bushwick
Citi Bike Adding Just Five Bushwick Stations Ahead of the L Train Shutdown
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You kinda have to wonder why Bushwick keeps getting the short handlebar.
DOT Aims to Beef Up North Brooklyn Bike Network Ahead of L Train Shutdown
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The plan will improve bike connections between the Bushwick bike network and Grand Street, but comes up short on Metropolitan Avenue by the BQE.
Bushwick Cyclist Severely Injured by DSNY Driver and Deadly Evergreen Ave. Street Design
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A hit-and-run Sanitation Department driver maimed a woman riding in the painted bike lane on Evergreen Avenue, near where a motorist killed cyclist Leah Sylvain in 2016. DOT has not improved conditions for biking on Evergreen since Sylvain was killed.
NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Killed 4-Year-Old Girl on Brooklyn Sidewalk and Left Scene
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With seven deaths, motorists have killed more children age 14 or under in the first six months of 2018 than in any year since 2014, when NYC launched the Vision Zero program.
The Call for 24/7 Bus Lanes During the L Train Shutdown Keeps Getting Stronger
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Residents of Bushwick, Ridgewood, and points east are counting on the de Blasio administration to set aside street space for effective surface transit when the shutdown starts next April.