Don’t Blame Only Alec Baldwin for Parking Fight — Blame Free Parking!
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If parking wasn't free, there would be plenty of spaces for people who actually need them.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Greenwich Village
Seventh Avenue Protected Bike Lane Springs to Life in the Village
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The Seventh Avenue protected bike lane now extends to the West Village.
DOT installed the first leg of parking-protected bike lanes on Seventh Avenue from 30th Street to 14th Street at the end of last year. The southern segment cuts through the irregular angles of the West Village grid between 14th Street and Clarkson Street.
NYPD Blames Victim After Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Cyclist Ronald Burke in Bushwick
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A hit-and-run driver killed a man cycling in Bushwick early Friday morning, and a yellow cab driver killed an elderly man walking in Greenwich Village last night. NYPD blamed the victim in both cases.
15 Blocks of Fifth Avenue Will Get a Protected Bike Lane This Spring
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Soon cyclists won't have to weave between double-parked cars and speeding traffic on the heavily-traveled stretch of Fifth Avenue south of 23rd Street. Last night DOT presented a plan to flip the biking and parking lanes between 23rd Street and 8th Street to Manhattan Community Board 2.
Without the L Train, the Best Shot to Avoid Traffic Hell Is a Car-Free 14th Street
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If you think traffic will get worse with a car-free 14th Street, imagine what would happen if there's no L train and the city fails to make surface transit an appealing option.
DOT Floats Greenwich Avenue Protected Bike Lane to Manhattan CB 2
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DOT may create a safer cycling connection between Sixth Avenue and Eighth Avenue with a two-way parking protected bike lane on most of Greenwich Avenue — if Manhattan Community Board 2 votes for it. Greenwich is a short street but an important east-west connection in an area where the Manhattan grid breaks down. Even though there is […]