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34th Street Partnership Explains the Icey Snow in the Bike Lane

By Aaron Naparstek | Feb 21, 2007 | 4 Comments

On Tuesday we posted an "Eyes on the Street" item looking at the sorry, snowed-in condition of the bike lane running through Herald Square. Seth Taylor at the 34th Street Partnership sends along the photo above and explains: The 34th Street Partnership apologizes for the inconvenience caused to cyclists by the closure of the Herald […]

Quick, Someone Get Me a Shovel

By Biker H | Feb 20, 2007 | 8 Comments

Last week, we saw the sorry condition of the new on-street bike route in Times Square and thought to ourselves how much better things would be if only bikes had some truly protected turf in the Crossroads of the World. Alas, just a half-mile south, our idealistic thoughts were quashed by this depressing visage: Here […]

Pedicab Rally in the News

By Jason Varone | Feb 14, 2007 | 8 Comments

AMNY reports: The City Council is poised to put the brakes on New York’s freewheeling pedicabs, prompting hundreds of their drivers to say the regulations would devastate a pollution-free way to get around town. "They say we are causing traffic congestion," said pedicab driver Mega Martinez, 43, at a protest Tuesday. "How can that be? […]

Today’s Rally Against Pedicab Regulations

By Jason Varone | Feb 13, 2007 | 8 Comments

Chad Marlow of the Public Advocacy Group is at the podium. Concerned pedicab owners, drivers and their supporters met on the steps of City Hall at noon to lift the veil off ongoing negotiations to reconcile the Mayor’s and City Council’s pedicab regulation bills. What we want is something that addresses the problem of bunching […]

Is a 1.3 mph Increase in Crosstown Traffic Speed “Innovative?”

By Jason Varone | Feb 7, 2007 | 6 Comments

The Staten Island Advance reports on Monday’s press conference outlining the qualities that leading City Council members would like to see in the next DOT Commissioner. The Bloomberg Administration responded to the Council with the following statement: The Mayor will appoint a commissioner who will carry out policies to meet the sustainability challenges he […]

Bicoastal Garbage Disposal Practices

By Aaron Donovan | Jan 11, 2007 | 11 Comments

Via a Streetsblog tipster: In Valley Village, Calif., near L.A., people leave their trash in the bike lane for the convenience of the sanitation crews. Here in New York, we sometimes leave it where cars would otherwise park. Here’s a photo taken at midnight in a place where the sign says no standing from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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