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In a district where the overwhelming majority of residents don't own cars, Inez Dickens opposed bus improvements for 125th Street and prioritized high-speed driving over traffic-calming on Morningside Avenue. Will her successor be better?

On Thursday DOT and UPROSE will host a workshop on the Sunset Park Upland Connectors project, which aims to improve walking and biking access between the neighborhood’s residential core and waterfront businesses and public spaces, including the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway.

Transportation Alternatives is organizing a rally for the 14th Street PeopleWay at Union Square on Thursday evening. The PeopleWay concept calls for dedicating 14th Street exclusively to transit, walking, and biking.

MIT researchers got a ton of press for a mathematical model that showed sharing for-hire vehicles could replace 85 percent of New York City's taxi fleet. But their conclusions were built on shaky assumptions, says economist Joe Cortright.