Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Anthony Weiner

Anthony Weiner, Ready to Erase Bike Lanes, Won’t Be Cowed by “Jihadists”

By Stephen Miller | Aug 13, 2013 | 42 Comments

It may be news to the national audience of BuzzFeed, but Anthony Weiner once said he would hold ribbon cuttings on his first day in Gracie Mansion to rip out the city’s bike lanes. He now insists the expletive-laced promise was a joke, but he’s firm in his opinion that at least two of the […]

Weiner on Bike Policy: Small Talk, Small Stick

By Ben Fried | Jul 8, 2013 | 39 Comments

Yesterday, riders at the sixth annual Tour de Queens got a preview of Anthony Weiner’s proposal to introduce new city tax breaks for businesses that help employees bike to work. It’s one of the meager transportation proposals in his policy book, “Keys to the City.” There are already plenty of financial incentives to bike — walking […]

At Forum, Mayoral Candidates Back Bus Lanes, Shy Away From Funding

By Stephen Miller | Jun 19, 2013 | 50 Comments

At a mayoral forum on transportation this morning, the first since a February event hosted by Transport Workers Union Local 100, eight candidates offered ideas on how they would improve the city’s road and transit network. For the most part, the candidates were eager to support buses, quick to get agitated about bike lanes, and short […]

Anthony Weiner: I Love Bike Lanes. Let Me Count the Exceptions…

By Ben Fried | May 22, 2013 | 20 Comments

Anthony Weiner, enemy of congestion pricing and infamous bike lane antagonist, is talking about street design on the campaign trail. Though there was plenty of warning this day would come, it’s still kind of surreal. Weiner told Capital New York’s Azi Paybarah he was just joking when he boasted to Michael Bloomberg and a room […]

Seriously, Why Is Anthony Weiner So Terrified of Bike Lanes?

By Brad Aaron | Apr 6, 2011 | 26 Comments

If Anthony Weiner has anything in common with his mentor Chuck Schumer, it is that he thrives on attention. And now that he’s created a niche for himself on the national stage as the unapologetic, in-your-face liberal congressman from Noo Yawk, he’s apparently gained a following of disaffected young Democrats who don’t necessarily feel represented […]

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