Mayor: I Want to Do Citi Bike on the Cheap (And I’ll Try to Keep Riders Safe)
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Citi Bike is the only form of mass transit that does not get a public subsidy. Mayor de Blasio does not want to change that.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about De Blasio’s ferry
Wednesday’s Headlines: Never Satisfied Edition
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The Department of Transportation announced on Tuesday that Citi Bike would expand deeper into Queens and Brooklyn, fill out all of Manhattan, and finally get to about half of the Bronx ... by 2023. No, we're not satisfied. So click the headline above for that story and the rest of our news digest.
BREAKING: Citi Bike Expansion Revealed — And It’s a Slow Rollout
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Some neighborhoods won't get Citi Bike until 2023 — and some won't get it at all (sorry, Bay Ridge).
Here’s One Way to Fix Citi Bike So It Doesn’t Only Serve Rich People Who Already Live Near Subways
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Citi Bike serves mostly rich white people. All you need to do is look at the coverage map to see that. So where should it expand next to change that dynamic?
CYCLE OF RAGE: In Defense of Fast-Fingered Former Mayoral Aide Eric Phillips
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Former mayoral aide Eric Phillips made a gaffe on Tuesday night — but in doing so revealed the essential truth that the de Blasio administration doesn't care about really fixing the problem of road fatalities.
Op-Ed: The ‘Customer’ Is Always Right — Except When Being Called ‘Customer’
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Criticizing this language may seem nitpicky. But the words symbolize the political tensions at the MTA and in the city and state at large — what gets built, who pays for it and, at the end of the day, who is it all for anyway?