O’Neill: Cops Can Use Deadly Force Against Cyclists
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A prickly Commissioner James O'Neill defends the cop who used a police SUV to cut off a cyclist in Manhattan.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bill de Blasio
After Cyclist Was Killed, City Wrote 40 Percent of its Blitz Tix to … Cyclists!
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New York’s Finest said they had written 77 moving violation tickets between the time when Hightman's blood was washed off the street and Wednesday morning — 29 tickets went to bikers and 48 to drivers of cars and trucks.
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?
Op-Ed: Stop Targeting Food-Delivery Workers. Legalize Throttle E-Bikes
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Transportation Alternatives' leader Marco Conner challenges Mayor de Blasio to do better by hard-working delivery cyclists.
Op-Ed: Treat Traffic Deaths Like the Measles
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Mary Beth Kelly: As safe-streets advocate, I am constantly amazed at just how many New Yorkers remain blasé about the serial killer hiding in plain sight.
Mayor: I Do Care About Immigrants — Just Not the Ones Forced to Use E-Bikes to Feed the Rich
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Mayor de Blasio now says he will help delivery workers who use illegal e-bikes — the very same struggling, low-wage workers who have been the target of his fiscally onerous crackdown.