DOT Lost Millions in Federal Funds for Staten Island Ferry
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The city blames the feds. The feds blame the city. But the bottom line? We lost out on more than $2 million in funding to make a Staten Island Ferry boat cleaner.
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De Blasio May Give In To Staten Island’s Bizarre Open Streets Revolt
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Staten Island drivers just can't give up a single freakin' roadway.
MTA’s Staten Island Bus Overhaul Points the Way Forward for the Rest of NYC
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Staten Island's express buses are getting a complete overhaul, MTA officials and Borough President James Oddo announced yesterday. These changes will save people time by better aligning bus service with travel patterns -- and they could be a template for bus network improvements citywide.
First Things First: Staten Island Needs Bikeable Streets
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Borough President James Oddo says he wants bike-share for his constituents, but in his time in elected office, he's done little to make bicycling conditions safer on Staten Island.
Three Hack-tastic Ideas to Fix Staten Island’s Broken Bus System
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For all intents and purposes, Staten Island’s bus network is broken. Which isn’t surprising when you consider that the borough’s 31 local routes have barely changed in the last half-century. For the most part, ancient bus lines that pre-date the Verrazano Bridge (which opened in 1964) don’t go where people actually need to get around. Then there […]
James Oddo Calls for Wider Roads Hours After SI Traffic Violence Claims Life
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A UPS worker who lost a leg when a Staten Island driver slammed into him in April has died. NYPD and Staten Island prosecutors issued no summonses and filed no criminal charges in the case. Tom Ryan, 52, was unloading packages from his truck at 2044 Hylan Boulevard on the morning of April 6 when a driver […]