Congestion Pricing Critic Gets the Spotlight During Public Hearing
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Why is anyone listening to Richard Brodsky, anyway?
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City: Recycling Plastic Foam Would Add 1,000 Deadly Trucks to NYC Streets
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Sanitation truck drivers are among the most dangerous to NYC pedestrians and cyclists, and two City Council bills that could lead to recycling — rather than banning — plastic-foam containers may end up putting 1,000 more trash haulers on city streets. Mayor Bloomberg wants to stop the use of polystyrene foam food and drink containers, as they […]
What the Manhattan BP Candidates Said About Bike-Share Last Night
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Borough presidents have limited power, but the influence they wield can still make a big difference for livable streets, especially by making community board appointments and weighing in during the city’s land use review process. The four Democratic candidates for Manhattan borough president — City Council members Gale Brewer, Robert Jackson, and Jessica Lappin, plus former Community […]
Denny Farrell at Uptown Ped Safety Meeting: “I Drive Everywhere”
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The intersection of 155th Street, Edgecombe Avenue, St. Nicholas Place, and Harlem River Driveway is a busy, complex web where pedestrians jockey with turning drivers to cross wide expanses of asphalt. DOT began studying the location after a request from Council Member Robert Jackson. A final design and community board review is months away, but at […]
Who Killed 125th Street SBS: A Timeline
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Throughout the development of the 125th Street Select Bus Service project, local elected officials and community boards never came out in support of actual bus improvements. Instead, they cloaked their opposition in concerns about “process.” Following yesterday’s announcement from the MTA and NYC DOT that they will no longer pursue Select Bus Service on 125th Street, now is […]
Council Member Jackson “Pleased” With Cancellation of 125th Street SBS
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Reactions have been rolling in since DOT and the MTA announced this morning that they are canceling plans for Select Bus Service on 125th Street. Council Member Robert Jackson, whose district includes West Harlem, welcomed the news. “He’s pleased that they listened to concerns and didn’t move forward with Select Bus Service,” Jackson spokesperson Frances […]