Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about William Thompson

Brooklyn Bus Stop Draws Bigger Crowd Than Thompson Anti-BRT “Rally”

By Ben Fried | Nov 2, 2009 | 45 Comments

Bill Thompson hops off his campaign truck at the corner of Fulton and Nostrand in Bed Stuy. Also pictured: Council Member Tish James, Comptroller favorite John Liu, and the frontrunner for Public Advocate, Bill de Blasio (facing away from camera). With extremely low turnout expected for tomorrow’s mayoral election, Bill Thompson and Mike Bloomberg canvassed […]

Thompson: Baseless Speculation Trumps Safety Gains on Grand Street

By Ben Fried | Oct 19, 2009 | 10 Comments

Mayoral contender Bill Thompson continues to elaborate on his opposition to the city’s expanded bike infrastructure. In an interview published Friday, Thompson told the Downtown Express that just because injuries are down on Grand Street since the installation of a protected bike lane last year, doesn’t mean those improvements should be preserved. According to Dept. […]

Thompson vs. Bloomberg: The Ultimate Bicycling Referendum?

By Ben Fried | Oct 13, 2009 | 18 Comments

Tonight’s debate will be broadcast on NY1. Tonight at 7:00, mayoral contenders Mike Bloomberg and Bill Thompson face off in the first debate of the general election. Andrew Hawkins at City Hall News has some good pre-debate reading for New Yorkers who care about how this election will affect the future of our streets and […]

Bill Thompson Was for Bike Lanes Before He Was Against Them

By Brad Aaron | Sep 22, 2009 | 35 Comments

The current iteration of Grand Street, by most any objective measure, has to be considered a success. In the year since it was reconfigured to host the city’s first parking-protected bike lane, with the blessing of Community Board 2, injuries are down 30 percent, with about 1,000 cyclists using the lane daily. Thompson tells NY1 […]

Did Bill Thompson Get a Copy of Today’s Fake Post? [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Sep 21, 2009 | No Comments

The latest production of the Yes Men hit the streets and the Web today: an Onion-esque "Special Edition" of the New York Post devoted completely to climate change, released ahead of this week’s global summit at UN headquarters. Coming in at 32 pages in print, there’s a lot here to digest — including a fun […]

Bill Thompson: I’ll Rip Out Bike Lanes and “Review” Safer Streets

By Ben Fried | Sep 18, 2009 | 42 Comments

Fact check: The Grand Street bike lane was presented to Manhattan CB2 and won overwhelming support [PDF]. Bill Thompson is making it pretty hard for New Yorkers who care about safe streets to get behind his campaign for mayor. With Tony Avella out of the way, Thompson has no bike lane-bashing rival nipping at his […]

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