Experts to DOT: Here’s How to Protect Cyclists NOW
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The time to hesitate is through. Let's make our streets safe once and for all.
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VIGIL OF OUTRAGE: Mourners for Slain Cyclist Shout Down Truckers
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Mourners at Wednesday's vigil for the 28-year-old cyclist who was killed by a cement truck driver on a residential street on Monday vented their anger at truck drivers flying by — and demanded cops issue summonses.
Op-Ed: Communities of Color Need Protected Lanes, Too!
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Bike-infrastructure inequities among neighborhoods continue — which is hard to square with Mayor de Blasio's stated goal of knitting together the "two cities" of New York. The Department of Transportation must fix the problem.
DOT’s Forthcoming ‘Cycling Safety Plan’ Won’t Likely Break the Car Culture
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Can Polly Trottenberg save Vision Zero?
Cyclist Critically Wounded by Driver in 2016 Has Died of His Injuries
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A Borough Park boy who was struck by a driver on his way to synagogue nearly three years ago has died of his injuries, Streetsblog has learned. Moshe Yehuda Wolpin was hit at the corner of Dahill and Cortelyou roads on Sept. 14, 2016 — and spent every day since shuttling in and out of hospitals […]
LAUGHABLE: The NYPD is the Front Line of Mayor de Blasio’s ‘Crackdown’ on Bike Lane Parkers?
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Mayor de Blasio's announcement that he had ordered the NYPD to crackdown on reckless drivers and cars parked in bike lanes is being ridiculed for one key reason: NYPD officers routinely drive recklessly in their personal cars and often park in bike lanes.