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Cartoon Tuesday: Draw Your Own Livable Street

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This past weekend, Livable Streets Education teamed up with educators at the New York Transit Museum to teach families about the past, present, and future of New York City’s streets. With help from their parents, kids designed their own "livable streets" to improve conditions for pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders.  The kids also made some […]

Cartoon Doomsday, Part 2

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With events in Albany still unfolding, it remains to be seen whether this Bill Bramhall ‘toon — slide four of the Daily News illustrator’s gallery — will become reality. On the other hand, with drivers still guaranteed a free ride over East and Harlem River bridges, the argument could be made that it already has.

Cartoon Doomsday

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Transit gallows humor from Daily News cartoonist Bill Bramhall. The whole toon is a fitting accompaniment to the paper’s editorial stance on the MTA rescue saga. You can find it on the fourth slide in this gallery.

Cartoon Tuesday: Tales From the Dark Side (of the Road)

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The UK Department for Transport’s no-holds-barred THINK! road safety campaign isn’t just for adults. This creepy toon, one in a series designed to influence how kids interact with auto traffic (here’s another), encourages bright colored clothing in favor of "trendy" darker tones when walking at night. These spots bring to mind a number of questions. […]