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Death-By-Speeding in NYC Is Now on John Flanagan (Politico; News 1, 2; Post; NY1) Driver Critically Injures Astoria Cyclist — NYPD Blames Victim (PIX) Voice: Cuomo’s Subway Action Plan Was Designed to Provide Political Cover; Related: Post A Bus Revival That Depends on NYPD Is Doomed (Metro, AMNY) Citi Bike Will Replace Ofo in Bronx Dockless Bike-Share Pilot […]

Subway Ridership Declined for Second Straight Year in 2017 and Keeps Falling (AMNY, NY1) De Blasio’s Parks Dept Letting Cuomo’s DOT Seize Parkland for Hunts Point Highway Ramps (AMNY) TWU Crashes Nixon Subway Presser (News) Gov’s Excuse for Gold-Plated Tunnels: Feds Made Us Spend $20-$30 Million on Tiles (Post) Mayor’s Transport Detail Isn’t Doing Vision Zero […]

One Year After Cuomo Declared Subway Emergency, Few Signs of Progress (NYT) Byford’s Short-Term Plan: Identify and Remove Unnecessary Signal Timers (News) Cuomo’s Color Scheme Whims for Car Tunnels Cost the MTA $20-$30 Million (Post) Teflon Andrew? (Politico) Administrative Law Judge Rules That Uber Drivers Are, in Fact, Employed By Uber (News) Ofo Pulls Out […]

Senate GOP Speed Cam Strategy: Insult People Who Lost Everything to Dangerous Driving (News) Deborah Glick Talks With WNYC About Speed Cam Obstruction Watchdogs Want Reforms to Prohibit MTA CEO Moonlighting (Politico) With 7 Train Backdrop, Nixon Hammers Cuomo for MTA Neglect (News) De Blasio Won’t Let Judge Derail His Big Oil Suit Stunt (NYT) Now […]

Cuomo and Flanagan Point Fingers as Speed Camera Extinction Looms (Gothamist) Marty Golden’s Reckless Driving and Speed Cam Obstruction Might Cost Him His Seat (C&S) Politico Digs Into Cuomo’s Pay-to-Play Infrastructure and Development Shenanigans Did MTA and DOT Water Down B82 SBS Enough to Appease Transit-Hating Electeds? (KCP) Voice: CBTC Would Have Been a Better Investment […]

Crain’s Maps the Straight Line Between Cuomo’s Patrons and His Infrastructure Projects Facing Regulation, Uber Beefs Up Congestion Pricing Campaign (Politico) Just Another Day of Debasement on Andrew Cuomo’s Subway (Gothamist, Post) Stringer: Half of Neighborhoods Served by the Subway Have No Accessible Stations (AMNY) The Times Is Fielding Questions for the New MTA Accessibility […]