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Transit Will Continue to Rot as Long as Cuomo Is in Charge (NYT, WSJ, NY1, Post) Gothamist, NY1, NYT Examine the Byford Plan; Related: Post Millionaire Status Is Another Joe Lhota Conflict (Post) Golden’s Support for Speed Cameras Comes With a Raft of Conditions (Eagle) How Developers Are Luring Residents With Bikes (Metro) If NYC Cared About Sidewalks the City […]

Byford Steps Up on Transit Fixes. Will Cuomo? (NYT 1, 2; AMNY; NY1; WNYC; News; Post) NYT’s Brian Rosenthal Talks With WNYC About Joe Lhota’s Many Hats Straphangers Tell Riverdale Press What It’s Like to Depend on the Bx10 More on Queens CB 2’s 43rd/Skillman Gripe Session (SunPo) Pedicab Operators on de Blasio’s E-Bike Rules: What About […]

MTA Chair Lhota Justifies Conflicts of Interest By Claiming He’s Not Actually an MTA Official (NYT) Previewing Andy Byford’s Upcoming Transit Overhaul Plan (Patch, News) NYC Transit Adding Service on A, D, E, F, and Seven Queens Bus Routes (AMNY, WNYC, QNS) Phil Murphy Moves to Revive Two-Headed Port Authority Executive Structure (Politico) MTA Expected to […]

Driver Kills Carlos Gavilanes, 47, on Northern Boulevard in East Elmhurst; No Charges (WPIX) 12 Electeds Beseech de Blasio for 24/7 Bus Lanes During L Shutdown (News) The Case for Fair Fares From a Working Mom Living in NYC’s Shelter System (News) Four Years Into Vision Zero, NYPD Cyclist Harassment Continues Unabated (News) DOT Will […]

Cuomo Hasn’t Ridden the Subway Since His 2016 Second Avenue Junket (Gothamist) L Shutdown: More From Voice, Gothamist on Alarming J/M/Z News DOT Not Excited About Bulking Up Grand Street Bike Lanes (BK Paper) TransitCenter: “Fare Capping” Would Eliminate Many MetroCard Hassles (Crain’s) Why Change the Henhouse Locks When the Fox Is the Locksmith (News) Stellar WPIX […]

Unborn Child Injured by Dorothy Bruns Has Died (News, BK Paper, Post) Cops Knocked a Man Off His Bike With a Car in Queens (Bicycling); Alternate Reality: News Trottenberg: New Meter Zones Will Raise Parking Rates in High-Demand Areas (Post) Lousy NYC Transit Is Pushing More People to Share Ubers (Politico) NYPD Acknowledges That Cops Usually Ignore Bus Lane […]