Safety Third! DOT Proposes Unsafe Bike Lanes in a ‘Priority’ District In Brooklyn
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In central Brooklyn, the agency will bolster the neighborhood's existing painted lanes with ... more paint.
Sanitation Dept. Urged to Get Garbage out of Pedestrians’ Way
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Nineteen months after 'Clean Curbs" was announced with great fanfare, not a container has been sited anywhere. The next mayor ought to get cracking.
Thursday’s Headlines: Go Play in Traffic Edition
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You know the city is becoming unlivable when regular run-of-the-mill wags in the media start noticing how dismal the city is now. Meanwhile, an Assembly Member ran into traffic to avoid a reporter. Plus all the other news.
DOT ‘Cycling in the City’ Report Confirms 2020 Bike Boom Really Happened
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But the big question: Will it lead to massive redistribution of limited road space?
Jersey City Mayor One-Ups New York Again With Truly Protected Bike Lanes
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Mayor Steven Fulop said that only stronger physical barriers will keep cyclists safe.
It’s an Open Plans Grand Slam as Congestion Pricing Zone Hearings End
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Open Plans, the city's newly emerging civic group devoted to livable streets issues (and, full disclosure, the parent company of Streetsblog), sent four activists to testify. Here's what they said...
DOT’s ‘Vision Zero Partner’ Dermot Shea is More Afraid of Bikes Than Cars — Despite His Own Agency’s Data
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He's the Vision Zero partner with zero vision.
A Round and a Roundy: Rich Manhattanites Aren’t the Problem (Just Ask Them!)
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Every time there's another bitch session about congestion pricing, the narrative hardens: Every person who drives a car thinks everyone else is the reason Manhattan is such a traffic-choked, sclerotic, pollution-filled mess. Our cartoonist begs to differ.
Wednesday’s Headlines: Impounding the Pavement Edition
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The MTA really showed up the city by impounding a car belonging to a recidivist scofflaw. Plus other news.
EXCLUSIVE: Reckless Driver Who Killed Baby Apolline Took Driver ‘Accountability’ Course — But It Didn’t Change a Thing
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Such "safe-driving" courses are seen by some as a model for changing the behavior of reckless drivers. But there is limited evidence they work — and certainly did not in the case of Tyrik Mott.
America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: Aggressively American Edition
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We're finishing off our first round of competition with two ads that give a salute to America...or at least one very specific, aggressively toxic version of it.
Tuesday’s Headlines: Death Knell for the AirTrain Edition
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Gov. Hochul steals the show on an incredibly slow news day.