Bay Ridge Workshop Shows Why DOT Can’t Seem To Get Anything Done
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Instead of engineering for safety, the department bends over backward to placate local drivers.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about city
Buses Work Best on Car-Free Streets, MTA Data Shows
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Bus lane cameras are speeding up service, but new MTA data ended up emphasizing the need to get cars out of the way of buses entirely.
Brooklyn Pol Blasts NYPD Chief Who Victim-Blamed Woman For Her Own Death
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Council Member Mark Treyger accuses a top cop of not knowing the territory.
STREETSBLOG GETS ACTION (Well, Not Really): City Bans Teacher Parking on Play Street (But Then Does Nothing)
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Lesson one, students: Lie to the media.
Interview: Would-Be Mayor Scott Stringer Loves Busways, Hates Placards, and Wants an Affordable City
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The city's green-eyeshades guy (and would-be mayor) spoke to TransAlt's Jesse Singer about what shakes (including the BQE).
Time’s Up! When Will The Mayor Fill His MTA Board Vacancies?
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It's no small bureaucratic matter. The city's MTA Board members speak for millions of transit riders on a largely regional panel that often slights the city.
NYPD Blames Two Victims For Their Own Deaths, Tells Pedestrians to Be Careful
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Why is Brooklyn South Chief Charles Scholl blaming victims and exonerating drivers? Is he a law enforcement officer or just a schoolhouse scold?
Op-Ed: The LaGuardia AirTrain Dog-and-Pony Show
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An FAA open house on the LGA AirTrain and alternatives showed the governing class's disdain for transit.
Panel Unanimously Backs Safe Routes for Cyclists Through Central Park
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The heightened resolve comes less than a month after cyclist and beloved local pediatrician Daniel Cammerman was run down and killed by a bus driver on the 96th Street Transverse.
CYCLE OF RAGE: Crash Response Reveals that Cops Are Just So Badly Trained
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More evidence that police officers are poorly trained and disinclined to see drivers as a culprit in the criminal or civil offense of injuring or killing someone with a motor vehicle.
Manhattan Pol Wants Trucks To Be Equipped With-Life Saving Sensors
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After a closed-door meeting, Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez demands changes.
PLACARD CLASS WARFARE: Brooklyn ‘Play Street’ Scrapped So Teachers Can Park
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Look out, kids — teacher's gotta get to her parking space!