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The chaotic intersection of 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue, where 60-year-old Michael Collopy was hit and killed by a cyclist. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Medical Examiner: Pedestrian Hit By Cyclist Died From ‘Complications’

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 31, 2019 | No Comments

The city’s medical examiner has finally ruled on the death of the pedestrian who police say was killed by a hit-and-run cyclist over the summer — saying the pedestrian died of “complications” from hitting his head.

Ghost of Christmas past: This was Rockefeller Center before the Adams administration stepped in. Photo: Stunt Queen

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YULE BE PLEASED: City Plans to Help Ease Holiday Congestion in Midtown

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 30, 2019 | No Comments

The resulting reallocation will be almost double the amount of pedestrian space on Fifth Avenue near Rockefeller Center. Alas, it's as temporary as the Christmas season.

Professor Charles Komanoff makes a point on the high cost of free parking at a meeting on the Upper West Side last night. Photo: Lisa Orman

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Free Parking Isn’t Free — But Upper West Side Car Owners Want To Keep It That Way

By Eve Kessler | Oct 30, 2019 | No Comments

Entitled drivers bristle at a community board forum that envisions better uses for public space than car storage.

As a politician, Manhattan DA Cy Vance has put forward a great bill to hold drivers accountable. As a prosecutor, he has failed to do so consistently. Photo: Adam Schultz

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Pols Offer New Law to Hold Reckless Drivers Accountable

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 30, 2019 | No Comments

The days of "It was just an accident!" may soon be over.

State Senator Zellnor Myrie. Photo: Courtesy Zellnor Myrie

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State Sen. Zellnor Myrie on Gentrification, Master Plans and the Inherent Bias of Cops

By Dave Colon | Oct 29, 2019 | No Comments

The Crown Heights Democrat spoke with Streetsblog's Dave Colon about the future of Vision Zero enforcement (hint: more automated enforcement).

Harold Kahn is just behind Speaker Corey Johnson in this photo from Tuesday's rally. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

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AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET: Johnson’s ‘Streets Master Plan’ is Just a Start

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 29, 2019 | No Comments

The Speaker isn't pausing for a victory lap — and will in fact use the momentum for a new slate of legislation aimed at (yes, he said it again) breaking the car culture.

The car-free busway on 14th Street is still the gold standard (mostly because there's only one other like it). File photo: Dave Colon

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New Data Shows: Seriously, People, the Busway is Working!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 29, 2019 | No Comments

Travel times before and after the busway are about the same for drivers.

Putting their heads together or butting heads? Mayor de Blasio and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson disagree over how crashes should be investigated. File photo: WIlliam Alatriste

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BETTER LATE? De Blasio Signed Onto ‘Streets Master Plan’ Bill After He Was Let Off the Hook

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 28, 2019 | No Comments

The amended bill gives the mayor until Dec. 1, 2021 to create the five-year plan — one month before the end of his rein as New York's leader.

The last seconds in the life of Aaron Padwee in 2018.

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Trucker With Suspended License Killed a Cyclist — And Got Only Another Suspended License

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 28, 2019 | No Comments

The father of the slain cyclist, 45-year-old Aaron Padwee, called it “a joke,” that will clearly do nothing to keep driver Agustin Osorio-Torres off the road.

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All Hail! Federal Workers Using Uber Way Too Much

By Aaron Short | Oct 28, 2019 | No Comments

Government workers are turning to Uber and Lyft on business trips, with a 922-percent increase in spending last year, newly released records from the General Services Administratiaon show. At the same time, workers are using less transit.

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SEE IT: A True Carmaggedon at the Opening of Wegmans

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 27, 2019 | No Comments

Sunday's oddly overhyped grand opening of the new Wegmans supermarket in the Brooklyn Navy Yard lived up to expectations in one obvious way: It was an absolute carpocalypse.

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