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UPDATE: San Francisco E-Bike Fleet Will Be Restored Months Before NYC
Lyft will restore e-bike service for its bike-share customers in San Francisco at least three months before the same bikes return to the streets of New York City.
May 14, 2019
Meet a Mayor Who Figured Out How to Neutralize Anti-Bike Lane NIMBYs
A small city in Massachusetts may be paving the way to safer streets and less community opposition.
May 1, 2019
Four Lessons for 14th Street From Toronto’s Transit-First King Street
The city is undertaking an experiment by creating a transit and truck priority route on 14th Street — based on a successful version in Toronto. But has New York's Department of Transportation completely followed the lesson plan of Toronto's King Street — or just selected a few items off the a la carte menu?
April 29, 2019
Group Calls for Amsterdaming Most of Lower Manhattan
Crowded streets in Lower Manhattan must give more space to throngs of tourists and other pedestrians with new designs that would bring motorists to a crawl, says a neighborhood group.
March 19, 2019
TransAlt to City: Give Us a ‘Bike Mayor’ Like London
It's time for New York to take the next step.
January 10, 2019
Unlicensed Hit-and-Run Driver Charged for Killing 90-Year-Old in Queens
Police took immediate action — a stark contrast to the NYPD approach to multiple recent fatal collisions.
November 7, 2018
Take Citi Bike to the Polls Next Tuesday — For Free
Motivate, which runs bike share systems nationwide, will give residents of nine big cities free bikes on Election Day, Nov. 6.
October 29, 2018
As Other Cities Lead on Street Safety, de Blasio Hits the Snooze Button
Madrid, like London before it, leads the way.
October 16, 2018
From Streetfilms: Los Angeles — The Great American Transit Experiment
Clarence Eckerson is back with a look at major transit expansions in the City of Angels.
October 11, 2018
London to Ban Cars in Center City, But New York’s Mayor Still Drives to the Gym
Mayor de Blasio talks about fighting fossil fuels, but does little about it.
October 9, 2018
