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To the Barricades! Grassroots Effort Needed to Blunt ‘Boneheaded’ Bike Block Bill
Cycling activists were in a scramble to organize opposition to a Senate bill that surprisingly passed its first hurdle on Monday despite an intent to make it harder for the city to install bike racks and bike lanes.
March 1, 2022
Manhattan Community Board Seeks Federal Funds to Straighten Out Hudson River Greenway
Manhattan Community Board 12 is asking the city to use federal infrastructure money to straighten out a notoriously tricky stretch of the Hudson River Greenway.
February 16, 2022
Bike NY to DOT: The City’s Cycling Program is No Longer a World Leader, So Fix It
The first order of business is recognizing the city has a problem, the Jan. 7 letter from Bike New York to DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez stated.
January 12, 2022
Incoming DOT Commissioner Rodriguez Promises To Upgrade Half of the City’s Plastic-Protected Bike Lanes
Call incoming Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez the Man of Steel.
December 21, 2021
DoorDash Joins 15-Minute-or-Less Grocery Delivery Biz, Risking Workers’ Lives, Advocates Say
A major food delivery app is now promising grocery deliveries to your doorstep in under 15 minutes, joining the growing market of ultra-fast delivery from start-ups such as Gorillas, JOKR, and Fridge No More.
December 7, 2021
DOT: We Don’t Have the Money to Carry Out Our Own ‘Master Plan’
Three times in the 96 page document, the agency included the same graphic to emphasize (and re-emphasize) that it lacks the resources to meet the benchmark established by the Council when it passed the Streets Master Plan law in 2019.
December 2, 2021
Schumer: NYS Will Get ‘An Effing Lot Of Money’ For Street Safety And Cycling
New York is about to get so much money for safe streets from the federal government that our leaders are almost swearing in amazement.
November 24, 2021
Courtesy, Professional and Disrespect — NYPD Tickets E-Bike Riders For Legally Following Pedestrian Signal
At least one repeatedly ignorant cop in Astoria apparently still doesn't know the laws she's sworn to uphold.
November 15, 2021
The Parks Department’s E-Bike Policy is Not Consistent with State Law
And that’s just the way is it.
November 12, 2021
ANATOMY OF A BACKTRACK: DOT’s New Sunset Park Plan Gives Safety to Some, Double-Parking Madness For Others
"I'm kind of speechless," one activist said.
November 1, 2021