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Council Transportation Chair Signs Onto ‘Sammy’s Law’ Resolution
Council Member Selvena Brooks-Powers on Wednesday added her name to the list of pols backing the resolution for a so-called home rule message that’s required before the bill can pass in Albany.
May 17, 2023
Thursday’s Headlines: Honoring Adam Uster Edition
A dispatch from a vigil where family and friends of 39-year-old Adam Uster gathered. Plus other news.
May 11, 2023
Pols and Neighbors Call For a Safer Franklin Avenue After Killing of Cycling Advocate
A protected bike lane is needed, said the local Council member.
May 5, 2023
Cycling Advocate Killed By Trucker on Dangerous Brooklyn Street; Last Words from Mother: ‘Be Safe’
A cycling activist and member of Transportation Alternatives was killed while biking home from a Brooklyn grocery store on a dangerous street on Monday, according to his family and police.
May 3, 2023
In Wake of Death, Pols Want Mid-Block Crossings, Safer Atlantic Ave.
"It is wrong how deadly this strip is," Council Member Lincoln Restler said of the portion of Atlantic Avenue that functions as a speedway for drivers between the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the Barclays Center.
May 1, 2023
DOT Unveils ‘Concepts’ For Deadly Ninth Street, But Advocates Want Something Bolder
The Department of Transportation will finally add a protected bike lane to a dangerous Brooklyn strip that it had left out of previous redesigns despite its well-known danger — a decision that likely led to the death in January of 37-year-old Sarah Schick, who was killed on a Citi Bike.
April 28, 2023
Second Delivery Company Steps Up to Help Workers Avoid Deadly Lithium-Ion Fires
Another tech giant is now stepping up to help delivery workers access safe e-bikes amid a scourge of deadly fires linked to faulty lithium-ion batteries — a week after Uber unveiled two trade-in programs to swap out bad power packs.
April 26, 2023
New DOT Plan Would Let BAM Take Over Proposed Bike Lane During Events
The city on Thursday revealed a new design for Ashland Place that attempts to address the concerns of BAM officials — by letting the famed cultural institution park its trucks in the bike lane during "special loading events."
April 21, 2023
Thursday’s Headlines: Construction Zone Chaos Edition
Transportation Alternatives and Bike New York will rally (and ride) to "#Fix4thAve" on May. Plus other news.
April 20, 2023
State to City: The Time Has Come to Install the Addabbo Bridge Protected Bike Lane
The state Department Transportation has finished studying a bike lane on the Addabbo Bridge and now it's up to the city Department of Transportation to build it. The ball is officially in Ydanis Rodriguez.
April 14, 2023
