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The Coming Carmageddon: Will Our Leaders Solve NYC’s Transportation Problem?
When this is all over, will we be a city for cars or a city for people?
May 15, 2020
Council To Mayor: Bus Service Needs Improvements, Not Cuts
"Bus service has powered the city’s emergency response, providing critical service to frontline workers — 75 percent of whom are people of color,” 13 Council Members wrote.
May 13, 2020
Op-Ed: Governor, Public Transit Doesn’t Need a Billionaire Techie
Public transit doesn't need another billionaire disruptor with big ideas and a slide deck, governor.
May 8, 2020
NYPD Didn’t Get The Memo, Shuts Down Open Street in Downtown Brooklyn
Everything was worked out, eventually, after the cops left with their bagels.
May 8, 2020
EXCUSES, EXCUSES: DOT Offers Entirely New Rationale for Not Making 59th St. Bridge Safe for Peds, Cyclists
The outer lane of the roadway is not safe enough for people on foot who might fall over a low fence, Commissioner Polly Trottenberg now says.
May 6, 2020
Transit Watchdogs: Raiding MTA Taxes Will Threaten A Federal Bailout
Governor: Keep your hands off tax money that's supposed to go to the cash-strapped MTA!
April 30, 2020
SHUTDOWN: In Historic Move, Cuomo Eliminates Early Morning Subway Service for Cleaning
Gov. Cuomo has just announced that subway service will be shut down from 1 to 5 a.m. every day so that the system can be completely disinfected every 24 hours.
April 30, 2020
Pols Keep Making Homelessness a Transit Issue, But it is a Housing Issue
Kicking homeless people off of subway trains one stop before the end of the line is not a housing policy, advocates say.
April 30, 2020
Cyclist Killed by Bus Driver in Flatbush Danger Zone
The driver may have been speeding.
April 29, 2020
UPDATED: De Blasio Commits to 100 Miles of ‘Open Streets’
Mayor de Blasio just did the City Council 33 percent better — he's committed to opening up 100 miles of streets for socially responsible recreation during the COVID-19 crisis.
April 27, 2020
