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SAFETY LAST: DOT Admits To Intentionally Endangering Cyclists on Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue
The Department of Transportation is forgoing a city law by refusing to create a temporary bike lane to protect cyclists on Fourth Avenue amid construction along the crucial Brooklyn corridor — a pro-car, anti-safety move that one activist called "bullshit."
October 20, 2022
EYES ON THE STREET: A Bronx Bus Lane that Underwhelms
Recently, we rode the Bx3 — which begins its run at 179th and Broadway in Washington Heights and terminates under the elevated at 238th and Broadway in Kingsbridge — to experience the new University Avenue bus-priority lane.
October 19, 2022
Greenway Master Plan Bill Now Has a Later Deadline For Creation of Said Master Plan
Wait 'til next year. And then the year after that.
October 19, 2022
Report: New York Remains a Tale of Two Cities for Public Space Equity
See the city in a whole new light — an unflattering one.
October 18, 2022
Advocates Like (But Don’t Love) the DOT’s Third Ave. Redesign
Hey, DOT — 2010 called and it wants its street redesign back.
October 18, 2022
‘A NIMBY City Hall’: Adams Appointees Thwart Key Bike and Bus Projects
As the city seeks to redesign its streets to better serve transit riders, pedestrians and cyclists, interference is emerging from an unlikely place: City Hall itself. And one division of City Hall in particular.
October 17, 2022
Thursday’s Headlines: A Bike Lane Grows in Brooklyn Edition
A hard-fought street redesign hopes to put and end to the depredations of malefactor motorists. Plus other news.
October 13, 2022
Manhattan Panel Cheers City’s Third Ave. Redesign (Though Some Wish it Was Bolder)
In a resounding show of support for a street redesign, Upper East Siders overwhelmingly gave a thumbs up to the city’s plan to put a bike lane and bus lane on Third Avenue. But is it really all it can be?
October 13, 2022
‘Apolline’s Garden’ Project Scaled Back after ‘Community Feedback,’ Says DOT
It's a watered-down memorial.
October 12, 2022
TONIGHT! City Will Unveil Long-Awaited Third Ave. Redesign to Manhattan Panel
“This is a big opportunity to expand this vision for reallocation of space. Look to Rue de Rivoli," said one activist, referring to Paris.
October 12, 2022
