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Mr. Mayor, We Made Your 2021 Resolutions For You
From cycling safety to street vending to improving bus commutes, here's a list of what we'd like for Vision Zero.
January 1, 2021
Tuesday’s Headlines: So Much for the Busways Edition
Our top story today is from the Daily News which (inspired by Streetsblog, no doubt) has done its own assessment of the mayor's busway successes and found those successes, well, limited. Plus all the other news of the day.
December 8, 2020
Report: City Needs to Do Lots of Legwork to be Hospitable to Electric Buses
It's not just plug-and-play. Officials need to do more work to secure the pollution-free transit future.
December 4, 2020
OPINION: Envisioning a Carless Future for Eastern Queens
Weaning residents off automobiles requires giving them accessible mobility options, a Council hopeful argues.
December 2, 2020
A Round and a Roundy: The Real Story Behind Delayed Busways
All of Bill Roundy's cartoons are instant classics, but this is his greatest of all time, incorporating metaphor, pop culture references and, of course, Sleepy de Blasio.
November 17, 2020
BREAKING: Judge Halts Flushing Busway as Opponents Sue the City
Council Member Peter Koo and his anti-transit cronies just TRO the Flushing busway right under the bus!
November 13, 2020
MTA Bus Boss: All-Electric Fleet is Still Years Away, Even With Fed Help
Hours after the Biden-Harris transition team declared its support for "zero-emission" transit fleets, we reached out to MTA Bus President Craig Cipriano to get his take.
November 12, 2020
DOT: 181st Street Busway is Not Likely For This Year
We thought only Brooklyn Dodger fans said, "Wait 'til next year!" Apparently, the mayor does, too.
November 3, 2020
NYC Transit Boss: City Has To Speed Up Bus Lane Installation
We'll never paint the town red at this rate.
October 28, 2020
SPEEDY! Mayor Takes Victory Lap On Hylan Boulevard Bus Lane*
* Though that's the lane he trimmed from 6.6 miles to 4.7 miles to appease car owners.
October 27, 2020