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Queens Pols: Make 34th Avenue Permanently Car-Free
Council Member Daniel Dromm and State Senator Jessica Ramos want the city to keep the open street off-limits to cars, even after the coronavirus pandemic subsides.
June 11, 2020
Regular Transit Riders Say More Service Is Key To COVID Safety
Frequent trains and buses are seen as crucial for social distancing, according to the Tri-State Transportation Campaign.
June 10, 2020
Need a Lyft: Many People Got Free Citi Bike Accounts Last Weekend (Did You?)
Potentially hundreds of people wrangled a free Citi Bike subscription over the weekend after a promo code for employees of Lyft, which owns the city’s bikeshare program, was leaked on Reddit and Instagram.
June 9, 2020
NYPD Out of MTA: School Safety Agents To Hand Out Masks And Social Distancing Reminders
Transit advocates welcomed the free masks, but said they would prefer if the city found a way to do the job without any kind of police officer being tasked with it.
June 8, 2020
Monday’s Headlines: New York Starts Reopening Today Edition
What a busy weekend — and a busy week to come, now that New York is supposedly reopening. That plus all the other headlines.
June 8, 2020
DOT Puts Up $10M To Retire Old Diesel Trucks
Money from the Volkswagen settlement will target fleets operating in "environmental-justice communities."
June 5, 2020
MTA: City Must Create 60 Miles Of Bus Lanes For Phase 1 Reopening
The MTA issued a public request that the city install 60 miles of bus lanes and busways in all five boroughs as the city approaches the first phase of economic reopening.
June 4, 2020
Op-Ed: More Bus Lanes, Fewer Police Cars!
The violent response to the protests has thrown a harsh light on the city's budget priorities. They must change.
June 3, 2020
MTA Announces Return To ‘Regular Service’ During Open Letter War With Mayor
Full service? Only if you consider 20-hour-a-day service "full."
June 3, 2020
IT’S ON: Manhattan Below 96th to Be Car-Free During Curfew (Not How Activists Wanted It, Though)
The city's curfew — which Mayor de Blasio extended today by three hours and multiple days — now includes a ban on vehicular traffic in Manhattan below 96th Street, the NYPD just announced.
June 2, 2020
