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Better Buses Will Be Big for Business on Flatbush: Report
Mayor Adams has yet to follow through on his promise to bring bus lanes to Flatbush Avenue, where 70 percent of bus riders are going to shopping, dining or entertainment destinations.
December 12, 2024
DOT: Council E-Bike Registration Bill is Not Necessary to Make Streets Safer
Enforce existing laws. Keep redesigning the streets for safety. Hold delivery app companies accountable. But don't register electric bikes. That's what the DOT said on Wednesday.
December 11, 2024
Astro-Turf: Industry Group Says Fair Pay For Delivery Workers Means Higher Grocery Prices
An app industry-supported group is trying to sway the conversation around expanding the delivery worker minimum wage.
December 11, 2024
Intro 606 Alert: E-Bike Licensing Bill Is Not Even Legal, Lawyers Say
Buckle up, dear reader, because we're diving into the municipal code!
December 11, 2024
Pizzeria Deploys School Bus to Serve Customers During Winter Curbside Dining Ban
So let's get this straight: You can eat a slice of pizza in a car ... as long as the car doesn't belong to the pizzeria?
December 11, 2024
Wednesday’s Headlines: E-Bikes on the Block Edition
As some writer once said, it'll be like Ivy Day in the committee room today as the City Council's Transportation Committee takes up a controversial bill that would require the city to create an entirely new bureaucracy to register electric bikes and create metal plates for them.
December 11, 2024
Op-Ed: Council E-Bike Registration Bill Is Impossible to Enforce, Unnecessary … and Won’t Even Work
It sounds common-sense: register electric bikes just like cars. But there are so many flaws to this Council bill. Let us set you straight.
December 10, 2024
‘Trojan Horse’: E-Bike Licensing Bill Would Fuel Anti-Immigrant Policing
Council members fail to address the e-bike registration bill's potential harmful outcomes.
December 10, 2024
‘Not Fleshed Out’: Paladino’s E-Bike Ban Falls Flat at Manhattan Civic Panel
A Queens Republican's latest bid to squelch e-bike use fails at Community Board 2.
December 10, 2024
Cycle of Rage: Here’s Why Your Dead Christmas Tree Should Be in the Road, Not on the Sidewalk
The opposite of a heartwarming holiday story? It's the story of Barbara Hutson, who suffered two broken arms after she tripped on some Christmas trees that should have been in the road.
December 9, 2024
