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DOT Plans Crucial Redesign of Two Chaotic Sunset Park Roadways
The Department of Transportation wants to remake a pair of Brooklyn streets from traffic-choked, dangerous two-way commercial corridors into one-way streets to make the roadways safer and boost business.
June 14, 2021
SHAME! State Lawmakers Leave Town Without Passing Key Safety Bills
Safe streets advocates feel abandoned after state lawmakers left Albany on Friday without passing a slate of bills aimed to save children, protect cyclists and make streets more livable.
June 12, 2021
Mayor Walks the Walk on McGuinness Blvd. with $40M for Redesign
Friday's announcement puts a price tag and a timeline on the mayor's commitment to fixing the deadly roadway. But it will be up to the next mayor to do it.
June 11, 2021
Lawmakers Continue To Stall on Bills To Keep Pedestrians, Cyclists Safe
Top state lawmakers have struck out on a package of pending street safety bills, and today is the last chance for Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to grab a bat and get in the game.
June 10, 2021
LAST MINUTE PUSH: Legislators Hope to Get Cyclists And Pedestrians A Voice At The MTA
Activists and bike-friendly legislators are making a final push to get a floor vote for a stalled bill that would bring cyclist and pedestrian input to the MTA's planning process, a longtime oversight and sore spot for anyone who's tried to bike over an MTA bridge such as the Triboro or Gil Hodges.
June 9, 2021
OPINION: A Linear Park on 34th Avenue is ‘The Best Thing’ for People with Disabilities
"To people who oppose the plan, I ask: The whole whole world is polluted by cars, so exactly where do we go? My cancer was brought on by the pollution caused by cars. I have to get fresh air."
June 9, 2021
What NYC Needs Now: Public Space Management
A lively online session looks at the promise and pitfalls of open streets.
June 8, 2021
OPINION: How New York, London and Paris Can Become ‘Car-Free Megacities’
A new campaign uses data to persuade mayors to embrace car reduction.
June 7, 2021
SAFETY LAST: Albany Pols Stall on Package of Bills to Make Roadways Safer
Albany has served up a nothingburger for dessert.
June 4, 2021
DOT Has Not Revealed a Plan to Calm Deadly McGuinness Blvd. — And the Neighborhood is Impatient
Locals are frustrated that the only thing moving since the death of Matthew Jensen on May 18 are the hands of the clock that is counting off the last hours of de Blasio's tenure.
June 4, 2021
