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NYPD Has Found Yet Another Way to Completely Screw Up the Brooklyn Bridge Footpath
Now the NYPD is deploying police vehicles in an offset pattern that forces cyclists into the path of pedestrians and pedestrians into the path of cyclists. Who are the ad wizards who came up with this one? (NYPD declined to comment.)
April 30, 2019
Queens Pol Demands More Space for Cyclists and Peds on Queensboro Bridge
Just one narrow pathway is shared by both cyclists and pedestrians, whose numbers are booming. Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer wants that to change.
April 30, 2019
RIVERDALE REBATE! Bronx Drivers Get Free Ride Over Henry Hudson Bridge In Congestion Pricing Carveout
Crossing the Henry Hudson Bridge will be free for Bronx drivers, Assembly Member Jeff Dinowitz announced.
April 17, 2019
Robbin’ Hoods! Brooklyn Pols Would Swipe Money From MTA And Give It To Verrazzano Drivers
More gifts for drivers — from four supposedly progressive leaders in Southern Brooklyn.
April 16, 2019
$ix Questions About the Massive Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Plan$
Question 1: Isn't there a better use for $4 billion than to enshrine one of Robert Moses's most disastrous legacies?
April 8, 2019
De Blasio, Channeling Cuomo, Creates his Own ‘Expert Panel’ for BQE Repairs
Perhaps the process will result in a better plan — but it will definitely insulate the mayor from the political fallout of his DOT's initial plan.
April 3, 2019
Planning Group: Cut Two Lanes When BQE is Rebuilt
But the Regional Plan Association stopped short of calling for the roadway to be fully torn down.
April 3, 2019
Enough is Enough: Five Ways to Fix the Brooklyn Bridge Right Now
Here are some easy fixes for DOT officials, from their friends at Streetsblog.
March 20, 2019
Group Calls for Amsterdaming Most of Lower Manhattan
Crowded streets in Lower Manhattan must give more space to throngs of tourists and other pedestrians with new designs that would bring motorists to a crawl, says a neighborhood group.
March 19, 2019
Comptroller Scott Stringer Wants the BQE for Trucks Only
Step 1: Ban cars. Step 2: Build a new (and long) park from Dumbo to Carroll Gardens.
March 14, 2019