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Op-Ed: More Residential Loading Zones Now!
A simple measure to improve streets safety and help the majority runs afoul of selfish car owners. Will DOT prioritize the public over parkers?
September 19, 2019
The Five Stupidest Things Said at Fort Greene’s Town Hall to Protest the City’s ‘War On Cars’
A Tuesday night meeting dubbed the “Fort Greene Town Hall on the City’s War on Cars" descended into chaos when the safe-street advocates in the room tried to counter lies and nonsense from the automobile zealots.
September 18, 2019
DOT: We Are NOT Backing Down on Neighborhood Loading Zones!
Reports of the demise of the Department of Transportation's residential loading zone program have been greatly exaggerated.
August 22, 2019
New York is Really Awesome When the Rich People Leave and Take their Cars on Vacation
Car owners are an entitled, selfish class of moochers — and it's time to stop catering to them by worrying about where they park their cars.
July 5, 2019
Flushing Avenue Will Remain A Hell on Wheels For Cyclists Until April
The work will result in a protected bike lane, but until then, cyclists are getting dangerously squeezed.
September 17, 2018
City Planning Minor Tweak to Vanderbilt Avenue, a Major Cycling Thoroughfare [Updated]
Plan will work if southbound cyclists decide to use a new bike lane on Clermont Avenue, one block to the west of Vanderbilt.
August 7, 2018
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Anatomy of a Busted Bus Lane
No bus drivers could use the new Fulton Street bus lane during a recent afternoon spot check -- there were too many cars in the way.
August 6, 2018
Laurie Cumbo Removes Safe Streets Advocate From Brooklyn CB 2 After Just Three Years
Hilda Cohen was not reappointed, ostensibly to ensure turnover, but several CB 2 members who've served much longer than her were still given seats by Council Member Laurie Cumbo and Borough President Eric Adams.
June 11, 2018
Eyes on the Street: Fort Greene’s Fowler Square Plaza Is Back and Better Than Ever
DOT made the short block of South Elliott Place between Fulton Street and Lafayette Avenue car-free using paint and planters in 2012. Now it's concrete.
May 31, 2018
Eyes on the Street: Pedestrian Life Rafts in the Flatbush/Atlantic Asphalt Ocean
There's a little more protection for pedestrians crossing the street around Atlantic Terminal and the Barclays Center.
May 21, 2018
