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White Privilege on the Upper West Side: Board Condemns Police Brutality — Then Calls for More Cops!
A community board in the predominantly white Upper West Side says it supports the Black Lives Matter movement — then calls for more enforcement by the NYPD, which disproportionately targets blacks.
June 4, 2020
Op-Ed: Survey Shows Demand for More Bike Lanes
Upper West Siders urgently want more protected bike lanes in order to accommodate an expected surge of newbie cyclists after the coronavirus pandemic — pointing the way forward for our city.
May 19, 2020
Op-Ed: Reimagining City Agencies After COVID-19
The Department of Transportation could streamline its sclerotic operations by adopting "quick builds" and empowering residents.
April 29, 2020
ANALYSIS: CB7 ‘Parking’ Resolution Was Neutral — But It’s The First Salvo in War on Cars
An Upper West Side panel's call for a "study" of curbside use was anodyne, but the study may lead to changes that will forever end the notion of "free" parking. Let's hope.
February 6, 2020
Upper West Side Panel Approves Neutered ‘No Parking’ Study
CB 7's much-neutered resolution passes — finally! — with a huge display of parking angst.
February 5, 2020
BATTLE LINES: Manhattan Panel to Discuss ‘No Free Parking’ Resolution
It shouldn't be controversial at all — but it is, mostly because car drivers think every inch of roadway belongs to them (and they can put their garbage bags in the pedestrian space, too!).
February 3, 2020
Streetsies 2019: The NIMBYs Who Should Move to the Suburbs Already
A rogues gallery of dunderheads tried to impede the movement to make our streets safe. Here are the lowlights.
December 31, 2019
Streetsies 2019: The Best Transportation Project of the Year
The Department of Transportation got some things — OK, many things — right this year. And the nominees for the Streetsie are...
December 26, 2019
IT’S A DRAW: CB7 Panel Passes ‘Parking’ Resolution, But ‘Consensus’ Must Be Had
Proposal to study whether private car storage is best uses of public space advances — at a price.
December 11, 2019
TUESDAY NIGHT: Key Battle in Endless War Against Entitled Drivers and their Free Parking
If you attend just one Community Board 7 Transportation Committee meeting this year, Tuesday night is the one.
December 9, 2019
