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Anthony Weiner, Ready to Erase Bike Lanes, Won’t Be Cowed by “Jihadists”
It may be news to the national audience of BuzzFeed, but Anthony Weiner once said he would hold ribbon cuttings on his first day in Gracie Mansion to rip out the city's bike lanes. He now insists the expletive-laced promise was a joke, but he's firm in his opinion that at least two of the city's bike lanes should be removed. He reiterated that position in an interview with BuzzFeed's Ben Smith yesterday, adding that he's "not going to be bullied" on the issue by "policy jihadists."
August 13, 2013
Weiner on Bike Policy: Small Talk, Small Stick
Yesterday, riders at the sixth annual Tour de Queens got a preview of Anthony Weiner's proposal to introduce new city tax breaks for businesses that help employees bike to work. It's one of the meager transportation proposals in his policy book, "Keys to the City." There are already plenty of financial incentives to bike -- walking is the only mode of transportation that's cheaper -- so, understandably, riders were much more interested in hearing from Weiner about how he'll make streets safer. But his ideas about street design were similarly underwhelming.
July 8, 2013
At Forum, Mayoral Candidates Back Bus Lanes, Shy Away From Funding
At a mayoral forum on transportation this morning, the first since a February event hosted by Transport Workers Union Local 100, eight candidates offered ideas on how they would improve the city's road and transit network. For the most part, the candidates were eager to support buses, quick to get agitated about bike lanes, and short on realistic ideas for how to fund their plans.
June 19, 2013
Caption Contest: Anthony Weiner on a Citi Bike
I don't care if this is a carefully choreographed photo op. For one day, at least, we're not going to run a picture of the Weinermobile in a post about Anthony Weiner. We're just going to link back to the most recent post with a Weinermobile picture. And we're going to turn this into a caption contest.
May 31, 2013
Anthony Weiner: I Love Bike Lanes. Let Me Count the Exceptions…
Anthony Weiner, enemy of congestion pricing and infamous bike lane antagonist, is talking about street design on the campaign trail. Though there was plenty of warning this day would come, it's still kind of surreal.
May 22, 2013
Seriously, Why Is Anthony Weiner So Terrified of Bike Lanes?
If Anthony Weiner has anything in common with his mentor Chuck Schumer, it is that he thrives on attention. And now that he's created a niche for himself on the national stage as the unapologetic, in-your-face liberal congressman from Noo Yawk, he's apparently gained a following of disaffected young Democrats who don't necessarily feel represented by yellow dogs and centrist softies.
April 6, 2011
Weiner Alone Incurred One Eighth of Congress’s Unpaid Parking and Traffic Tix
This just in from the muckrakers at Roll Call: Of the $15,000+ in outstanding parking and traffic fines accumulated by members of Congress, more than $2,000 was owed by NYC's Anthony Weiner alone, according to reporters' survey of license plates and records.
March 29, 2011
Weiner: There’s No Need for “Warfare Over Bike Lanes”
Queens Congressman Anthony Weiner has edged a little closer to clarifying his now-infamous "tearing out your [expletive] bike lanes" remark.
March 24, 2011
Tell Electeds and the Media: I’m a New Yorker, and I Want Safer Streets
Does Anthony Weiner really intend to someday rip out all the bike lanes in New York City? Or was his remark to Mayor Bloomberg "on a balmy night last June" merely a topical quip blown out of proportion in last week's Times profile of Janette Sadik-Khan?
March 7, 2011
The New York Times JSK Profile: Politicos vs. Progressive Transportation
Has the Times ever published a profile so singularly devoted to one city commissioner's relationships with other public figures as this Michael Grynbaum story?
March 4, 2011