Ben Kallos
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Don’t Let Coronavirus Prevent NYC from Buying Small Snowplows (…Wait, Wut?)
That's a bizarre headline, but it makes sense when you consider what Council Member Ben Kallos is hoping to do on the Upper East Side and, eventually, all of Manhattan!
April 2, 2020
Streetfilms: Yes, the Bike/Ped Situation on the Queensboro Bridge Is That Bad!
We covered last week's renewed call for pedestrian and bike safety fixes on the dangerous Queensboro Bridge, but you have to see Clarence Eckerson's latest Streetfilm to really understand the situation.
October 2, 2019
Council Members: DOT Has ‘No Reason’ to Not Give Queensboro Bridge Lane to Pedestrians
The city's failure to give more space to the increasing number of pedestrians and cyclists on the Queensboro Bridge is a betrayal of Vision Zero — and that failure seems based solely on a fealty to car traffic.
September 26, 2019
Second Avenue Bike Lane Gap Won’t Be Filled Until Next Year
The good news is a date is finally set. The bad news is that it's not this year.
August 20, 2019
Congestion Pricing Critic Gets the Spotlight During Public Hearing
Why is anyone listening to Richard Brodsky, anyway?
March 24, 2019
Second Avenue Bike Lane Gap Won’t Be Filled This Year
More danger for cyclists as Mayor de Blasio again hits the snooze button.
October 17, 2018
The Upper East Side Can Still Deliver an Old-Fashioned Bike Lane Kvetchfest
True to form, last night's Upper East Side community board meeting about bike lanes was a ridiculous carnival of vituperative whining.
July 10, 2018
Cab Driver Kills Woman in 19th Precinct, Where Police Brag About Seizing E-Bikes
Barbara Horn was the second person this year killed by a cab driver in a crosswalk in the 19th Precinct. On an average day, precinct officers summons around five motorists for violating a pedestrian’s right of way, and ticket just one speeding driver.
July 31, 2017
Cab Driver Kills Man in UES Precinct Where NYPD and Ben Kallos Target Cyclists
A motorist killed a senior at the same intersection in 2016. The 19th Precinct, meanwhile, has made a show of seizing electric bikes delivery workers need to earn a living.
April 24, 2017
Drivers Have Killed Seven People in Bike-Obsessed 19th Precinct in 2016
Blanca Pagan, the senior who was struck last Friday by a driver who failed to yield, was at least the seventh pedestrian killed by a motorist this year in the 19th Precinct, on the Upper East Side. Deputy Inspector Clint McPherson, the precinct's commanding officer, has prioritized ticketing people on bikes, with encouragement from local City Council members Ben Kallos and Dan Garodnick.
October 11, 2016