Bill de Blasio
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De Blasio and NYPD Should Talk to Delivery Workers About E-Bikes
The mayor is rushing ahead with a punitive approach to e-bike use instead of shaping policy based on how the food delivery business actually works.
October 20, 2017
Hooray for Placard Fraud Busts — Now When Will de Blasio Address the Real Problem?
Much more common than a detailed forgery are parking violations committed with real placards, or the use of informal signifiers of authority to scare away enforcement agents.
October 4, 2017
Mayor de Blasio Throws Red Meat to the Bike Haters in Midtown
De Blasio made no attempt to win over skeptics of bike infrastructure, showed no grasp of the pedestrian safety effects of protected bike lanes, and appeared content to let anecdotes and unfocused anger sway policy instead of the proven track record of his own DOT's projects.
September 27, 2017
De Blasio’s No Leader on Transportation and Climate
The mayor's strategy on climate policy lacks an essential quality of leadership: courage.
September 18, 2017
City Hall Says It Will Release Records on New Teacher Parking Placards … After the Election
The public won’t know what prompted de Blasio to restore teacher parking perks until the general election is in the mayor’s rear view mirror.
September 11, 2017
De Blasio Inaugurates Faster Crosstown Bronx Bus Service on the Bx6
One section of the Bx6 goes beyond typical New York City bus lane designs, which run next to the curb or the parking lane. By Sheridan and Sherman avenues, buses now run in center-running lanes.
September 5, 2017
De Blasio’s Wrong — Congestion Pricing Will Make NYC Transportation Fairer
People who can afford a $10 or $20 Uber ride are slowing down people who can afford a $2.75 bus fare. Move NY will change that.
August 25, 2017
De Blasio Is Wrong — There’s a Congestion Pricing Plan That Affects All Boroughs Fairly
The mayor says he's never seen a version of congestion pricing that's fair to the outer boroughs, but the Move NY toll reform plan is specifically designed to distribute costs fairly between different parts of the city.
August 14, 2017
Let’s Hear More About All the Money Cuomo Wastes on Not Fixing the Subways
De Blasio's proposal for a millionaires tax to fund transit may or may not win him some short-term political points, but it's definitely muddling the message that voters need to hear: Governor Cuomo runs the subways and should pay for fixing them.
August 7, 2017
De Blasio Should Drive a Hard Bargain With Cuomo on Transit, Not Cede to All His Demands
If you think transit riders would be well-served by de Blasio meekly going along with Cuomo's demands, look at what happened the last time the two struck a bargain on transit.
July 26, 2017