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Delivery Workers Say de Blasio’s Proposed E-Bike Rules Won’t Help Them
The de Blasio administration wants to clarify language permitting pedal-assist e-bikes, which most delivery workers don't use.
May 14, 2018
Letting People on Bicycles Use LPIs: A New Way Forward on Cycling Safety
With this plot program, the safety benefits of LPIs will be extended to include people on bicycles as well as pedestrians.
March 27, 2018
Cuomo’s People Are Talking a Better Game About Bus Improvements Than de Blasio’s
Advocates and council members called on Mayor de Blasio to devote more resources to bus lanes and other improvements that can reverse the rapid decline in bus ridership.
March 8, 2018
Confronted By Delivery Workers, de Blasio Insists on E-Bike Crackdown
A group of delivery workers based in Brooklyn and Manhattan came out to the town hall in the hopes that de Blasio will change course.
December 15, 2017
Menchaca Calls for Direct Red Hook-Manhattan Bus Service and Safety Overhaul of 3rd Avenue
Council Member Carlos Menchaca wants more direct bus service from Red Hook to Manhattan and a "full Vision Zero redesign" of Brooklyn's Third Avenue, which runs through Sunset Park underneath the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
August 31, 2017
DOT Shows Fourth Avenue Bike Lane Concept in Sunset Park
DOT reps brought the conceptual design for a redesign of Fourth Avenue with protected bike lanes to Sunset Park last night, following a similar event in Park Slope last week.
May 12, 2017
As Fares Rise, Advocates Press City Hall for MetroCard Relief for Low-Income New Yorkers
As MTA fares went up yesterday, straphangers and elected officials rallied outside Atlantic Terminal yesterday to bring them down for low-income New Yorkers. The "Fair Fares" coalition is calling on Mayor de Blasio to fund half-priced MetroCards for the 800,000 New Yorkers living below the federal poverty line.
March 20, 2017
DOT Is Getting Serious About Protected Bike Lanes for 4th Avenue
DOT will present a redesign for Brooklyn's 4th Avenue with protected bike lanes from 65th Street to Dean Street. It's an important shift from earlier plans that called for casting the current street design in concrete without adding bike infrastructure.
March 16, 2017
If de Blasio Is Serious About Vision Zero, 4th Ave Will Get a Protected Bike Lane
In 2017, will City Hall be more committed to ambitious street redesigns that save lives? An early litmus test will be Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn -- which is ripe for a protected bike lane but is currently in line for much more modest changes from NYC DOT.
December 16, 2016
Bill Giving Cyclists a Head Start at LPIs Gets a Council Hearing Next Month
Momentum is building for Council Member Carlos Menchaca's bill to allow cyclists to proceed at traffic signals at the same time that pedestrians get the go-ahead. Intro 1072 would affect intersections with leading pedestrian intervals (LPIs) -- signals that give pedestrians a head start to establish themselves in the crosswalk ahead of turning motorists. If the bill passes, cyclists can legally take the same head-start.
October 24, 2016