Keith Powers
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Now Do Cars: Adams and Council Push For E-Bike Speed Limits Ignores The Biggest Danger
The signs show that the city's priorities are completely backwards.
June 10, 2025
Council Repeals Decade-Old Law that Stalled Bike Lane Installation
The City Council repealed a notorious. out-dated law that imposed lengthy delays on the city before it could break ground on new bike lanes.
December 7, 2023
Manhattan Panel Pans City Council E-Bike Registration Bill
A Manhattan community board is the first to take up a controversial bill that would require licensing and registration for e-bikes. And it rejected it.
November 8, 2023
Council Passes Battery ‘Buy-Back’ Program and Other Bills to Curb Lithium-Ion Fires
Finally, there's a law to create a citywide "buy back" program that would allow delivery workers to exchange faulty or second-hand lithium-ion batteries for safe, certified ones.
September 14, 2023
Advocates Like (But Don’t Love) the DOT’s Third Ave. Redesign
Hey, DOT — 2010 called and it wants its street redesign back.
October 18, 2022
Upper East Side Panel Supports Crosstown Bike Lanes — Again
“It would transform the lives of tens of thousands of people who ride a bike, from one end of the city to another, people who commute crosstown — and not just transform, but stop them from being killed,” said one advocate.
September 12, 2022
Despite End of Holiday Season, DOT Has No Update on Long-Stalled Fifth Ave. Project
New mayor, same old problem.
January 10, 2022
Council Speaker Candidates Debate (and Pander on) Livable Streets Issues
Would-be leaders Francisco Moya and Justin Brannan were far more conciliatory towards car drivers than other potential speakers.
November 19, 2021
Activists Make Music To Demand DOT Fix Sixth Avenue’s ‘Road To Nowhere’
And the city says it's finally ready to make the fix.
January 14, 2020
GRINCH NO MORE! Mayor Will Create More Pedestrian Space in Rockefeller Center for the Holidays
He's no longer a mean one, Mr. Mayor.
November 22, 2019
