S#!t We Put Up With Every F@&%ing Day
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Council Members To DOT: How About Those Brooklyn Bridge Upgrades?
"Efforts to abate crowding and improve the experience for cyclists and pedestrians on the promenade have not been noticeable," a trio of pols wrote.
June 27, 2019
Maniacal Driver Tried to Mow Down a Cyclist in Manhattan
A ballistic motorist behind the wheel of a Dodge muscle car, who was fittingly wearing a bodybuilding.com-shirt, tried to drive over a cyclist. And it's all on camera!
June 6, 2019
When You’re Not Looking, Even Enlightened Pols Turn into Car Enablers
Why does the City Council defend the behavior of recidivist scofflaws? The question came up again at a hearing on Monday. Your Cycle of Rage columnist was there.
May 2, 2019
NYPD Has Found Yet Another Way to Completely Screw Up the Brooklyn Bridge Footpath
Now the NYPD is deploying police vehicles in an offset pattern that forces cyclists into the path of pedestrians and pedestrians into the path of cyclists. Who are the ad wizards who came up with this one? (NYPD declined to comment.)
April 30, 2019
S#!t We Put Up With Every F@&%ing Day: What’s With All These Crazy Buses?
The morning crapshoot on Flushing Avenue is exacerbated by illegally parked buses.
April 17, 2019
FACT CHECK: City Did Not Build 20.9 Miles of ‘Protected’ Bike Lanes This Year
The Department of Transportation said it uses a definition of "protected bike lane" that allows a route to be called "protected" even if there is no physical barrier.
December 20, 2018
NY Police Chief: Sunnyside Bike Lane Terror Attack Was ‘Particularly Nasty’
Neither NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill nor Mayor de Blasio called last week's thumb tack assault an act of "terror," but both are taking it seriously.
December 5, 2018
Times Square is Still A Mammoth S#!+show — But NYC Can Learn from London
Streetfilms takes you inside the belly of the beast.
November 29, 2018
City Ignores West Side Request for Loading Zones — Putting Parking Over Safety
A Manhattan community board's request for dedicated loading zones along Central Park West and West End Avenue has received silence from the de Blasio administration.
November 27, 2018
Blame State DOT for the Slushy Mess on the West Side Greenway on Friday Morning
The state's overbuilt response to last year's vehicular terrorist attack on the West Side Greenway has made the nation's most popular bike path nearly impassible during snow storms like the one on Thursday.
November 16, 2018
