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#StuckAtDOT: It Takes Years (and Years) to Get a Speed Hump in this City
A Brooklyn City Council member has a simple question for the Department of Transportation: Why does it take years and years (and sometimes years and years and years) to put in a simple speed bump?
November 11, 2022
Sanitation Dept. Urged to Get Garbage out of Pedestrians’ Way
Nineteen months after 'Clean Curbs" was announced with great fanfare, not a container has been sited anywhere. The next mayor ought to get cracking.
October 8, 2021
#StuckAtDOT: Six Years Later, City May Give Harlem Pedestrians Some Relief … On One Block
A six-year-old request for a sidewalk extension on a single Harlem block — where pedestrians sometimes outnumber cars three to one — looks like it is finally moving forward.
September 22, 2021
#StuckAtDOT: The Case of the Missing Crosswalk
A block in Astoria with a playground and a school lacks crucial pedestrian infrastructure. Why?
May 24, 2021
It’s Time for DOT to Create ‘Bike Boulevards’ — So What’s a Bike Boulevard?
In short, it's a quick, cheap and easy way to create a network of low-stress cycling routes.
November 22, 2020
Another Community Board Calls for City to Stop Discriminating Against Pedestrians
Upper West Side joins the push for DOT to just install "neckdowns" wherever the safety improvement is needed.
October 13, 2020
FISCAL YEAR FAILURE: De Blasio’s DOT Installed Just 642 Bike Racks
The shortfall comes as the administration continues to build bike lanes, presumably to encourage cycling.
September 18, 2020
OUT OF EXCUSES: Council Members Offer DOT Money for QBB Security Fence
All DOT has to do is ask.
August 19, 2020
Bay Ridge Workshop Shows Why DOT Can’t Seem To Get Anything Done
Instead of engineering for safety, the department bends over backward to placate local drivers.
January 21, 2020
#StuckAtDOT: The Bike Corral Conundrum
If DOT can not find a reliable partner to insure and maintain the bike infrastructure, the agency will not provide the public amenity.
December 11, 2019