Ikea, the Swedish retail chain, showed its green credentials yesterday by giving all 9,000 of its UK workers a free bicycle. The store handed out the £139 fold-up bike and offered a 15 per cent subsidy on public transport at its Christmas breakfast.The bicycle is the store's second high-profile green gesture this year following its decision to introduce a charge for plastic bags and encourage reusable ones. Plastic bag take-up at checkouts is down by 97 per cent.
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Lawmakers dropped three initiatives that Gov. Hochul said would have made roadways safer (though, as we'll see, that's very much in question). Let's review them.
Streetsblog brings you inside what's happening on the street.
Question 5: Drivers often complain that there is not enough "parking" in their neighborhoods. Should the city care?
State legislators from the suburbs are sore losers when it comes to congestion pricing. But on the plus side, the budget has started passing.
