Some new Class 2 bike lanes have been striped in some out-of-the way places. The brand new Gerard Avenue bike lane, shown here at 149th Street, leads past a gas station to Yankee Stadium. This is listed as "planned" on the 2007 bike map (pdf), so it is nice to see the plan being filled out. It looks like another one is about to be striped on parallel Walton Avenue as well.
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The 8 p.m. crash comes just a few days after Mayor Mamdani was criticized by the pro-car right for announcing that speed-limit reductions in school zones would be in effect all day, not just during school hours.
Mamdani's budget slashes funding for the agency responsible for enacting his plans to regulate delivery apps.
Remember, the Department of Transportation handed out parking tickets until a government reorganization by Mayor Rudy Giuliani in 1996.
For the sake of the ill-informed, we break down the myths and facts surrounding Mamdani's new policy.
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