This cartoon, by Tom Toles of the Washington Post via Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space, refers to DC subway funding, now under attack from conservative "think tanks." But it could just as easily apply to transportation and public works projects across the country, which continue to be largely overlooked despite their prior role as job generators in otherwise hard times.
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Streetsblog's singers are back, belting out their parody classics to make a serious point: New York's roadways don't have to be dangerous places for kids and lungs, but can be joyous spaces for people to walk around, shop, eat or just ... hang out.
At its final full meeting, the Council is poised to deliver protections to delivery workers.
The city recorded a 5-percent increase in serious injuries in the most-recent quarter, though overall injuries are down.
A coalition of greenspace-loving groups is demanding that Zohran Mamdani make good on his promise to raise the Parks Department's budget. Plus other news.
The city has yet to appeal the nearly two-week-old ruling — but a new mayor says he'll change that pronto.
People now calling for a ban on e-bikes seem to forget what the park was like before cars were banned. It was way worse.
