Free Parking: The Agony and the Lunacy
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Hundreds of Activists Rally for More Space on the Queensboro Bridge — And DOT Agrees!
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"Adding bike and pedestrian capacity to our bridges is a great idea," a DOT spokesman said, but cited several reasons why it won't happen any time soon.
Monday’s Headlines: Day of Atonement Edition
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We'll spend Monday's Yom Kippur holiday doing what we always do: demanding that our public officials atone for their sins of not designing safe streets. Meanwhile, here's the news you might have missed from the weekend:
NYPD Claims it Voided Bogus Ticket To Crash Victim For Not Wearing Helmet
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The NYPD has a history of wrongly ticketing cyclists for made-up rules, misunderstanding vehicular laws, especially when it involves bikers, and even blaming them for their own deaths or injuries after crashes.
OPINION: Surviving a Hit-and-Run Bike Crash in a City Choked by Cars
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New Yorkers came to my aid — but the driver who plowed into me escaped. He knew that, in a city where bicyclists are dehumanized, he could get away with it.
KOMANOFF: Restaurant Patio Heaters Will Be a Net Gain for the Climate
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We asked our columnist — the nation's leading expert on carbon emissions — whether winter heat lamps will destroy or save our city. He came down on the latter.
‘Permanent and Year-Round’: Mayor’s Restaurant Plan is a Long-Overdue Shift of Public Space from Cars to People
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Tens of thousands of parking spaces will be permanently repurposed from free private vehicle storage for use by the city's struggling restaurant owners as part of a revolution in public space unleashed on Friday by Mayor de Blasio.