Friday’s Video: A Recap on Mayor Adams’s ‘War on Cyclists’
Here's a nice synopsis by Emily Lipstein of how we got from a proposed "Department of Sustainable Delivery" to a criminal crackdown on bike riders.
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Friday Video: How Public Transportation Fails ‘Fat’ People
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