Darren Flusche
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Neighborhood Empowerment Project: Humble Bike Rack Tells a Story of a Broken Process
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This is the first post generated by the Neighborhood Empowerment Project, an initiative of our parent company, Open Plans, to change the ineffective way our city government responds to neighborhood problems.
Experts: Exempting Yellow Taxis From Congestion Pricing Won’t Help Cabbies
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“The proposed solution does not match the problem,” said one expert.
Wednesday’s Headlines: Tuesday Bloody Tuesday Edition
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You know the drill: Click the headline above for our full news digest. Have a great Wednesday.
DOT Will Replace East Village ‘Mixing Zones’ With Semi-Protected Intersections
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The First and Second Avenue protected bike lanes are about to get a whole lot safer, thanks to a new offset design.
Another Truck Driver Fatally Backs Over Another Pedestrian — And is Not Charged
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A senior citizen was killed by a truck driver who backed over him on First Avenue on Tuesday morning — the second such incident in the same day and the second time the driver was not initially charged.
Private Sanitation Driver Fatally Backs Into Motorcycle Rider in Queens
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The driver of the Boro Wide Recycling garbage truck was improperly backing up onto 157th Street from the westbound lane of Liberty Avenue when it struck the motorcycle — yet no tickets were issued and no arrests were made.
DOT Says It Will Fill Jay Street Bike Lane Gaps This Year
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Manhattan Bridge-bound commuters: Your long unprotected nightmare is (almost) over.
Tuesday’s Headlines: Horse Long Gone, De Blasio Locks the Barn Edition
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Wow, Mayor de Blasio says he'll get to the bottom of the taxi medallion mortgage crisis, which has been going on for years, but got into the mayor's press packet because of Brian Rosenthal's great series in the Times. Click on the headline above for more snark, we mean, news coverage!
Corey Johnson’s ‘Master Plan’: 50 Miles of Protected Bike Lanes Per Year — And A Lot More
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The City Council Speaker is putting his legislative muscle where his mouth is.
BREAKING: MTA Cuts Back on Bus Service Amid Ongoing Ridership Crisis
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Thirteen months after the launch of Andy Byford's "Bus Action Plan," New York City Transit will reduce service on specific routes this summer "to more closely align with customer demand," according to a memo distributed to MTA board members on Monday.