Darren Flusche
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Friday’s Headlines: ‘Stupid Network Tricks’ Edition
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Remember when TV was the "idiot box"? Well, check out this reporter's "stupid driver tricks." And we have headlines.
Op-Ed: Bike Lane Missing? Danger Found
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A group bike ride around Brooklyn shows that DOT has its work cut out for it. Here are small fixes that could keep cyclists and pedestrians alive.
UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED: NYS Is About to Make it Even Easier for Untrained Drivers to Get Licenses
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State lawmakers are making it easier for bad drivers to get licenses by allowing student drivers to take a questionable online safety course rather than the previously mandated five-hour, instructor-taught classroom session.
DOT: We Are NOT Backing Down on Neighborhood Loading Zones!
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Reports of the demise of the Department of Transportation's residential loading zone program have been greatly exaggerated.
Thursday’s Headlines: More Charges Please! Edition
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The killer of Jose Alzorriz (pictured) will be brought to account — but law enforcement still shrugs at so much other recent vehicle violence. Click here for that story and more in today's news digest.
UPDATE: Driver Arrested For Killing Cyclist on Coney Island Avenue
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The NYPD has thrown the full summons book at driver Mirza Baig.
Op-Ed: To Break the Car Culture, Reduce the Number of Parking Spots
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We must amend our land-use, zoning, and on-street-parking policies to eliminate spaces and curtail their creation — fostering a vision of a life centered around people, not cars.
Wednesday’s Headlines: Aaron Gordon for the Win Edition
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Aaron Gordon dissected the mayor's Vision Zero strategy — plus all the other news from a busy Tuesday.
UPDATE: City Finally Removes Abandoned Car That Anonymous Greenpointer Turned into Art Statement
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An abandoned car is an eyesore — unless its art!
CYCLE OF RAGE: Forget Your Vanity Plates, Andrew, And Make Drivers Use These
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Cuomo is right that license plates are a symbol — but he's willfully blinded himself to the symbolism embodied by the cars to which they're attached. So I decided to help with my own proposals for more realistic designs.