Dave Colon
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MTA Reveals First 48 Stations For Accessibility Upgrades
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The goal, the agency said earlier this week, would be to pick stations that would fill immediate gaps so that riders will no longer ever be more than two stops from a station with an elevator.
Citi Bike Expansion Begins Next Week into Ridgewood and Deeper into Bushwick
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Citi Bike will stretch from Williamsburg all the way to Broadway Junction by the time this phase of the expansion is finished.
Astoria Council Member Backs Protected Bike Lane Linking Queensboro and Triborough bridges
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"We want that connectivity, and the only way to do that is with a protected bike lane. To do just sharrows or paint is not the solution we're looking for."
Citi Bike Ridership Hits New Record — So When Will the City Subsidize This Vital Form of Transit?
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Over 19 million people rode the big blue bikes between July 2018 and June 2019, an increase of 11 percent.
MTA Reveals $51B Capital Plan — Now the Challenge is Funding it
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It's real, it's expensive and it's historic (again).
ARE WE SAFE ANYWHERE? Another SUV Driver Kills a Pedestrian, This Time a Senior Citizen
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It's the second such fatality in Brooklyn in four days — and neither victim was even in the street!
Legislator Refuses To Back Safety Measures at Vigil for Dead Child
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A rally in Midwood shows the fecklessness of Brooklyn Council Member Chaim Deutsch.
Heads Up: You Can Buy Citi Bike Single Rides With the ‘Transit’ App
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The function is built for the occasional rider, who will enjoy the convenience of a multi-modal trip guided by a single app.
Hasty Heastie Staff Sped Through School Zones in Speaker’s Cars
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The SUVs amassed quite the nasty record of moving violations, a spokesman confirmed. Why are those charged with making New York's laws breaking them on the taxpayers' dime?
Safe-Streets Advocates Demand That de Blasio ‘Focus on the Real Problems Killing New Yorkers’
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The mayor should fix faulty streets and rein in reckless driving — not pursue useless helmet laws.
Council Members: Mayor Was Just Mouthing Off on Helmets, Licenses
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Remarks damaging to cycling may have originated with a journalist.
MTA Board Member: Capital Plan Vote Might Not Even Happen This Year
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The board and the governor are at loggerheads. So what happens now?