Dave Colon
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DA Won’t Charge Hit-And-Run Driver Who Killed Aurilla Lawrence
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Another hit-and-run driver will escape accountability in New York City thanks to police and prosecutors who won't bring charges against motorists who kill.
Revel To Riders: Please Come Learn To Drive Our Scooters
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Scooter share company Revel is hosting a series of pop-up scooter schools so riders around its service area can actually learn to operate the scooters before setting off on their journeys.
Jumaane Williams Calls Out Drivers’ Immense Privilege…And Then Reinforces It
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While the public advocate said drivers are the most privileged class on the road, he also said community boards, those bastions of car culture, need more consultation on bike lanes.
Transit God Corey Johnson Parrots Arthur Schwartz’s Bad Faith Busway Language
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"I am concerned that some of the side streets will turn into parking lots," Johnson told WNYC's Brian Lehrer.
#FIXCANAL: Cyclist Injured By Truck Driver On Chaotic Canal Street
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The crash comes just hours before activists rallied for a safer Canal Street, a street they've dubbed Manhattan's Boulevard of Death.
Appeals Judge Slams The Brakes On 14th Street Busway
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"These so-called progressives' effort to stymie the plan to speed up bus service on 14th Street is a bad-faith effort to preserve a cars-first status quo, and frankly, a waste of time," one transit advocate said in response.
Good News/Bad News: MTA Has A $50B Capital Program — But It’s Still a State Secret
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Even if the draft plan remains a state secret, the amount, at least, made sense to transit activists.
Cops: Pedestrian Dies After Being Knocked Down by Hit-And-Run Cyclist
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Michael Collopy, 60, was hit by a cyclist on July 31 as he stood in the protected bike lane at Sixth Avenue and 23rd Street. The cyclist kept on pedaling. Collopy died on Wednesday of his injuries.
ALL RISE! Judge Rules City Can Build 14th Street ‘Busway’
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Long-suffering riders of the M14 bus will get some relief soon, thanks to a State Supreme Court judge who lifted a temporary order barring the Department of Transportation from starting its busway pilot along 14th Street.
AT LAST! Car-Loving De Blasio Calls For ‘Higher Penalties’ For Drivers Who Kill
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"I think we need new laws that cause much more consequence if a motorist is negligent and they kill someone, even if it wasn't their intention. I think there have to be much higher penalties, that's an area we have to improve," the mayor said on Friday.
BEEN THERE, WON THAT: Lessons from the PPW Bike Lane Fight
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The Central Park West bike-lane lawsuit is nothing more than a carbon copy of that reviled failure, the Prospect Park West bike-lane lawsuit.
UPDATED: Another Cyclist is Dead — It’s Now 18 Fatalities
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The death toll of city cyclists is now 18 — eight more than all of last year — as another rider was doored into traffic, where she was struck and killed by a massive truck in Sunset Park on Monday morning.