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Liam Jeffries

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Eyes on the Street: Church Street’s Amazing (And Unwitting) Bike Lane

By Liam Jeffries | Mar 9, 2023 | No Comments
Unprotected lanes suck. But the bike lane on Church Street has become one of the best in New York.
A motorist invades the bike lane at the precise spot where a Baldor truck driver mowed down two people last month. The city has fixed the hydrant the driver squashed, but not the defective lane. Photo: Liam Jeffries

EYES ON THE STREET: East Side Bike Lane Where Driver Killed Two Remains Unfixed

By Liam Jeffries | Jan 27, 2022 | No Comments
Where's Ydanis? A month after a preventable tragedy, long-noted flaws persist.
The bike lane on 61st Street, looking west toward Lexington Avenue. Photo: Liam Jeffries

Eyes on the Street:
The East Side Crosstown Bike Lanes Re-Emerge

By Liam Jeffries | Aug 25, 2021 | No Comments
After much argument, the permanent 61st and 62nd Street cycle paths are here. Sort of.
Thunder Road: Third Avenue (looking north from 61st Street), a straight shot for speeding vehicles, has seen a lot of illegal drag racing since the start of the pandemic. Photo: Liam Jeffries

Op-Ed: Courting Death on the Third Avenue Speedway

By Liam Jeffries | Apr 22, 2020 | No Comments
COVID-19 has turned an East Side road into a race course where pedestrians cling to tight-rope-like sidewalks. How long until somebody dies?
Officers approaching an unresponsive, injured cyclist to ticket him after a crash on Monday. Image: Youtube screenshot

Op-Ed: Ticketing an Unresponsive Cyclist is a New Low for NYPD

By Liam Jeffries | Nov 27, 2019 | No Comments
The NYPD's awful treatment of a Manhattan crash victim underscores why bikers don't trust them.
A pedestrian/traffic mashup near the Plaza Hotel at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street shows just how dangerous it is on one of New York's grandest thoroughfares. Photo: Liam Jeffries

Op-Ed: These Five Manhattan Streets Need Safety Fixes Now!

By Liam Jeffries | Jul 22, 2019 | 7 Comments
The city just fixed one killing zone. It needs to fix many, many more.
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