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Monday’s Headlines: Weekend of Carnage Edition

By Streetsblog | Dec 9, 2019 | No Comments
Lots of crashes, plus more news from the weekend.
Car-free 50th Street. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Eyes on the Street: Miracle on Fifth Avenue Near Rockefeller Center

By Julianne Cuba | Dec 9, 2019 | No Comments
Mayor de Blasio's bold plan to take lanes away from drivers and give them to pedestrians around Rockefeller Center is working — but only on the side streets that are actually closed to cars entirely.
Cyclists can still use 94th Street at LaGuardia. Photo: Aazam Otero

New LaGuardia Bike Policy Blames Cyclists for Ruining Drivers’ Lives

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 9, 2019 | No Comments
The very wording of a new policy makes it clear that the agency considers bikes a nuisance.
From the wrong angle, it might look like a new gate on the Kosciuszko Bridge might limit cyclist and pedestrian access. But it turns out, it's just a zig-zag so riders don't pick up too much speed. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

WHEW! New Gates on Kosciuszko Bridge Bike Path Aren’t What We Feared

By Streetsblog | Dec 8, 2019 | No Comments
Mystery solved: The new gates at the Queens foot of the Kosciuszko Bridge bike and pedestrian path don't fully close, meaning that they can't be deployed to close the roadway for non-motorists as some cyclists had feared.
Photo: Dave Colon

Cops Blame ‘Medical Episode’ For Chain Reaction Crash That Injures 3 Pedestrians

By Dave Colon | Dec 8, 2019 | No Comments
Like the magic words "I didn't see him," claiming some kind of "medical episode" is often times a way for drivers to get off scot-free.
Whole Foods parks bike on the sidewalk on Houston Street all day...

WHOLE FOOLS! Amazon Stealing Space from Pedestrians on Houston

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 6, 2019 | No Comments
The problem? The city has not yet taken curbside space from car storage in favor of the efficient bikes.
It's beginning to look a lot like ... frustration. Transportation Alternatives Co-Deputy Director Marco Connor (foreground) rallied with delivery workers to demand that Gov. Cuomo sign a hugely popular bill legalizing e-bikes. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Gov. Cuomo: Sign the E-Bike Bill Now!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 6, 2019 | No Comments
De Quan Lu of the Chinese Mutual Support Labor Union spoke eloquently of workers living in fear of having their bikes seized by the police simply for doing a job that more and more New Yorkers want them to do.
Photo: Dave Colon

Another Queens Pedestrian is Dead and Her Killer is Uncharged

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 6, 2019 | No Comments
Queens has proven to be deadly for pedestrians this year, with 29 killed so far in 2019, equal to Brooklyn.
Two-wheelin' Romeo, Dave Colon. Photo: Julianne Cuba

DAVE COLON: How Citi Bike Has Improved My Dating Life

By Dave Colon | Dec 6, 2019 | No Comments
Don't call Dave Colon the "Citi Bike Sleaze." He's more like a two-wheeling Romeo, as he explains in this personal essay.
Council Member Mark Gjonaj — at it again.
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Friday’s Headlines: Rumble in the Bronx Edition

By Streetsblog | Dec 6, 2019 | No Comments
Kids are LITERALLY running for their lives because Bronx drivers are in such a rush. That and the rest of the news to set you up for the weekend.
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