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OPINION: Reform Community Board Consultations on Bike Lanes Now
The City Council should pass, and Mayor Adams should sign, the Reynoso bill — stat!
December 29, 2021
Advocates: DOT’s 21st Street Redesign Caters to Drivers and Parking
DOT's plan for a dedicated curbside bus lane won't remove any parking spots, which discriminates against straphangers and pedestrians on behalf of car drivers on a deadly strip, critics said.
December 21, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: How DOT Spends its Limited Resources
Why doesn't the city have the resources to do the job right? Our national treasure cartoonist has one theory: the resources are being wasted.
December 6, 2021
DOT Punts Long-Delayed Fifth Avenue Project to Next Mayor
A busway and a protected bike lane are on hold until after the holidays. Is the city taking its cues from the New York Post?
October 20, 2021
Friday’s Headlines: Will the UWS Secede from NYS?
It's a reasonable question, given that last night, the Upper West Side's Jekyll-and-Hyde community board voted to ban electric bikes in bike lanes — even though they are legal under state law. Plus all the other news.
September 10, 2021
Watered Down Fifth Avenue ‘Busway’ Inches Forward
Community Board 5 supports "busway lite."
August 24, 2021
End Parking Minimums Now! Analysis: Zoning Rule is Choking the City With Cars
The mandatory parking minimum law is the demon child of car culture and NIMBYism — but it is finally being attacked by progressive leaders. Where will Mayor Adams stand? He isn't saying.
August 18, 2021
Residents of Rockaways Enclave Oppose Better Access To Their ‘Semi-Private’ Public Beach
Locals say that federally mandated ramps and a boardwalk will spoil their little oasis.
July 26, 2021
BIKELASH: Manhattan Community Board Stalls Fifth Avenue Safety and Transit Redesign
Members of a Manhattan civic panel are putting feelings ahead of facts to stall a life-saving street redesign of Fifth Avenue — even though just one pedestrian has been injured by a cyclist since January, 2019.
July 9, 2021
Tuesday’s Headlines: Listen to the Community Edition
So, Commissioner Gutman, is it "safety first" or "listen to the community"? And what "community" anyway? Plus all the other news.
June 29, 2021
