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THE STREETSBLOG INTERVIEW: Vax Daddy Huge Ma is the City’s Newest Bike Lane Advocate
The beloved by recently anonymous techie behind TurboVax sat down with Streetsblog to talk about his next fight: safe streets.
April 20, 2021
Bay Ridge Pol: NYPD Must Crack Down on Rogue Car Dealerships After Pedestrian Was Run Down on the Sidewalk
"Some of these dealerships just don't care and now a woman is dead because a car was driving on the sidewalk," Brannan said.
April 16, 2021
REPORT: City Spent More to Settle Crash Suits Last Year
Injuries caused by city employees behind the wheel of their taxpayer-funded government cars cost the city close to $150 million in settlements last year — 33 percent more than they did just one year earlier, a new report shows.
April 12, 2021
TransAlt (Not The City) Is Bringing Secure Bike Parking to the Port Authority Bus Terminal
Fresh off a January report about the crushing need for secure bike parking, Transportation Alternatives and friends will run a bike parking pilot program at the Port Authority Bus Terminal from next week to mid-June.
April 9, 2021
DOT Won’t Say — And Mayor Doesn’t Know — When the Queens Boulevard Bike Lane Will Be Finished
The long-stalled project was first supposed to be done in the summer of 2018. What's going on?
April 6, 2021
Open Streets Coalition to Mayor: Give Us a Real Program (And Some Help)!
Dozens of volunteer groups that have been maintaining the city's open streets program are demanding support from the city to ensure that the public space initiativeis expanded in an equitable manner.
April 1, 2021
Upper East Side Candidate Billy Freeland One-Ups Competitor By Calling for Replacing FDR Drive
An Upper East Side council hopeful is pushing his own bold vision for transportation in a neighborhood council race that is already one of the most progressive in town.
March 30, 2021
New Sunset Park and Red Hook Warehouses Mean More Death from Trucks: Locals
Locals have resisted residential rezoning, but now are faced with another crisis: massive distribution centers and more truck traffic.
March 28, 2021
Electeds Call for Wider Bike Lanes on Second Avenue and Beyond
A growing chorus recognizes the danger, lack of equity on roadways as the cycling boom mounts.
March 26, 2021
EXCLUSIVE: Bill Would Allow Public To Weigh In on Citi Bike Fare Hikes
Council Member Carlina Rivera proposes to require oversight amid bike-share boom.
March 25, 2021
