Enough is Enough: Five Ways to Fix the Brooklyn Bridge Right Now
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Here are some easy fixes for DOT officials, from their friends at Streetsblog.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bollards
Blame State DOT for the Slushy Mess on the West Side Greenway on Friday Morning
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The state's overbuilt response to last year's vehicular terrorist attack on the West Side Greenway has made the nation's most popular bike path nearly impassible during snow storms like the one on Thursday.
Braking News: NYPD Barricades Make Brooklyn Bridge Bike Path Even Worse!
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These sugar cubes are going to create a lot more headaches on the Brooklyn Bridge.
Eyes On The Street: Westside Greenway Bollards Still Causing Injuries And Mayhem To Cyclists They Are Supposed to Protect
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Lots of cyclists + narrow spaces between security bollards = mayhem.
LIRR’s Brooklyn Bunker: More Extreme Than NYPD Counterterror Guidelines
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Security barriers mar the Atlantic Terminal sidewalk. Image: Noah Kazis. Brooklyn’s new Long Island Rail Road terminal opened earlier this month to generally positive reviews for its airy interior. Outside the station? That’s an entirely different matter. The Brooklyn Paper called the "sarcophagus-sized slabs of stone" on the sidewalk — which nearly come up to […]
The New Gansevoort: Pedestrian Godsend, Nightclubber Nuisance
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A DOT team received a mix of gratitude and derision at Tuesday’s public forum about recent pedestrian improvements in the Meatpacking District, which attracted an audience of about 100 people to the Housing Works offices on West 13th Street. It was an interesting window onto the competing interests now vying to shape what has been, […]