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Buspocalypse Nah: Commerce Doing Just Fine On 14th Street As Busway Hits Day 4
"The street looks better, it's nice," one customer at Joe's Pizza said. "It's ridiculous, I don't know any New Yorker who would take a cab just to get a slice of pizza."
October 8, 2019
LIVE FROM THE BUSWAY: Car Drivers Surrender on Day 1
Drivers didn't bother to show up for what the New York Times believes is a "war on cars."
October 3, 2019
The 14th Street Busway Starts Thursday — But Enforcement Won’t Start ‘Til December
Drivers will get several months of grace period before being slapped with tickets for breaking the roadway's car-free rules.
October 2, 2019
City Finally Wins! Ridgewood Bus Lane is ‘Rational’ and ‘Makes Perfect Sense’
Justice Joseph Esposito said, basically, that it's time for car owners to stop thinking the roads only belong to them.
September 23, 2019
Circus Comes to Fresh Pond Road as Judge Visits a Bus Lane to Assess Legality
As people gathered to protest government inaction on climate change on Friday, a Queens judge walked nine blocks to decide if the city can prioritize tens of thousands of transit riders over a few dozen car owners.
September 20, 2019
UPDATE: Judge in Queens NIMBY Suit Declines to Demand City Halt Ridgewood Bus Lane
Plaintiffs argue that businesses are suffering and side streets are choked with cars. But the city wants to speed buses to help tens of thousands of long-suffering riders.
September 18, 2019
LEGAL EASE: How NIMBYs Use ‘Environmental Review’ to Stop Green Projects
The CPW and 14th lawsuits aim to vex, trouble, and delay traffic improvements. How we can stop them?
August 16, 2019
Transit God Corey Johnson Parrots Arthur Schwartz’s Bad Faith Busway Language
"I am concerned that some of the side streets will turn into parking lots," Johnson told WNYC's Brian Lehrer.
August 12, 2019
Appeals Judge Slams The Brakes On 14th Street Busway
"These so-called progressives' effort to stymie the plan to speed up bus service on 14th Street is a bad-faith effort to preserve a cars-first status quo, and frankly, a waste of time," one transit advocate said in response.
August 9, 2019
ALL RISE! Judge Rules City Can Build 14th Street ‘Busway’
Long-suffering riders of the M14 bus will get some relief soon, thanks to a State Supreme Court judge who lifted a temporary order barring the Department of Transportation from starting its busway pilot along 14th Street.
August 6, 2019