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DECISION 2021: Meet the Council Candidates, Queens Edition (There are a LOT of Them!)
Earlier this year, we published a mega preview of the key City Council races in Brooklyn. Today, we shift our full attention to Queens.
June 4, 2021
Tuesday’s Headlines: Another Day, Another Busway Edition
Washington Heights was seeing red on Monday as the DOT made good on its promise to help beleaguered bus riders on a street that the city had been grappling with for a decade. Yes, W. 181st Street got its Busway. Plus other news.
April 27, 2021
Mayor: Andrew Yang is Wrong about Flushing Busway, But Candidate Doubles Down
"I remain committed to the busway in Flushing because this is about thousands and thousands of people," de Blasio said on Tuesday.
March 30, 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
Upper East Side Candidate Julie Menin Aims To Rein in the FDR Drive
An East Side council hopeful's transportation plan shows the safe-streets movement has penetrated the mainstream.
March 22, 2021
Opinion: Why Curbside Bus Lanes Aren’t Great
As a bus advocate, I have been skeptical of curbside bus lanes. Here's how to make them better.
March 18, 2021
Survey Says: Washington Heights Residents Want Their Awful Bus Service Fixed
Even half of the drivers said better bus service would be a good thing.
February 23, 2021
Welcome to DOT, Commissioner Gutman — Now Create Better Bus Service, Advocates Say
The new DOT leader arrived at his desk this morning with an urgent call to end the "tale of two cities" transportation system that disproportionately affects people of color.
February 4, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: The DOT Takes the Long Cut
Our national treasure cartoonist, Bill Roundy, is sick of how the Department of Transportation always chooses the long cut of delay, over-analysis and fake consensus-building instead of just improving the lives of transit users.
January 27, 2021
DOT Could Create a Busway on Fordham Road — But is Waiting for ‘Community’ Concensus
Here we slow again.
January 20, 2021
