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Hey, Skeptics, Here’s Why We Need a Bike Mayor (And It’s Not Just Because 28 Cyclists Have Died)
Is a bike and a pedestrian mayor a luxury, as a TV reporter asked? Is it unnecessary, as the mayor suggested? No and no, said two council members.
November 26, 2019
Friday’s Headlines: ‘Car Deaths are a Small Price to Pay’ Edition
It's not a political issue to say that cars are choking our cities, destroying our planet and killing tens of thousands a year, so why is National Review columnist Kyle Smith making it one? That and the other news.
November 22, 2019
City Has Spent Half-a-BILLION Because of Reckless Driving by Workers
The City of New York has spent more than $500 million since 2013 in payouts to the victims of road violence caused by employees of just five key agencies crashing their city-owned vehicles, Streetsblog has learned.
November 21, 2019
Mayor Backtracks On Fixing the ‘Christmas Crush’ for Midtown Pedestrians
Car owners may not have liked losing a lane to pedestrians, but local leaders, the DOT and even the Fifth Avenue Business Improvement District were on board.
October 31, 2019
Thursday’s Headlines: Government Must Break Its Own Car Culture Edition
Corey Johnson's "Streets Master Plan" bill passed on Wednesday, but the larger issue of how the government defaults to car owners remains. That and all the other news.
October 31, 2019
State Sen. Zellnor Myrie on Gentrification, Master Plans and the Inherent Bias of Cops
The Crown Heights Democrat spoke with Streetsblog's Dave Colon about the future of Vision Zero enforcement (hint: more automated enforcement).
October 29, 2019
BETTER LATE? De Blasio Signed Onto ‘Streets Master Plan’ Bill After He Was Let Off the Hook
The amended bill gives the mayor until Dec. 1, 2021 to create the five-year plan — one month before the end of his rein as New York's leader.
October 28, 2019
The ‘Green Wave’ is a Ripple — But Trottenberg Battles Car Entitlement
City officials hyped their latest effort to help city cyclists on Wednesday.
October 23, 2019
Tuesday’s Headlines: What Could Possibly Go Wrong Edition
Your tax dollars at work: Gov. Cuomo will send 500 new state police officers into the subway to stop the fake scourge of fare beating. Plus all the other news, from our sponsor, Dutch Kills Centraal.
October 22, 2019
Corey Johnson for Mayor: Will He ‘Break’ or Merely ‘Bend’ the Car Culture?
If politicians truly "campaign in poetry, but govern in prose," the Council speaker has shifted from iambic pentameter a bit early.
October 14, 2019
