Lower East Side ‘Resiliency’ Plan Hits New Potholes
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Electeds, residents demand independent review of proposal that digs up a park and endangers cyclists while sparing a highway.
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Manhattan Beep Stalls Plans for Lower East Side ‘Resiliency’ Project
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Locals are concerned, among other things, about its effect on a riverside bike path.
‘Progressives’ Should Support Public Transit Over Private Vehicles
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If you want to call yourself a "progressives" you need to stop opposing transit that serves the many, not the wealthier few with automobiles. Only then will we attain a safe and sustainable city.
Op-Ed: To Meet New York’s New Climate Law, We’ll Have To Break the Car Culture
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Transportation is the number-one source of greenhouse-gas emissions in New York State, and the number-one offender is the internal-combustion engine. It will be a huge challenge, but we need to reduce the use of cars.
Reform of Rogue Sanitation Companies Will Save Lives — And the Planet
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A new report to be issued today by the Transform Don’t Trash NYC coalition bolsters Brooklyn Council Member Antonio Reynoso's call to create exclusive zones where only a single trash company could operate and put an end to the current free-for-all of up to 50 private carters picking up trash in each neighborhood.
Congestion Pricing IS New York’s Green New Deal
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Here's another reason for fence-sitters to jump into the congestion pricing fray as the deal is being made in Albany in the next week.