With No Federal Money Coming, the MTA Has Options — Bad Ones
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The Feds are allowing transit agencies to use capital funds for operating expenses. But that option comes with huge downsides.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Coronavirus Crisis
Opinion: Let the Schools Use the Streets
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The city's opening of streets for restaurants provided a lifeline in the pandemic. The schools deserve no less.
UPDATE: Mayor Makes Curbside Restaurant Seating Permanent
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"We're looking at that [year-round]," Hizzoner said at his Monday presser.
Summer Bummer: Bike-In Movies Aren’t Happening
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Certainly some ambitious event promoter who doesn't like pollution, crashes and congestion could do a bike-in movie series, right? Uh, no.
Mayor Reveals 15 More ‘Open Restaurant’ Streets Starting this Weekend
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The city is allowing 15 more community groups or stakeholders to operate restaurants in public roadways starting this weekend — bringing to 62 the total number of eatery plazas the city has permitted since the start of July.
SEE IT: Car-Free Mott Street is a Model for All Commercial Zones
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Boosters say Mott Street points the way to what can be done citywide.