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Port Authority Must Reopen Crucial Bus Lane, Riders And Advocates Say
Public transit riders get screwed as car drivers reclaim a dedicated bus lane on the Manhattan-bound Lincoln Tunnel approach road.
August 18, 2020
Manhattan Council Member: Make ‘Open Streets’ Program More Equitable
"This program has not been the model for equity that we must always be striving for in a city rife with injustice," Carlina Rivera wrote in a letter to the mayor.
August 17, 2020
Staten Island Won’t Get Bike Share Until 2021 At The Earliest
Beryl Bikes? More like Bummer Bikes.
August 17, 2020
Knives Out: Here Are This Weekend’s New ‘Open Restaurant’ Streets
The city has announced 21 more locations for outdoor dining starting this weekend, bringing the total number of weekend dining streets and plazas to 85 locations. Here are the new stretches.
August 14, 2020
From ‘Thousands,’ Citi Bike Now Promises ‘Hundreds’ Of New E-Bikes This Summer
Where's the e-bike Lyftbowski?
August 10, 2020
With No Federal Money Coming, the MTA Has Options — Bad Ones
The Feds are allowing transit agencies to use capital funds for operating expenses. But that option comes with huge downsides.
August 6, 2020
Opinion: Let the Schools Use the Streets
The city's opening of streets for restaurants provided a lifeline in the pandemic. The schools deserve no less.
August 6, 2020
UPDATE: Mayor Makes Curbside Restaurant Seating Permanent
"We're looking at that [year-round]," Hizzoner said at his Monday presser.
August 3, 2020
Summer Bummer: Bike-In Movies Aren’t Happening
Certainly some ambitious event promoter who doesn't like pollution, crashes and congestion could do a bike-in movie series, right? Uh, no.
August 3, 2020
Mayor Reveals 15 More ‘Open Restaurant’ Streets Starting this Weekend
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.
July 31, 2020
