Upper East Side Protected Bike Lanes Safe … for Now
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A drive to extirpate the temporary lanes on 61st and 62nd streets failed in a lopsided vote of a Manhattan panel.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NIMBYs
KOMANOFF: Blame the NIMBYs And Exxon
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We can't deem fossil fuel villains solely responsible for the climate crisis if unelected NIMBY’s are able to delay, water down or block seemingly every path to cut carbon emissions.
Court Swats Away NIMBY Anti-Bike-Path Claim on East Side
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A bike bridge isn't a seizure of parkland — it IS parkland, the court essentially said.
Op-Ed: The Latest Bikelash Has An Odious, Trumpist Feel
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The lunatic fringe is pushing a truly "fake news" message that cars are virtuous and bikes are dangerous.
Bike-Share NIMBY Flyer: Make Cobble Hill Great Again
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A tipster spotted this flyer on Douglass Street in Cobble Hill, where Citi Bike will be expanding this year: Makes perfect sense. Keep bike-share at bay, and the neighborhood can be suspended in time. David Greenfield and the MTA won’t mess with F train service. Supermarkets will stay in business. The meddlesome construction of housing for other people […]
The World’s Nuttiest Bike Lane NIMBYs Live in a San Diego Beach Community
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Think you’ve read about every possible NIMBY objection to bike lanes? Think again. These recent comments from a public meeting in San Diego’s affluent Coronado beach community are definitely, um, different. At the meeting, city leaders were bombarded with objections — not about parking, traffic, or “scofflaws” on bikes, but about the “visual pollution” of painted stripes on […]