Mayor: I Want to Do Citi Bike on the Cheap (And I’ll Try to Keep Riders Safe)
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Citi Bike is the only form of mass transit that does not get a public subsidy. Mayor de Blasio does not want to change that.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes
Here’s One Way to Fix Citi Bike So It Doesn’t Only Serve Rich People Who Already Live Near Subways
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Citi Bike serves mostly rich white people. All you need to do is look at the coverage map to see that. So where should it expand next to change that dynamic?
Upper West Side Community Board Strongly Backs CPW Protected Bike Lane
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After a raucous two hours of debate and testimony, CB7 voted 27-7 in favor, with five abstentions.
UPDATED: Cyclist Killed on Sixth Avenue by Hit-And-Run Trucker
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The driver eventually returned to the scene, but was let go with a consoling pat on the shoulder from the NYPD.
Eighth Avenue To Get a Road Diet to Give More Space to Walkers, Cyclists
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The city is proposing a sweeping transformation between 38th and 45th streets that will reduce car lanes by 20 feet, extend a northbound protected bike lane that currently ends at 39th Street, and widen, by 10 feet, the overcrowded sidewalk from 39th to 41st streets.
Cycle of Rage: New Streetfilms Doc Shows New York’s Bike Infrastructure Is Ultimately a Joke
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Watch the latest Streetfilms documentary by Clarence Eckerson Jr. and you will realize that all we get are tiny improvements, at best, from Mayor de Blasio.