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Tuesday Headlines: So, About that NYPD Crackdown Edition
The NYPD just concluded its three-week "crackdown" on reckless drivers and bike lane blockers. So how did that go? Click for that story — and so much more!
July 23, 2019
Op-Ed: To Save the East River Coastline, First Get Rid of Cars on the FDR Drive
A plan to forestall flooding from climate change should target a noxious highway.
July 17, 2019
Queens Board Votes Down Bus Lane for Parking
Ridgewood NIMBYs snub the transit-riding many in order to protect the car-owning few.
July 11, 2019
‘Progressives’ Should Support Public Transit Over Private Vehicles
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.
July 1, 2019
Busway Blues: Judge Halts City’s Transit Plan for 14th Street
A judge has ordered the city to halt its plans to convert a long stretch of 14th Street into a bus route — dashing, at least for now, a basic improvement of service for long-suffering transit riders.
June 28, 2019
Op-Ed: To Meet New York’s New Climate Law, We’ll Have To Break the Car Culture
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.
June 25, 2019
UPDATED: 14th Street Landowners Sue City over Car-Free ‘Busway’
The 14th Street Coalition says the DOT plan violates state environmental law because the agency didn't conduct a serious assessment of the impact that banning cars from 14th Street would have on neighboring residential streets.
June 21, 2019
Budget Watchdog: Mayoral Control of MTA Would Be ‘Miserable’
But Corey Johnson doubles-down on his call for city control of the transit system in an exciting Hunter College panel on Wednesday night.
May 16, 2019
Andy Byford Was A Hidden Hand in Mayor’s Winning 14th Street ‘Busway’ Plan
The New York City Transit president was a driving force behind the plan — and, in fact, pioneered a successful version of it when he ran the transit system in Toronto.
April 24, 2019
BREAKING: City to Keep 14th Street ‘Busway’ Plan Despite No L-Train Shutdown
Early reports that the de Blasio administration would move ahead with a bus-only plan for 14th Street have been confirmed.
April 24, 2019