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Op-Ed: These Five Manhattan Streets Need Safety Fixes Now!
The city just fixed one killing zone. It needs to fix many, many more.
July 22, 2019
Streetsblog Gets Action! DOT Repaints Basic Markings on the Brooklyn Bridge
The Department of Transportation, under fire for not ensuring safety on the Brooklyn Bridge bike and walking path, has finally painted a new center stripe and lane markings to discourage pedestrians and cyclists from mixing.
June 27, 2019
Council Members To DOT: How About Those Brooklyn Bridge Upgrades?
"Efforts to abate crowding and improve the experience for cyclists and pedestrians on the promenade have not been noticeable," a trio of pols wrote.
June 27, 2019
UNBELIEVABLE! DOT Adds Parking to Car-Choked DUMBO
Pedestrian-packed and car-clogged Washington Street in Brooklyn’s DUMBO neighborhood has been converted to a one-way between Front and York streets — a change spurred by a two-year effort by a neighborhood resident that will actually add more cars and more danger to the roadway.
June 14, 2019
The Outlaw Biker’s Illustrated Guide to the Triboro Bridge
As authorities plot their annual spring crackdown on the RFK Bridge, a regular rider calls for changes to make the span truly bike friendly.
June 6, 2019
‘Fairest City’ Mayor Orders More Crackdowns on Lowly E-Cyclists
Mayor de Blasio, who is running for president on a progressive platform that bills New York as "America's Fairest Big City," deployed the NYPD on Tuesday morning to confiscate the electric bikes of delivery workers — costing them roughly one-week's pay in fines.
June 4, 2019
Rogue Riders Hit Bayonne Bridge — Before it Opens to Public
Cyclists are sick and tired of long-delayed project.
May 23, 2019
NYPD, Secret Service Joined Forces to Cage Bridge Cyclists During Trump Visit
Legendary cycling advocate — and security theater expert — Charles Komanoff weighs in on Friday's Secret Service hold on the Queensboro Bridge during the president's visit to the East Side.
May 20, 2019
NYPD: Driver Kills Elderly Woman in Queens Crosswalk
A driver hit and killed an elderly woman in a crosswalk near the Queensboro Bridge on Wednesday morning — but is not yet facing any charges, police said.
May 8, 2019
NYPD Has Found Yet Another Way to Completely Screw Up the Brooklyn Bridge Footpath
Now the NYPD is deploying police vehicles in an offset pattern that forces cyclists into the path of pedestrians and pedestrians into the path of cyclists. Who are the ad wizards who came up with this one? (NYPD declined to comment.)
April 30, 2019