Parking Over Bus Lanes? In One Brooklyn District, Pols Bow to Drivers
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The race to succeed Jumaane Williams in the City Council features five candidates who support cars over buses.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Crown Heights
City Fails Brooklyn Bus Riders With Giveaway to Car-Driving Minority
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Parked cars block B45 buses along a key portion of the route, thanks to the city's failure to clear the public right of way.
Sanitation Says it Will Fire Worker Who Killed Pedestrian [UPDATE]
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The city now says it will use an "administrative process" to fire the rogue employee.
Bike-Share Expansion in Harlem, Astoria, and Central Brooklyn Starts Next Week
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Next Tuesday, September 12, Citi Bike operator Motivate will begin installing 140 new stations and 2,000 bikes in Astoria, Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, and Harlem up to 130th Street, marking the final phase of planned expansion for the four-year-old bike-share system.
Behold the First Bike-Share Expansion Maps of 2017
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DOT has released preliminary station locations for two areas in this year's Citi Bike expansion. The maps will be finalized by June, agency reps told the Brooklyn Community Board 9 transportation committee last night.
A Short, Simple Bike Lane on Franklin Ave Got Snarled at Brooklyn CB 9
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The Brooklyn Community Board 9 transportation committee endorsed a seven-block bike lane on Franklin Avenue earlier this month, but now it looks like a procedural snafu may scuttle the bike connection between Eastern Parkway and Empire Boulevard.