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Brooklyn Pol: I Will Get Cops Out of Schermerhorn Street Bike Lane!
Can Council Member Steve Levin accomplish what Council Member Steve Levin has failed to accomplish for nearly all of his two terms?
January 14, 2020
Streetsies 2019: Placard Abuse of the Year
We live in hope that this scourge, after many reform attempts, will end. But we're not counting on it.
December 27, 2019
Brooklyn ‘Shared Streets’ Are the Start of Something Bigger
An application of "Tactical Urbanism" that could expand elsewhere in the city.
October 4, 2019
Cops Blow Off Witnesses To Brooklyn Crash That Injured Cyclist
A police officer who responded to a crash that hospitalized a cyclist got the driver's side of things and ignored a trio of witnesses who tried to tell him what happened, according to one of the outraged witnesses.
September 30, 2019
Op-Ed: Bike Lane Missing? Danger Found
A group bike ride around Brooklyn shows that DOT has its work cut out for it. Here are small fixes that could keep cyclists and pedestrians alive.
August 23, 2019
NYPD ‘Looking Into’ Officer Assault of Cyclist
City Hall and the NYPD moved quickly to quell a brewing tempest over a police officer who not only blocked a bike lane, leading to a cyclist's injury, but also shoved a second cyclist for no apparent reason.
December 6, 2018
City Hall: Police Officer Who Shoved Cyclist on Jay Street is a ‘Problem’
For two days, cops have been in the bike lane on Jay Street. One woman was badly injured and another cyclist was shoved by an officer. Um, what exactly is going on, Mr. Mayor?
December 6, 2018
Eyes on the Street: The Plant-Based Solution to Bike Lane Blockage
The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership now has 56 planters maintaining the integrity of the Jay Street bike lane, up from 12 in early 2017.
August 23, 2018
Jo Anne Simon on Congestion Pricing: We Can Do This
Simon's presence in Albany is one reason to believe a congestion pricing vote might play out differently this time. Her predecessor, Joan Millman, sat on the fence during the public debate over congestion pricing in 2008 before expressing her support when it was too late to matter.
February 8, 2018
Brian Kavanagh: Congestion Pricing “Should Be Part of the Equation”
Both the Brooklyn and Manhattan sides of Kavanagh's State Senate district are overrun by motorists drawn to the promise of a free trip across the East River.
February 5, 2018
