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Top candidates in the 39th Council district include (from left) Shahana Hanif, Justin Krebs, Briget Rein, Doug Schneider and Brandon West.

DECISION 2021: Race to Succeed Brad Lander in Brooklyn is a Laboratory of Transportation Ideas

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 1, 2021 | No Comments

Here's our primer on a key district that extends from Downtown Brooklyn to Flatbush and has been represented by Brad Lander and a former school board member named Bill de Blasio.

Here's what the finished portion of the Brooklyn greenway on Flushing Avenue looks like more or less. Image: NYC DOT/DDC/Parsons

Elected Officials to Mayor: Finish the Brooklyn Greenway

By Dave Colon | May 20, 2020 | No Comments

Elected officials want the city fill a hole in Brooklyn's protected bike network as cycling surges — and newbie riders will need safety when all the cars return to the roads.

The BQX streetcar is a $2.7-billion boondoggle, our columnist says. Image: Friends of BQX

Op-Ed: BQX Streetcar Plan Should Be Scrapped for Bus Rapid Transit

By Anonymous | Nov 12, 2018 | 61 Comments

There is a far better, far cheaper alternative to the streetcar: Bus Rapid Transit.

Bike-Share Already Getting More Use Than Park Slope’s Free Parking Spots

By David Meyer | Oct 17, 2016 | 20 Comments

The new bike-share stations in Brooklyn south of Atlantic Avenue are getting a lot more use than your average free on-street parking space, according to recent Citi Bike data compiled by Carroll Gardens resident Viktor Geller [PDF]. Geller addressed the report to Brooklyn Community Board 6, which is holding a hearing on Thursday in response to complaints about bike-share stations […]

Citi Bike Expands South of Atlantic Avenue

By David Meyer | Aug 19, 2016 | 8 Comments

Yesterday, Citi Bike began installing stations in the Brooklyn neighborhoods south of Atlantic Avenue and west of Prospect Park. A few stations are already operating, according to the Citi Bike station map, with a total of 73 set to go live in the area in the coming weeks. All told there are 139 new bike-share stations […]

The Next Brooklyn Bike-Share Expansion Will Be the Thinnest Part of Citi Bike

By Ben Fried | Oct 19, 2015 | 42 Comments

DOT unveiled its latest Citi Bike expansion map last week, and the stations look significantly more spread out than stations in the rest of the system. Spread-out stations are a problem for bike-share users because people have to walk farther to make trips, and that costs time. The National Association of City Transportation Officials recommends 28 stations per square mile — and […]

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