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Adams’s Fifth Avenue Plan Will Make Bus Riders Suffer: Experts
The Fifth Avenue plan is bad news for bus riders, experts say.
‘Surrender’: Adams Cuts Bus, Bike Lanes From Fifth Ave. Plan
Fifth Avenue will get more sidewalk, but bus riders and cyclists have to make way for the almighty car.
‘Express Bike Lane’ Coming Soon to First Ave. Tunnel
The eight-block tube has turned into a bike bypass during the UNGA since 2019 — and now it'll never go away again.
Crazy Town: Why is ConEd Allowed to Endanger Cyclists in Midtown?
Because of metal plates left by workers between Third and Second avenues, drivers don't bother slowing down, but merely veer into the bike lane.
Midtown Traffic Slower Than Ever After Hochul’s Congestion Pricing Betrayal
Traffic moved just 6.8 mph in the CBD and 4.6 mph in Midtown last month — the slowest June on record, Gridlock Sam said.
Mayor Adams Once Praised Eighth Ave. Sidewalk Expansions He Now Wants to ‘Relook At’
Adams praised the sidewalk extensions while literally standing in them back in 2022.
Mayor Adams May Nix Sidewalk Expansions on Bustling Eighth Ave.
Pedestrian crowding on Eighth Avenue used to be so bad that people were forced to walk in the street — but Adams is casting doubt on efforts to give people more space to walk.
11th Bike Rider of the Year Killed on Congested 11th Ave.
It's a congested area that won't see any traffic relief due to Gov. Hochul's abandonment of congestion pricing.
Wider Crosstown Bike Lanes Coming on 2 Midtown Strips
It's the latest effort to take advantage of the predicted reduction in vehicle traffic from congestion pricing and increase cycling.
DOT Aims to Build First Ave. Tunnel Bike Lane Before September’s UN General Assembly
DOT hopes to have the concrete-protect tunnel bike lane installed this summer, but its exact plans are still in development.
