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Test Riding Dockless Bike-Share in the Rockaways
We put out a call for readers to try out the new dockless bike-share services and report back. Here's the first evaluation we got.
July 16, 2018
De Blasio Gives the Go-Ahead on Skillman/43rd Protected Bike Lanes
DOT should "move forward with pedestrian safety and protected bike lanes that will save lives," the mayor said in a statement.
July 12, 2018
NYPD Street Cheats Paint Their Own Double-Parking Spaces Outside the 110th Precinct
Watch how NYPD has devoured every available square foot for car storage.
June 22, 2018
Richard Brown: Misdemeanor Plea for Driver Who Dragged Senior to Her Death and Fled
Again and again, Richard Brown signs off on favorable plea deals for hit-and-run drivers who kill people, when he files charges at all.
June 21, 2018
Crankiness About Car Storage Can’t Stop the Queens Boulevard Redesign
It's an example of what the de Blasio administration can accomplish when it decides to take its public safety mandate seriously.
June 14, 2018
Mythbusters: The Queens Boulevard Bike Lane Didn’t Do in Ben’s Best Deli
Blame the punishing economics of running a kosher meat emporium in 2018, not the Queens Boulevard bike lane.
June 14, 2018
Queens Boulevard Needs Better Barriers to Protect Cyclists From Idiots Like This Guy
DOT's design for the Queens Boulevard capital project calls for placing the bike lane on a mountable curb, which would do little to prevent incidents like this.
June 8, 2018
Queens Residents Protect Cyclists on 43rd and Skillman With Their Bodies, and Demand to Be Counted
"How many lives is a parking spot worth?" went the chants.
June 7, 2018
DOT Prioritizes Queensboro Bridge Traffic Over Safety for Students on Thomson Avenue
Students and faculty want more space for walking and biking by LaGuardia Community College, but DOT says Thomson Avenue has to accommodate bridge traffic.
June 1, 2018
Queens Boulevard Redesign Coming to Forest Hills in July
DOT's fourth and final planned phase of the Queens Boulevard redesign will extend bike lanes and pedestrian safety improvements east to Union Turnpike. Cycling on last year's segment is up 127 percent so far in 2018.
May 24, 2018