De Blasio Moves Forward With the BQX: Here’s Four Things You Should Know
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It is still unclear if this $2.73-billion thing is really going to happen.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Sunset Park
Subway Repairs Push Back Most of the Fourth Avenue Redesign to 2019 or Later
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DOT expects only 10 blocks of the protected bike lane on Fourth Avenue to be implemented this year, and all work is contingent on the progress of MTA repairs to the subway tunnel below the street.
It’s Happening: Fourth Avenue Protected Bike Lane Slated for Implementation This Spring
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Just a few years ago, Fourth Avenue was a six-lane roadway filled with car traffic and hostile to anyone walking or biking.
Brooklyn CB 7 Tables 4th Ave Protected Bike Lanes Until January
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Brooklyn Community Board 7 declined to vote last night on the DOT plan for protected bike lanes along Fourth Avenue, opting to take it up next month when more board members should be present.
Brooklyn CB 7 Committee Unanimously Endorses Protected Bike Lanes for Fourth Avenue
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A full board vote is set for next Wednesday, with the first phase of implementation on track for the spring.
Brooklyn Electeds Pay Tribute to Edwin Ajacalon and Call on Albany to Prevent Deadly Speeding
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At a vigil last night, elected officials and street safety advocates paid tribute to Edwin Ajacalon, the 14-year-old from Guatemala who was killed by a teenage driver in Brooklyn Saturday night. Calling Ajacalon an "all-American boy" and "a vital thread in the beautiful tapestry that is New York City," they pressed for street safety improvements and a culture change among drivers after yet another death of a cyclist, the 20th in 2017.