DOT Installs Lower Manhattan Cargo Bike Zone Despite Community Board ‘Nay’
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This is good news for anyone who supports safe streets, less congestion, less pollution and better use of public land, advocates say.
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Manhattan Panel Kills Proposed Cargo Bike Corral … To Save Five Parking Spots
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"A loss of parking spaces in Lower Manhattan is a travesty," says one community board member.
STREETFILMS: Manhattan Without Cars Points the Way to a More Livable City
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"We can choose the next 'after,'" says activist Doug Gordon. These two films show why he's right.
Cops Finally Arrest Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed a Man Last Year
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Law enforcement has finally arrested the hit-and-run driver they say killed a Queens man on a Manhattan sidewalk in October — but only for fleeing, not for the reckless driving that killed the victim in the first place. On Feb. 19, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance quietly charged 37-year-old Bronx resident Tomas Dunn for taking […]
Op-Ed: Varick Street Crossing Guards Are Telling a Tale of Congestion Pricing
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The Times story on "adult crossing guards" reveals, though inadvertently, how our politicians have failed us.
Sign the Petition to Fix Canal Street, “Manhattan’s Boulevard of Death”
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Canal Street is Manhattan's preeminent traffic sewer. A loud, dirty, menacing torrent of motorized traffic with cramped sidewalks and no designated space for bicycling, Canal gets pulverized by the "trucker's special," which gives motorists a free ride across Lower Manhattan via the untolled Manhattan Bridge to the untolled westbound Holland Tunnel.