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It’s Time for America to Talk About Bike Parking
A historic commitment to increase bike parking in Paris has U.S. advocates wondering why cycle storage doesn't get the same level of attention in American cities — and sharing policy strategies that could help.
November 7, 2021
Thursday’s Headlines: Penn Station Edition
Look, there was a lot of news yesterday, so let's get right to it.
November 4, 2021
Tuesday’s Headlines: That’s Just Sick Edition
The big story of Monday was the fact that thousands of city workers called in sick rather than accept the city mandate that they get vaccinated. Plus other news.
November 2, 2021
Mayor Won’t Change Uber and Lyft Insurance Rules that Shortchange City Crash Victims
Mayor de Blasio will not close a gap in insurance requirements that allows Uber and Lyft taxi drivers to have far less coverage when they are carrying passengers in New York City than anywhere else in the state.
October 29, 2021
Mayor Vows to Investigate Alleged Harassment of 311 Users After Recent Streetsblog Investigation
"Whether [such calls are] coming from a city employee or someplace else, it's not good," the mayor said when asked about the alleged harassment. "What we need to know is what happened in those cases."
October 28, 2021
NYPD Ignores Council Request for Info on Allegedly Fraudulent 311 Responses
Council leaders had asked the NYPD to provide materials related to 14 311 service requests about illegal parking that police officers had marked as resolved despite never responding to the scenes of the infractions, according to council investigators.
October 25, 2021
FRANTIC ATLANTIC: Another Pedestrian Killed on Deadly Brooklyn Speedway
For the second time in as many weeks, a pedestrian has been killed by a hit-and-run driver along a notorious speedway in the heart of Brooklyn that the city has done nothing to remedy.
October 23, 2021
Thursday’s Headlines: Chewing the Fat with Marty Edition
When a guy sends you hate mail, but offers to take you to a Mets game, you listen. Plus other news.
October 21, 2021
Friday’s Headlines: Just the News Edition
It was a slow news days, so rather than bore you with our copious opinions, we'll cut right to the day's digest:
October 15, 2021
PLATEGATE: Out-of-State Car Owners Owe City $300M in Unpaid Fines
Owners of out-of-state cars owe the city more than a quarter-of-a-billion dollars in fines and fees on the millions of unpaid parking and moving violation tickets that Streetsblog reported on earlier in the week.
October 15, 2021
