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We kid you not: Today at City Hall, Council Member Robert Cornegy Jr. will be presented with a Guinness Book certificate for being the world's tallest male politician (NY Post and, wait, the Times did it too?). Cornegy, who played his college ball at St. John's, is certainly tall at 6-foot-10. But the tallest in the world? Streetsblog will ask the tough questions at the noon ceremony (or, more likely, we won't, as David Meyer will be covering a far more important hearing on placards at roughly the same time, and Julianne Cuba will be chasing a killer driver).

Sixteen awesome city spaces that have bloomed out of asphalt are going head to head in the next few weeks. See if your city made the cut.

Almost $3 billion in transit funding that is languishing in a strange state of political purgatory in the Trump administration’s Federal Transit Administration.

All the birds will go extinct. Seriously? What is wrong with you people?

Meet Minneapolis City Council President — and livable streets star — Lisa Bender.

Cities could really rethink how much land they devote to parking in the age of Uber and Lyft.

On Day 4 of Streetsblog's investigation into rogue police officers, we found a real sociopath.

More pain for the northeast, which is so dependent on transit.

Mayor de Blasio needs to end his opposition to car-free zones in the city.