MTA Board Member: Capital Plan Vote Might Not Even Happen This Year
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The board and the governor are at loggerheads. So what happens now?
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Andrew Cuomo
Thursday’s Headlines: Let’s Ban Cars in Manhattan Edition
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The must-read of the day came from CityLab, which reconceived Manhattan's grid to reduce cars, expand safe cycling and give pedestrians the dominance they deserve. That and other news by clicking the headline above.
Tuesday’s Headlines: Live from the Kosciuszko Bridge Edition
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Today is a big day for all us bike lane nerds at Streetsblog: at 11:15, Gov. Cuomo himself will personally give us a preview of the new bike and pedestrian path on the soon-to-open second span of the Kosciuszko Bridge. That and the day's other news by clicking the headline above.
CYCLE OF RAGE: Forget Your Vanity Plates, Andrew, And Make Drivers Use These
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Cuomo is right that license plates are a symbol — but he's willfully blinded himself to the symbolism embodied by the cars to which they're attached. So I decided to help with my own proposals for more realistic designs.
Who Is the MTA Board? Not Anyone Most Transit Riders Would Recognize…
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Board members are predominantly suburban, white, and wealthy, a Reinvent Albany study finds.
Secret MTA Reorganization Plan is Actually Quite Public, MTA Chair Says
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The MTA's secretive reorganization process has and will continue to be forward-facing, MTA Chairman Pat Foye said on Thursday morning.