Bill de Blasio
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Confronted By Delivery Workers, de Blasio Insists on E-Bike Crackdown
A group of delivery workers based in Brooklyn and Manhattan came out to the town hall in the hopes that de Blasio will change course.
December 15, 2017
De Blasio’s Wrong: There’s a Fair Congestion Pricing Plan Right Under His Nose
Asked about congestion pricing on WNYC, de Blasio recited his usual list of misdirections and red herrings.
December 1, 2017
Delivery Workers Confront de Blasio Over E-Bike Crackdown
"I still believe Mr. de Blasio is a kind person. I hope he can work with us and listen."
November 22, 2017
TransAlt: De Blasio Needs to Ramp Up Protected Bike Lanes to Make More New Yorkers Feel at Ease on a Bike
Mayor de Blasio needs to accelerate the installation of protected bike lanes in his second term to achieve his goal of doubling cycling by 2020, says Transportation Alternatives.
November 21, 2017
Never Mind the BQX, Fix the Bus System
New Yorkers will be fine without a Brooklyn-Queens waterfront streetcar. But without a useful bus system, the city's in trouble.
November 16, 2017
De Blasio Can Build a Progressive Transportation Legacy, But Not If He Kills Congestion Pricing
For all his straining effort to paint himself as a progressive leader, the mayor's signature transportation initiatives have done little for New York City's working class.
November 8, 2017
Bernie Sanders Throws His Weight Behind de Blasio’s Hollow Transit Populism
"Our Revolution" won't overturn the status quo of free driving privileges, available only to the car-owning class, which clogs streets and slows down bus service in NYC.
October 30, 2017
If de Blasio Had a Coherent Transportation Policy He’d Stand a Chance Against Cuomo
We don't want to just watch a bloody political melee about how to fix transit and traffic in NYC -- we want transit and traffic to get fixed. Unfortunately, de Blasio is almost always off-balance and unable to steer Cuomo's aggression in a productive direction, even when opportunities present themselves.
October 25, 2017
De Blasio’s Wrong: Poor New Yorkers Stand to Gain a Lot From Congestion Pricing
Hundreds of thousands of low-income New Yorkers stand to benefit from new transit funding, compared to just 5,000 who might pay tolls to car commute under the Move NY plan.
October 24, 2017
Prospect Park Goes Car-Free Forever on January 2
Over the course of many years and several thousand volunteer hours - including massive petition campaigns in 2002 and 2008 - advocates were able to get DOT to gradually whittle down the times and places where cars were allowed in the park.
The mayor's announcement today is the culmination of that steady advocacy and the incremental progress toward a car-free park.
October 23, 2017
