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DOT: We ‘Love’ Repeal of the Notorious Law that Delays Bike Lane Installation
"We love Lincoln Restler's bill," Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said, as he called for the banishing of the so-called Fidler Rule.
April 26, 2023
NYPD Opposes Watered-Down Citizen Enforcement Bill, But DOT is Now ‘Open’ to It
"Traffic agents are getting assaulted dozens of times a year, so we are certainly concerned with the potential for violence of everyday citizens using this program," a police official testified on a bill by Lincoln Restler (photo).
April 25, 2023
Top Cop Claims NYPD’s Parking Sins Not ‘A Joke’ To Him (And Confirms He Reads Streetsblog)
Council Member Lincoln Restler was very very dubious about the first claim.
April 24, 2023
Council (Minus Speaker Adams and Transportation Committee Chair) Tells State Lawmakers it Supports Sammy’s Law
It’s unclear why neither Brooks-Powers nor Adams signed onto the letter.
March 31, 2023
DOUBLE THE FUN: Brooklyn Pol Wants 100 Miles of New Protected Bike Lanes Every Year
The city should build 100 miles of protected bike lanes a year, doubling the number that it already is required to build under the Streets Plan.
March 17, 2023
Outrage Builds over Watered-Down ‘Citizen Reporting’ Bill
Street safety activists are livid that a promising bill to encourage greater ticketing of drivers who dangerously park in bike and bus lanes has been watered down to remove key provisions, including a financial incentive for the person reporting the illegal parking, while also adding in new burdens on would-be complainants.
March 7, 2023
Locals Don’t Love the City’s Long-Awaited Re-Widening of Crumbling BQE
The city on Tuesday unveiled long-awaited plans for the beleaguered triple-cantilever section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, proposing three fairly similar options for a redesign of the crumbling infrastructure that will restore three lanes of traffic in each direction, albeit with a park on top.
December 14, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: City to Launch Long-Overdue Traffic Study for Congested DUMBO
Any objective study would show what we all know to be true: that cars are the true culprit.
November 14, 2022
UPDATE: Restler Bill to Allow Residents to Ticket Dangerous Drivers Gaining Steam
A City Council bill that advocates believe will unleash a nicely remunerated civilian army against drivers who recklessly block roadways and bike lanes is looking likely to move ahead.
November 7, 2022
OPINION: Here’s How the Council Will ‘Stop the Chop’ in New York
A council member from Brooklyn offers a common-sense bill to curtail helicopter havoc.
June 27, 2022
