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WILLOUGHOBAD? Progressive Council Member Has Problems with Popular Open Street
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Council Member Crystal Hudson now wants DOT to go back to the drawing board on a popular open street.
Wednesday’s Headlines: There is No Free Lunch Edition
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Gee, free lunches for everyone in town? What could possibly go wrong? Plus all the other news.
Urban Design Forum Envisions Street-Based ‘Platform’ for a ‘Thriving City’
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The group's new report, "Streets Ahead," articulates goals that won't be controversial for Streetsblog readers, but may sound new to New Yorkers who think of streets only as repositories for free car storage.
ALBANY NOTEBOOK: Mayor Treks Upstate, But Speed Cameras are Still at Risk of Expiring
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Mayor Adams made another trip up to Albany on Tuesday, but barely, if at all, pushed legislators to support a bill that would renew and expand speed cameras — a self-proclaimed priority of his own administration.
NO SURPRISE: Feds Report Double-Digit Increase in Road Deaths in 2021
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Call it the forgotten pandemic: road fatalities surged by double-digit percentages, including a significant increase in deaths outside of cars, in 2021, according to a new report issued Tuesday by federal authorities.
Man Killed on Eastern Parkway by Mercedes Driver
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Another pedestrian has been killed on Eastern Parkway, just a few blocks from where a man panhandling for money on the broad boulevard was fatally struck by a police officer in a van last month.