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Transit Advocates to MTA: Queens Bus Redesign Needs Some Key Tweaks
By Gersh Kuntzman |
The MTA's proposed Queens bus redesign needs more service, and the implementation of all-door boarding, if it will realize its potential "to significantly improve the lives of riders," a coalition of transit supporters will tell the MTA.
DOT Pushes Back at Calls for Office of ‘Public Space Management’
By Eve Kessler |
"We have decades of experience and expertise," Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez told the Council at a Tuesday hearing.
DOT ‘Welcomes’ Council Bill to Build and Maintain City Greenways
By Dave Colon |
No fuss, no fight, more greenways. Apparently.
ANALYSIS: So Should We All Be Deflating Our Neighbors’ SUV Tires?
By Kea Wilson |
Secretive activists are deflating SUV tires to physically force their drivers to find less dangerous and polluting ways to get around — and it's prompting a conversation about the role of illegal direct action in the movement to end car dependence.
UPDATED: Anti-SUV Activists Claim ‘Strike’ on Upper East Side
By Gersh Kuntzman and Noah Martz |
Pffft, there goes car culture.
Tuesday’s Headlines: Kids Should Be Able to Play in the Street Edition
By Streetsblog |
Remember when you could play volleyball in the street? The Parks Department does. Plus other news.