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The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.

A big promise deserves lots of coverage. In today’s newsletter, we have two stories about Mayor Mamdani’s vow to deliver on the first part of his campaign mantra — the “fast” part of “fast and free buses.”

At the top of the newsletter is Dave Colon’s analysis of why other mayors failed on something that seems so easy — get cars out of buses’ way — but really isn’t. (Colon’s Day 1 story on Hizzoner’s plan is lower down).

And don’t miss Pete Tomao’s piece about making buses and everything else work better in Western Queens (hint, it involves reducing cars).

We’ll see you at some bar at 4 p.m. rooting on Morocco over the heavily favored French, who, frankly, fill us with ennui.

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