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Rabbi Moshe Indig of the Ahronim sect of Satmar Hasidim — many of whose members hate the bike lane on Bedford Avenue — endorsed Zohran Mamdani for mayor yesterday. This set off speculation (well, inside our newsroom) that maybe there was a bike pro quo in the works.
Fortunately, we did some digging (well, we got Indig on the phone) and apparently, the bike lane was not brought up in the endorsement discussions. Whew.
In any event, it leads the headlines today.
Also, don’t miss another Mamdani story so hot that we posted it over the weekend: Kevin Duggan found out that Mamdani’s pick for police commissioner — current top cop Jessica Tisch — is still cracking down on cyclists.
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Congressional negotiations over America’s next big transportation law hit some speed bumps this summer — but that doesn’t mean there isn’t work to be done.
People have lots of opinions about what should happen to the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, but the only opinion that will end up mattering is the one belonging to the Transportation commissioner. So here it is.
The Mamdani administration will extend the Livingston Street busway west of its current terminal at Smith Street, freeing an existing bus lane from a morass of placard abuse.
This year’s shortfall again underscores the Collision Investigation Squad’s limited safety role compared to peer cities such as Chicago.
Congressional negotiations over America’s next big transportation law hit some speed bumps this summer — but that doesn’t mean there isn’t work to be done.
Our lives are defined by cars, even if we neither own nor drive them. Plus other news.
“When you make it easier for people to ride, they’re going to ride,” one advocate said.
Advocates called it a “no-brainer.”
People have lots of opinions about what should happen to the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, but the only opinion that will end up mattering is the one belonging to the Transportation commissioner. So here it is.
DoorDash finally pays the piper (Streetsblog gets action). Plus other news.
The Mamdani administration will extend the Livingston Street busway west of its current terminal at Smith Street, freeing an existing bus lane from a morass of placard abuse.
Local lawmakers in New York state are all over the map when it comes to addressing unsafe and illegal e-motos in their communities.
