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That logo above can mean only one thing: It’s time for our annual December Donation Drive. But this year, we’re doing something different: Our most supportive donors get a special only-in-New-York-kids perk: A completely-real-looking Streetsblog “official” parody parking placard.
Be the first on your block to flaunt this laminated piece of New York history: a symbol of status that is also simultaneously a spoof of the city’s placard elite.
Details are in our top story below.
Also in today’s news digest: An MIT grad student has found a flaw in how the city counts cyclists. And join Editor Gersh Kuntzman as he does more drugs in the 10th Avenue bike lane (it’s for a good cause!).
And don’t miss yesterday’s late-breaking news about the city’s secure bike parking plans.
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.
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.
