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Council Speaker Corey Johnson. Photo: William Alatriste for NYC Council

Council Speaker Corey Johnson Still Has No Position on Busways and Bike Lanes During the L Train Shutdown

By David Meyer | Jun 20, 2018 | 4 Comments

Other elected officials are speaking up for transit-priority measures and safe bike lanes. So far, Johnson has had very little to say.

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Why Affordable Housing Is So Important for Development Near Transit

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 20, 2018

What happens when you build housing around transit, but it's not affordable to the people who ride transit the most?

Today’s Headlines

By Brad Aaron | Jun 20, 2018 | 7 Comments

Cuomo: Albany “Has To” Get Speed Cameras Done (Politico)
News Says State Legislators Must Act on Cameras …
… And Here’s What They’re Doing Instead (Post); More: NY1 1, 2
The Subway Was a Shit Show Yesterday (Gothamist 1, 2; News)
Penn Station Air Conditioners Shut for Repairs During This Week’s Heat Wave (Post)
Phil Murphy’s Tax Plan Push Centered on Transit Funding (NYT)
Cranks Protest “Unsafe” Northern Blvd. Bike Lane as It Shields Them From Cars (QNS, TransAlt)
Shooting Victim Dies After Crashing Car in the Bronx (News)
DOT Crews at Work on Martling Ave. Improvements in West Brighton (Advance)
Curb Mismanagement Turns Riverdale Streets Into Junkyards (Press)

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DOT's redesign of Broadway reduces crossing distances by 30 percent. Photo: Susan Brenner

Made in the Shade: First Look at the Broadway Bike Lane By Van Cortlandt Park

By David Meyer | Jun 19, 2018 | 34 Comments

Backed by Council Member Andy Cohen, it's the first protected bike lane in the northwest Bronx.

Watch Simcha Felder Run From a Mother Who Lost Her Child to a Speeding Driver

By Brad Aaron | Jun 19, 2018 | 10 Comments

With just hours to go in the legislative session, Felder’s intransigence could shut down NYC’s speed camera program. If that happens, people will die.

Speed cameras don’t care about PBA courtesy cards.

Which Matters More to Albany: Saving Lives or Collecting Campaign Cash From the PBA?

By Ben Fried and Brad Aaron | Jun 19, 2018 | 4 Comments

The largest union representing uniformed NYPD cops is the lone source of organized opposition to the expansion of speed cameras in New York City, and has spent lavishly on campaign contributions to the players in Albany who control the fate of the speed cam bill.

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Making Traffic Signals Fair for Pedestrians

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 19, 2018

If you walk in American cities, you know the streets weren't engineered for you. The obvious signs are the broken, obstructed, or just plain non-existent sidewalks. But there's also a less visible bias against walking programmed into our traffic signals.

Today’s Headlines

By Ben Fried | Jun 19, 2018 | 22 Comments

James O’Neill to Albany: Expand Speed Cameras Now (AMNY, News)
PS 124 Principal Annabell Burrell Dreads Losing More Children to Reckless Drivers (Post)
Weekday Subway Ridership Down Nearly 100,000 Trips Compared to Last Year (News)
NYC Hasn’t Figured Out How to Get Uber to Work Well in the City (Bloomberg)
MTA Hires First Head of Accessibility for NYC Transit (News, AMNY)
Cuomo to Appoint Retread D’Amato Pal David Mack to MTA Board (Post)
Skinhead Hits and Critically Injures Delivery Cyclist With U-Haul Van; No Charges (Post)
Cyclist Dies After Falling and Hitting Head on Manhattan Bridge (Gothamist, News)
What Bus Drivers Want: All-Door Boarding, Better Bus Lanes, Realistic Schedules (CityLab)
Subway Delays Are the Talk of the Town (AMNY)
Somewhere Buried in Here You’ll Find a Point About Poor Design of Greenway Security Barriers (NYT)

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Go Ahead — Take a Ride on the Park Row Bikeway

By Brad Aaron | Jun 18, 2018 | 7 Comments

After years of limited public access, the Park Row project will improve north-south bike trips under the Brooklyn Bridge, and will link the bridge and Chinatown.

Cuomo’s support for speed cameras began and ended with a photo-op. Photo: @marco_conner

If New Yorkers Lose Life-Saving Speed Cameras, Blame Andrew Cuomo

By Brad Aaron | Jun 18, 2018 | 8 Comments

Cuomo could back up public statements of support for automated speed enforcement by pressuring John Flanagan and the State Senate to reauthorize cameras. Instead he's allowed senators to use Simcha Felder's cartoon villainy as an excuse to let the program come dangerously close to extinction.

Will the replacements for the obtrusive barriers installed on the greenway last fall leave sufficient room for cyclists and runners to pass safely? Photo copyright Shmuli Evers, used with permission.

This Week: A Better Hudson Greenway, a Smarter Sheridan Teardown, and Safer Bikeways for the West Side and Park Slope

By Streetsblog | Jun 18, 2018

The slate of events this week has major implications for the street network in Hunts Point, the West Side of Manhattan, and Park Slope. If you use these streets, get involved and speak up for policies that put walking and biking first.

Today’s Headlines

By Ben Fried | Jun 18, 2018 | 16 Comments

State Senate Chucks Life-Saving Speed Cams Into End-of-Session Bill Larded With Poison Pills (News)
Shoup’s Prescription for Getting a Price on NYC’s Free Parking: Distribute Revenue Fairly (NYT)
MTA Will Stop Blaming Passenger Crowding as the Default Reason for Subway Delays (News)
Drunk Driver Kills David Bloomer, 32, Crossing Tompkins Ave in Stapleton (News)
Stay Tuned as Van Bramer Formulates Position on the Bike Infrastructure He Asked For (Sunnyside Post)
Ex-MTA Construction Chief Breezes Through the Revolving Door to Contractor Tutor Perini (Post)
More Coverage of DOT’s New Mobility Report (News, Post, CBS2)
Which Gets a Federal Loan First: Gateway Tunnel or Hudson Yards Towers Built on Top of It? (Politico)
A 712-Car Garage Rises in DUMBO, Right Next to the F Train (Bridge)
Pick-Up Driver Rear-Ends MTA Bus and Injures 13 Passengers (News)
Unlicensed Driver Seriously Injures Man in Chelsea. Post: LOL Check Out This Wordplay!

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