Dave Colon
Email Dave Colon at dcolon@streetsblog.org
Recent Posts
The Spring Classic: Hold The Next Mayoral Debate On An Open Street!
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Shakespeare in the Park. SummerStage. Celebrate Brooklyn. Why not the next mayoral debate?
Four New Bronx Metro-North Stations Are A Good Time to Talk about Fair Rail Fares
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Yes, Bronx residents will get amazing commuter-rail service — but what will the fare be? No one is talking.
STREETS WEEK! ‘Invigorated’ Mayor de Blasio Finally Enjoys Himself On A Citi Bike
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"You just get a different perspective about what a bicyclist needs, and that's helpful," the mayor said after his Gracie to City Hall ride on a Citi Bike.
STREETS WEEK! DOT Commish Diagnoses Conduit Boulevard, Then Prescribes The Wrong Treatment
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As Streets Week! begins, here's an existential question that Mayor de Blasio doesn't like to answer: Why does New York even have roads like Conduit Boulevard?
Gov. Cuomo Restores 24-7 Service on Filthy, Crime-Ridden Subway that He Runs But Doesn’t Ride
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"Have you been on the subway? Because I have. And I was scared," the governor says.
ANALYSIS: ‘Permanent’ Open Streets Program Will Only Be As Good As The Next Mayor Wants It To Be
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Meet Open Streets 2.0.
RELIEF! Council Bill Would Let Delivery Riders Use Restaurant Bathrooms...
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The City Council is stepping in to make sure that the city's delivery riders can use the bathrooms at restaurants when they pick up food orders through third-party apps.
Campaign Seeks To Fix Manhattan’s Third Avenue Traffic Toilet
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A petition covers the portion of Third Avenue between 24th and 42nd streets.
ANALYSIS: Andrew Yang’s ‘Plan’ For The MTA is Empty Promises that Won’t Work Anyway
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The mayoral front-runner makes a classic mistake — thinking that more MTA Board members for the city (which he can't get anyway) would solve the city's transit problems.
DOT: Brooklyn Bridge Bike Lane Won’t Be Truly Awesome Because the Mayor Sprung It On Us
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"We're doing the most straightforward approach," a DOT official said. "It doesn't preclude [DOT] putting in what all feel is a better or more workable bike lane in the future."
Stringer Sends Secretary Pete a Laundry List of Local Infrastructure Needs
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He's not mayor yet, but Scott Stringer still has a to-do list for the federal government to help upgrade the city's infrasturcutre.
Manhattan BP Candidate Seeks To Curb Sidewalk Package Warehousing Issue
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He wants to deliver some relief.