Dave Colon
Email Dave Colon at dcolon@streetsblog.org
Recent Posts
DOT Adding Badly Needed Protected Bike Lanes on Cross Bay Boulevard
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A dangerous, speedway-like stretch of Cross Bay Boulevard is getting a safety upgrade in the form of protected bike lanes on both sides of the wide street.
Seven Black Cyclists On What Protest Rides Mean To Them
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The cycling community has so far hosted two massive solidarity rides with Black Lives Matter. We talked to participants about their struggles.
Regular Transit Riders Say More Service Is Key To COVID Safety
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Frequent trains and buses are seen as crucial for social distancing, according to the Tri-State Transportation Campaign.
NYPD Out of MTA: School Safety Agents To Hand Out Masks And Social Distancing Reminders
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Transit advocates welcomed the free masks, but said they would prefer if the city found a way to do the job without any kind of police officer being tasked with it.
‘It’s Not Your Bike Anymore’: Police Swipe Bikes at Black Lives Matter March
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Cops aggressively swiped protestors’ and reporters’ bikes during a peaceful protest Wednesday night in Brooklyn — which is illegal.
MTA: City Must Create 60 Miles Of Bus Lanes For Phase 1 Reopening
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The MTA issued a public request that the city install 60 miles of bus lanes and busways in all five boroughs as the city approaches the first phase of economic reopening.
Mayor Refuses To Explain Citi Bike Shutdown As Bike-Share Curfew Now Starts at 6 P.M.
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What it Hizzoner — or the top cop? Whoever is to blame, thousands of essential workers have lost another way of getting around during the curfew, which starts at 8 p.m.
MTA Announces Return To ‘Regular Service’ During Open Letter War With Mayor
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Full service? Only if you consider 20-hour-a-day service "full."
Improv Everything: What Is The Plan To Move People as the Economy Reopens?
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Will the city be shut down by gridlock on June 8 and beyond? Here's our exhaustive preview.
Cuomo: I Didn’t Press The President on Congestion Pricing Because It’s Not A Jobs Program
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Earth to governor: Congestion pricing is a job-creating activity — because without it, our transit system will die (and take the region down with it).
Eyes On The Street: The 38th And 39th Street Bike Lanes Are Not Ready For Prime Time
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It would be misleading to say Manhattan's newest crosstown bike lanes are unsafe, because that statement would imply that the lanes exist in any recognizable form.
West Village To Cuomo: Take a Lane Away from Drivers on the West Side Highway
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It's time for drivers to give up something — a lane of the West Side Highway is not too much to ask.