Dave Colon
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The ‘Green Wave’ is a Ripple — But Trottenberg Battles Car Entitlement
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City officials hyped their latest effort to help city cyclists on Wednesday.
Bronx Bus Redesign Spaces Out Stops, Beefs Up Crosstown Service
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The MTA's plan for a redesigned Bronx bus network increases the distance between stops; adds all-door boarding across the system; plus adds frequency on three crosstown routes, a must-have for a borough with no crosstown subway lines.
Manhattan CB9 Big: Citi Bike Won’t Get ‘Our’ Parking Without A Fight
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There's gonna be a showdown over parking, says Carolyn Thompson.
NYPD Is Finally Writing Up More Drivers Who Block Bus Lanes
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Cops are writing more tickets, but what we really need are more cameras, which do a much better job at ticketing car drivers than cops (in cars).
Hit-and-Run Drunk Driver Kills Scooter Driver In High-Speed Queens Crash, But is Later Caught
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The fatal crash occurred on a road near a jumble of expressways and service streets next to JFK Airport.
Even More Data Shows That City’s ‘Car-Ban’ on 14th Street is Making Buses Work
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"We've shown what can be done if you have true transit priority, and I'd love to replicate that elsewhere," NYCT President Andy Byford said on Thursday afternoon.
Data: No Side Street Trafficopalyse Near 14th Street Busway
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"In most instances, a radical change causes havoc until a new ‘normal’ is established, but in this case it did not," a traffic analyst wrote.
The MTA Needs More Money. Will It Get It?
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"Cash-strapped" is not just a cute adjective that always precedes the noun "MTA." It's a harsh reality.
If New York Can’t Protect Bogdan Darmetko, It Can’t Protect Anybody
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If New York can't keep Bogdan Darmetko alive, or show any interest in learning lessons from his death, what hope is there for the rest of us?
BLOODY SUNDAY: Cyclist Killed By Driver In Broad Channel Is 25th This Year
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The 60-year-old man was killed by the driver of a Ford Explorer. He's the 25th cyclist to die so far this year.
OUTRAGE! Queens Pol Suggests Banning Bikes From Some Streets
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"I said there are some streets where perhaps, if we are expanding bikes in some streets, we might want to say on a very heavily industrial block, we're not gonna have bike riders," the legislator said, before following up with: "We're not banning bikes."
Buspocalypse Nah: Commerce Doing Just Fine On 14th Street As Busway Hits Day 4
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"The street looks better, it's nice," one customer at Joe's Pizza said. "It's ridiculous, I don't know any New Yorker who would take a cab just to get a slice of pizza."