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National Year In Review 2021: First, the Bad News…
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It's time for our year-in-review. Let's get the bad news out of the way first.
Wednesday’s Headlines: Ydanis’s Bold Pledge Edition
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The new DOT boss says he'll protect the city's weakest protected bike lanes. Plus other news.
Editorial: The Streetsie Award for The Most Objectionable Things de Blasio Said this Year
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The Streetsie for "Worst" or "Least Intelligent" or simply the "Most Ill-Informed Thing Mayor de Blasio Said This Year" is one of our most challenging awards year in and year out. But we have five primo nominees for you.
Tuesday’s Headlines: All the Junk We Buy Edition
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Helping you get rid of all the stuff you don't need — plus the rest of the day's headlines.
Monday’s Headlines: Holiday Parties are Such a Hassle Anyway Edition
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Mayor de Blasio canceled his annual holiday reception for the media (a good move), plus all the other news from over the weekend. (Photo, left, is from the 2019 party.)
Streetsies 2021: The Best Project of the Year
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It's not true that Streetsblog is constantly nitpicking every single thing the state or city Department of Transportation does! We love some projects ... like these.
Friday’s Headlines: Covid News is No News Edition
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It was a bit of a slow news day — possibly because everyone in the media either has the omicron variant or is working from home because someone else in the office has it. But we found some items for our daily roundup.
Thursday’s Headlines: A Gaslighting Mayor We Won’t Miss Edition
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Our old man editor finally got a question in at Mayor de Blasio's press-conference-by-phone yesterday — and was promptly condescended to. Plus, other news from yesterday.
A Round and a Roundy: Dead Men Tell No Tales … in Support of Bike Lanes
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Our national treasure cartoonist has noticed that whenever a group of people in a neighborhood expresses support for a bike lane, there's always a revanchist force that claims to have "asked around" and discovered that no one, in fact, wants that bike lane. Here's his take.
Tuesday’s Headlines: A Full Day of Exciting (Sort of!) Transportation News Edition
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It was a huge day for long-overdue, underwhelming, mixed transportation news, so let's get right to it.
Monday’s Headlines: The End of the Line Edition
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Set your calendar for the ultimate subway nostalgia ride. On Dec. 2, Jan. 2 and Jan. 9, the MTA will roll out its oldest subway cars, the R-32s, for one last ride before the cars are finally retired. Plus other news.
Friday’s Headlines: Tish Out Edition
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We're really going to miss Tish James in the gubernatorial free-for-all ... if only because her departure will likely encourage Mayor de Blasio to run. Plus all the other news from yesterday.