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Wednesday’s Headlines: The Bronx is Burning Edition

By Streetsblog | Sep 16, 2020 | No Comments

Families for Safe Streets and Bronx residents rallied last night to protest how badly Mayor de Blasio's vaunted-but-unfunded Vision Zero program is handling the cyclist death crisis. Plus other news.

A gaggle (or is it a murder?) of NYPD officers not wearing masks at a recent protest. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Mask-Wearing MTA Chief Backs Mask-Averse NYPD As Mask-Mandate Enforcers

By Dave Colon | Sep 14, 2020 | No Comments

And MTA CEO Pat Foye also dodged a question about the police department's well-documented racial bias.

The car-free busway on 14th Street is still the gold standard (mostly because there's only one other like it). File photo: Dave Colon

DOT Now Says Delayed Flushing Busway Will Start Next Month

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 11, 2020 | No Comments

In other words, it's more than three months behind schedule.

Mayor de Blasio (center), last seen riding a bike in August, 2018. Photo: Natalie Grybauskas

De Blasio to Cyclists: Imagine How Bad it Would Be Without Me

By Dave Colon | Sep 10, 2020 | No Comments

Mayor de Blasio has a message to cyclists concerned about dangerous city streets: "Imagine how much worse it would be without me."

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams (center), at a press conference in Brooklyn. Photo: Dave Colon

Jumaane Williams: ‘I’m Worried’ About Staying Safe When I Ride My Bike

By Dave Colon | Sep 9, 2020 | No Comments

The public advocate has questions about infrastructure and insurance after getting hit by a car driver last week.

An Excellent Bus Service bus turns through the same intersection on Tuesday. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Cops Stand by as Buses Block Bike Lane at Deadly Brooklyn Intersection

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 9, 2020 | No Comments

The Williamsburg corner where a cyclist was killed on Monday is the very picture of a Vision Zero 'policy failure.'

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