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Some Great Story Ideas for New York Post Reporter John Doyle

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 26, 2011 | 11 Comments

Cross-posted from Naparstek.com Hi John, I was glad to see you writing about the NYPD’s bike crackdown in Monday’s New York Post. I hope you’ll consider following up with some more reporting on this issue in the coming days. There are lots of interesting questions to explore when it comes to bicycling and the NYPD’s […]

Response to NYC Traffic Violence Rooted in Ignorance

By Charles Komanoff | Jan 25, 2011 | 48 Comments

Even with New York City pedestrian deaths dropping in recent years, there’s no end in sight to the horror from driver-caused deaths, and little letup in police fecklessness and politicians’ and media grandstanding on traffic dangers. This morning brought news of the death of Laurence Renard yesterday evening on the Upper East Side. The 35-year-old […]

Markowitz on PPW Data: It’s a Vast Biking Conspiracy

By Ben Fried | Jan 24, 2011 | 49 Comments

It’s hard to know what to say after viewing this CBS2/Marcia Kramer segment. Watch Marty Markowitz allege that bike counts on Prospect Park West were inflated because advocates got tipped off by DOT about when the counts would happen, then biked over to use the new lane on those days. Your jaw may drop. Marty […]

A Response to the Post’s Bike Coverage (and a Marcia Kramer Sighting)

By Ben Fried | Jan 21, 2011 | 22 Comments

Streetsblog editor emeritus Aaron Naparstek gave us a heads up about some letter writing to the Post he did earlier today. He also sends word — and a photo — that Marcia Kramer was out on Prospect Park West this afternoon in preparation for her next piece on the improving safety of NYC streets. Aaron […]

Gut Check: New Yorkers Need to Speak Up For Bike Policy

By Ben Fried | Jan 19, 2011 | 22 Comments

Yesterday the Post came out with another attack on the ongoing evolution of New York into a city where transit works better, streets are safer, and people have better options for getting around. Using a Post-manufactured squabble over the city’s Christmas blizzard response as their set-up, the editorialists launched into a screed against Transportation Commissioner […]

Driver Cam: The Columbus Ave Bike Lane Thru Tony Aiello’s Windshield

By Brad Aaron | Jan 5, 2011 | 27 Comments

We talk a lot about windshield perspective on Streetsblog, so with his latest salvo against safer cycling and walking, CBS 2’s Tony Aiello has done most of the work for us. From behind the wheel of “Mobile 2,” Aiello, in full-on Ted Baxter mode, informs viewers that the Columbus Avenue bike lane is playing havoc […]

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