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Grand Street Cycle Track: The Hysteria Continues

By Ben Fried | Nov 19, 2008 | 32 Comments

Don’t be fooled: No one on a bike was quoted for this story. Step aside Steve Cuozzo, the team at Fox 5 (yeah, them again) has scapegoated the Grand Street bike lane in even more outlandish fashion. This "report" manages to blame the brand new cycle track for traffic congestion, slumping dumpling sales, and a […]

With Transit System Crumbling, Fox 5 Zeroes in on Sander’s Shiny Shoes

By Brad Aaron | Nov 19, 2008 | 11 Comments

The crack news team at Fox 5 has gotten to the root of the MTA’s financial troubles: Chief Lee Sander’s commuting habits. Watch as "gotcha" guy John Deutzman catches Sander getting a shoe shine (a shoe shine!) at Grand Central after being driven to work in an MTA Police cruiser, then grills the head of […]

Post Reader Defends “Dangerous” Bike Lane

By Charles Komanoff | Nov 14, 2008 | 8 Comments

Dear Steve Cuozzo — Author and son in 2005 I was ready to ignore your rant yesterday, IDIOTIC DOT TAKES A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE, as another in The Post’s reflexive (if well-written) screeds against any incursion into NYC car-dominance, when I came across this line: "The madness just came to Grand Street as […]

Ad Nauseam: Spare the Toll, Save the Carmaker

By Brad Aaron | Nov 11, 2008 | 5 Comments

Yesterday we noted the auto-centric bias in local media coverage of an expected Ravitch Commission proposal to toll East River bridges as one source of revenue for the cash-strapped MTA. In perusing said coverage, we couldn’t help but notice a second common element. See if you can guess what it is. After the jump: score […]

MTA Stares Down Billion-Dollar Deficit as Liu and Weiner Mock Bridge Tolls

By Brad Aaron | Nov 10, 2008 | 20 Comments

Coverage of this transit crisis brought to you by Toyota. MTA chief Elliot Sander announced this morning that the city’s transit agency is up against a $1.2 billion budget deficit, and needs government aid or new sources of revenue to avoid fare increases or service cuts. But an expected recommendation by the Ravitch Commission to […]

Brooklyn Paper Launches New Transpo Beat

By Ben Fried | Oct 10, 2008 | 3 Comments

To complement your headlines today, check out the Brooklyn Paper’s trio of transportation/public space stories, grouped under a new beat that the paper is calling "Mean Streets." Pedestrians need safer bus stop on Myrtle Avenue Street art memorializes cyclist killed by bus People’s choice winner announced in "Reinventing Grand Army Plaza" design competition The "Mean […]

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