Thursday’s Headlines: Hanging Out on the Stoop Edition
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Here's a better use for metal than cars and guns — stylish street furniture! Plus other news.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Street Safety
After Streetsblog Probe, DOT Talks Up School Safety
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The city announced on Wednesday that it would complete 100 road safety projects — many of them near schools — just two weeks after a Streetsblog investigation revealed a disproportionate amount of crashes occur near the city's public schools.
OPINION: New York Must Stop Subsidizing Car Usage
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Enough is enough, says a candidate for Assembly from downtown Manhattan.
THE ALBANY REPORT: A Historic, Yet Deeply Disappointing, Glass-Half-Empty Legislative Session
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"This is four-dimensional chess," said one lawmaker. "We're negotiating with the Council, with both houses of the legislator and with the executive. To play four-dimensional chess with new and novel pieces was difficult."
OPINION: City Must Protect Bikers, Walkers During Hudson Greenway Closure
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A hilly, unsafe detour needs better signage and physical barriers separating vulnerable road users from cars.
OPINION: Why We Must Eliminate Placards — And Here’s How We’ll Do It
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City Council Member Lincoln Restler offers his plan to solve the problem.