CB 7 Committee Wants More Concrete Pedestrian Islands in Amsterdam Ave Redesign
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DOT reps attributed the absence of concrete to a shortage of resources.
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Safer Bikeways Slated for Columbus Circle and Amsterdam Avenue
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The Manhattan Community Board 4 transportation committee endorsed the projects unanimously.
Helen Rosenthal Isn’t Leveling With Her Constituents About E-Bikes
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Rosenthal, a vocal supporter of de Blasio's e-bike crackdown, is exaggerating the e-bike threat to her constituents and misrepresenting the way NYPD is conducting enforcement.
E-Bikes Are Banned in NYC, But Crush a Man With an Illegal Big Rig and de Blasio Won’t Care
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While Mayor de Blasio and NYPD punish delivery workers for riding electric bicycles, drivers who run people over with semi trucks are not being penalized in any way, even when the truck is too large to be operated legally on city streets.
Manhattan CB 7 to DOT: Make Broadway a Safe Neighborhood Street Instead of a Speedway
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Broadway still feels like a highway where it cuts through one of the most densely populated neighborhoods in the city.
Plan to Replace Car Storage With Affordable Housing Clears Community Board 7
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The vote means that several hundred car storage slots on West 108th Street will almost certainly give way to hundreds of subsidized apartments.