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On Thursday, Manhattan Community Board 2 will be discussing the L train shutdown, and people who are counting on a viable replacement plan have to make their presence felt.

Montclair, California, is the latest American city to fall for the dangerous fiction that outlawing the act of walking while looking at a mobile device will make people safer.

If you live on Manhattan’s West Side, this week is your chance to weigh in on the MTA/DOT plan to keep people moving while the L train is out of commission for Sandy-related repairs.

If you want safer crosstown bicycling routes before someone else gets hurt, you can speak up tonight for this protected bike lane project.

There are two big events on the Streetsblog calendar this week. On Wednesday, the MTA and NYC DOT hold a second open house on their developing plan to handle the L train shutdown. On Thursday, DOT presents its plan for protected bike lanes on 26th Street and 29th Street to Manhattan CB 5.

The de Blasio administration’s Queens Boulevard redesign is a major success, with serious crashes down and cyclist counts up on the four miles of the street that have a bike lane. This year, DOT plans to extend the redesign east from Rego Park, adding bike lanes between Yellowstone Boulevard and Union Turnpike.