Comptroller Lander: Ferry System Needs Pricing that Soaks Casual Users and Protects Commuters
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Now, sit right back and you'll hear a tale ... a tale of a highly subsidized ferry system that can be saved.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Brad Lander
Comptroller: Here’s How DOT’s $425M Brooklyn Bridge Project Became a $657M Brooklyn Bridge Project
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That's 55 percent more than the original cost estimate — and not something that city bean counters were likely to miss.
Crashes By City Workers — Especially Cops — Are Still Costing Taxpayers Dearly
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Injury and property damage from crashes represent the largest cause for payouts by the city — even ahead of police brutality, slip and falls on sidewalks, or misconduct in the city's jails.
Who Wants To Give The MTA Half A Billion Dollars?
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Is the MTA in financial trouble or not? Yes.
Mayor, Lander, Gutman: Much-Touted ‘Safe-Driving’ Courses May Not Work, So Let’s Build on Them
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Politicians who have hailed driver education courses as a linchpin of their efforts to rid the streets of bad drivers are now admitting that they — and other pols who aren't them — need to do even more. You think?
EXCLUSIVE: Reckless Driver Who Killed Baby Apolline Took Driver ‘Accountability’ Course — But It Didn’t Change a Thing
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Such "safe-driving" courses are seen by some as a model for changing the behavior of reckless drivers. But there is limited evidence they work — and certainly did not in the case of Tyrik Mott.