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Here's why you can't trust cops to do bike lane enforcement. File photo: Dan Miller

Campaign To Remove NYPD From Traffic Enforcement Gains Steam

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 25, 2020 | No Comments

An influential Manhattan panel voted to return street safety to the DOT. Will Mayor de Blasio heed the call?

Gale Brewer wants a lot of these. Photo: Charles Komanoff

Manhattan BP Asks DOT To Take Street Parking For Street Seating

By Dave Colon | May 21, 2020 | No Comments

...And 24 City Council members asked the mayor to give restaurants outdoor space.

Ghost of Christmas past: This was Rockefeller Center. Photo: Stunt Queen

GRINCH NO MORE! Mayor Will Create More Pedestrian Space in Rockefeller Center for the Holidays

By Julianne Cuba | Nov 22, 2019 | No Comments

He's no longer a mean one, Mr. Mayor.

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Anatomy of a Failure: Why Did the Mayor Backpedal on DOT’s ‘Christmas Crush’ Fix?

By Julianne Cuba | Nov 4, 2019 | No Comments

The NYPD said "Jump" and the mayor said "How high?"

There used to be a protected bike lane here — and there will be again! Photo: Eve Kessler

EXCLUSIVE: City Will Restore Protected Lanes on Dyckman Street

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 25, 2019 | 40 Comments

The city will restore a protected bike route on Dyckman Street in Upper Manhattan — almost one year after the Department of Transportation hastily removed the vital life-saving roadway design.

The FDR Drive, looking south. The six-lane highway hosts thousands of polluting vehicles daily. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Op-Ed: To Save the East River Coastline, First Get Rid of Cars on the FDR Drive

By Howard Brandstein | Jul 17, 2019 | 13 Comments

A plan to forestall flooding from climate change should target a noxious highway.

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