Hold Developer Accountable for Failed Promises at Brooklyn Mega-Project: Advocates
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Whatever happened to our "Urban Room"?
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Jo Anne Simon
State Reps Intro Bills to Prevent Speeding and Keep Dangerous Drivers Off the Streets
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The four bills set out to expand the city's automated speed enforcement program and to revoke driving privileges from motorists who demonstrate unfitness to operate vehicles on public streets.
Jo Anne Simon on Congestion Pricing: We Can Do This
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Simon's presence in Albany is one reason to believe a congestion pricing vote might play out differently this time. Her predecessor, Joan Millman, sat on the fence during the public debate over congestion pricing in 2008 before expressing her support when it was too late to matter.
A 2017 Resolution for DOT: Make Times Plaza Safer for Walking
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The hellacious walking environment at the intersection of Flatbush, Atlantic, and Fourth Avenues is awaiting safety improvements four months after DOT presented its plan.
Brooklyn Electeds to DOT: Put Safety First at Atlantic and Flatbush
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About a dozen people braved the cold Saturday morning to call for pedestrian safety improvements at Brooklyn’s Times Plaza and along the whole Atlantic Avenue corridor. Times Plaza is the triangular public space at the convergence of Atlantic, Flatbush, and Fourth avenues. At a public meeting last month, local residents were disappointed that the redesign proposed […]