Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Caption Contest

Caption Contest: TxDOT’s Shiny Happy People Sucking in Highway Exhaust

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 22, 2016 | No Comments

This rendering of State Highway 45 Southwest in Austin — one of 12 highway boondoggles singled out by U.S. PIRG and the Frontier Group this year — inspired some mockery on Twitter: @StreetsblogNet @StreetsblogUSA @uspirg “Hey mom, I’m going to go ride bikes in the ditch!” — Andy Howard (@ahow628) January 21, 2016 @StreetsblogNet @uspirg “Just […]

Caption Contest: Putting the “Flare” in Madison Square

By Ben Fried | Jul 31, 2013 | 24 Comments

Via Gothamist, this van went up in flames at Madison Square at around 11 a.m. No one was hurt, apparently, though it looks like a lot of people will have to go search for an inferior lunch spot on a beautiful day. Captions?

Caption Contest: Customize This NYPost.com Bike Ad

By Ben Fried | Feb 5, 2013 | 13 Comments

Transportation Alternatives’ Noah Budnick sends along this screen grab of a Linus Bikes ad recently served up to him on the New York Post’s website. It’s a testament to someone’s ad placement algorithms that this puppy can find its intended audience even on the site of a bike-hating rag like the Post. Here’s a thought […]

Caption Contest: Tappan Zee Outreach Gone Fishin’

By Noah Kazis | Jan 27, 2012 | 14 Comments

Until last fall, the state’s planning for a new Tappan Zee Bridge was a model of public outreach. It included over 280 public meetings and one outreach center open full-time on each side of the bridge. Under Governor Andrew Cuomo, however, the project has been “fast-tracked.” Transit was axed from the bridge and the project […]

Caption Contest: Not Commenting About the [Expletive] Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Mar 28, 2011 | 11 Comments

This was the scene in Jackson Heights yesterday, where Mayor Bloomberg, Anthony Weiner, and the top dog on Prospect Park West, Senator Chuck Schumer, joined a bevy of other pols to contest the surprisingly low Census counts in Brooklyn and Queens. (That’s Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez between Bloomberg and Schumer.) During the presser, the Senator was […]

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