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Cement Truck Driver Kills Woman in College Point; No Charges Filed (Times Ledger) Helen Rosenthal: De Blasio Considering Making Central Park’s West Drive Permanently Car-Free (DNA) More on Cuomo’s MTA Funding Lie: Gothamist, AMNY, Daily News Uber Tried to Get Cuomo to Exempt Its Drivers From All TLC Regulations (Politico) De Blasio Takes a Beating From […]

The Indignity of Walking After a Snowstorm (Gothamist, MTR, DNA) The Indignity of Riding the Bus After a Snowstorm (Advance) Montreal Has Pedestrian-Friendly Snow Removal Figured Out (NY Mag) Sanitation Department Had 920 Shovelers Clearing Sidewalks and Bus Stops (Post) It Was a Nasty Morning Commute for LIRR Riders Yesterday (WNYC) Of Course Rory Lancman Is Going […]

Subways Just About Back to Normal After Jonas (2nd Ave Sagas, AMNY) City Council Isn’t About to Rubber Stamp de Blasio’s Horse Carriage Plan (Politico) Why Are So Many NYC Sidewalks Entombed By Construction Sheds? (Crain’s) Meet One of the 25 Drivers Caught Breaking the Jonas Travel Ban (News, Post) Lots of Walking, Playing, Skiing in […]

De Blasio Budget: TEAs, SI Ferry (NYT); “Vague” on MTA (Politico); Gov’s Hand Still in the Till (Politico) Winter Cuomo Watch: De Blasio, MTA Predict Subway Service This Weekend (NYT, Politico) Feds Award $176M for Manhattan Resiliency (NYT); NJ Pledges No Local Funds, Loses Out (WNYC) DOT, CB 8 Promise UES Crosstown Bike Lane Proposal Doesn’t Touch Parking or Car Lanes […]

De Blasio to Outline Budget Proposal Today (Politico, WNYC) Amtrak Pegs Tab for Gateway, Penn, and Other Needed Improvements at $23.9B (NYT, 2AS) DOT Set to Remove Jay Street Bike Lane in DUMBO to Give Motorists a Short Cut to the BQE (DNA) David Greenfield Still After DOT for Slowing Drivers on Deadly Ocean Parkway (Jewish Voice) More […]

Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Cyclist Can Reng Ma in Sheepshead Bay (AMNY, WNBC, News, Post) More Coverage of de Blasio’s Vision Zero Presser (Politico; WNYC; Advance; Gothamist; DNA 1, 2) Daily News “Celebrates” Lives Saved by Taking Another Swipe at the Right of Way Law Where Is Cuomo’s Penn Station RFP? (Politico) World’s Priciest Train Station to Open in March, Says Port Authority (Gothamist) De […]