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What’s de Blasio’s Big Plan to Address Traffic Congestion? (AMNY) Bill Perkins Returning to City Council (News, NY1, DNA) Community Boards Shouldn’t Be Managing Streets, Manhattan CB 1 Edition (Tribeca Trib) DiNapoli: Removing Trash Cans From Subway Platforms Causing Track Fires (Post) Post Not Impressed by Medallion Owners’ Threat to Shut Accessible Cabs Proposed Northern Boulevard Office Building Would Include […]

There’s a Special Election in Harlem Today and Your Vote Could Go a Long Way (Post) Transit Advocates Push Back Against Cuomo’s $65 Million MTA Funding Cut (D&C) NJ Lawmakers Anxious to Get Moving on New Port Authority Bus Terminal (Politico) De Blasio Teases Plan to Address Congestion in State of the City Address (NYT) […]

Cuomo’s MTA — Subway Delays More Than Doubled in Five Years (NYT) Governor Wants to Slash State’s Contribution to MTA By $65 Million (News) Vanterpool: NY’s Infrastructure Priorities Are All Out of Whack (Fox5) Uber Lost Market Share in NYC Last Year (Crain’s) Constantinides: “High Time We Take a Hard Look” at Making Steinway Street Safer (TL) Two For-Hire […]

MTA: M79 Will Get Select Bus Service in April (DNA) How’s Your Sidewalk and Bike Lane Looking Today? (AMNY, News, NY1, WNYC) Cuomo Flacks Capture the Governor in His Natural Habitat (News) Meanwhile, Downstate (Gothamist) DAs Consider Amnesty for Sidewalk Bike Riding and Other Low-Level Offenses (NYT) WNYC on the Race to Succeed Inez Dickens in Harlem Jumaane Williams […]

Cuomo’s Syracuse Tunnel Waffle Will Cost Taxpayers and Delay Decision for Years (Politico) NYPD Pledges Crackdown as Cops’ Illegal Plate Covers Make National News (Inside Ed., Post) Bus Turnaround Campaign Says These Bus Lines Need Lanes — Is de Blasio Listening? (AMNY) Related: People Are Waiting Up to an Hour for the Bx7 and There’s No Relief in Sight (Press) Storm […]

Peggy Diaz, Hit by Driver in Rossville, Dies From Injuries (Advance) The MTA Will Give the “Freedom Ticket” a Try This Fall (AMNY) Cuomo’s Screwy Transit Priorities, in Two Stories (Voice, New Yorker); Meanwhile … (DNA) Who Wants to Run Cuomo’s MTA? (Second Ave Sagas) De Blasio Is Getting Involved in the Port Authority Bus […]