Hot Topic at West Village L Train Shutdown Meeting: The 13th Street Protected Bike Lane
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DOT expects bicycling to double along the L corridor, translating to 2,000-5,000 daily bike trips on 13th Street.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about L Train Shutdown
The Untenable Selfishness of the 14th Street Busway NIMBYs
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An analysis from DOT and the MTA shows that a busway and bikeway along the 14th Street corridor during the L shutdown will save time for everyone, including people in cars.
West Village Lawyer Arthur Schwartz Threatens to Drag DOT to Court Over Its L Train Shutdown Plan
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Last week, Schwartz sent an ultimatum to DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg demanding an "environmental impact statement" for the city's L train shutdown plan.
The Earth Is Flat and 14th Street Doesn’t Need a Busway During the L Shutdown
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Just like a flat-Earther will always scream about the moon landing being faked, a 14th Street busway NIMBY will always claim that the MTA's ridership stats can't be trusted.
There’s No Reasoning With the NIMBYs Opposed to a 14th Street Busway
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Unless DOT and the MTA carve out street space for the most spatially efficient modes of travel, the impending L train shutdown is going to unleash a traffic tsunami on the neighborhoods around 14th Street. Just try telling that to the West Village residents who turned up at open house on the agencies' L train shutdown plans last night.
Advocates: L Train Replacement Bus Service Better Move Faster Than Walking Speed
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Transit riders came out in force yesterday for a rally on 14th Street calling on the MTA and DOT to raise the bar in their L train shutdown plan.