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The entitled placard perp strikes again. Photo: Eve Kessler

Thursday’s Headlines: Eternal Darkness of the Placard Class Edition

By Streetsblog | Jun 30, 2022 | No Comments

We sent editor Eve Kessler into the heart of darkness — Midtown — to poke around. It didn't take long before she spotted the car you see at the top of this story. Read all about it, plus get all the other news of the day.

State Sen. Zellnor Myrie said he is still traumatized by what Strategic Response Group cops did to him outside the Barclays Center on May 29, 2020. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Brooklyn Pol Tears Up Describing Brutal Treatment at Hands (and Bikes) of Cops

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 30, 2022 | No Comments

Police justified cops’ excessive use of force against a Brooklyn state pol during a protest after the murder of George Floyd two years ago. But state Sen. Zellnor Myrie testified that the officer in question used excessive force.

An NYPD tow truck removes a legally parked Brooklynite's car so that cops could park there. Photo: Jody Rosen

No Courtesy, Professionalism or Respect for the Dead: Funeral Homes Blast Placard Abuse

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 30, 2022 | No Comments

The only three certainties in life are death, taxes, and placard abuse.

Less traffic. A big check. Tolls. And the pricing zone. We're one step closer to it all coming true.

NYC Congestion Pricing Moves Ahead as MTA Answers Feds’ 400 Technical Questions

By Dave Colon | Jun 29, 2022 | No Comments

Well, that's one roadblock lifted.

THE BRAKE: Are Would-Be Planners and Engineers on Board With Transportation Reform?

By Streetsblog | Jun 29, 2022 | No Comments

It's Streetsblog USA's weekly podcast! Let's talk about whether planning and engineering students agree with sustainable transportation advocates about what that future should look like.

Gov. Hochul, Lee Zeldin both won their respective gubernatorial primaries (and Assembly Member Deborah Glick, peeking in) did, too.

Wednesday’s Headlines: Primary School Edition

By Streetsblog | Jun 29, 2022 | No Comments

Election Day came and went and everything was pretty predictable: Gov. Hochul, a Democrat, and Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Long Island) won their respective primaries. And there were few upsets in the Assembly, as the Times reported. So let's get to the important news from yesterday:

A crowded Fordham Road bus. File photo: Eve Kessler

Transit Advocates to MTA: Queens Bus Redesign Needs Some Key Tweaks

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 29, 2022 | No Comments

The MTA's proposed Queens bus redesign needs more service, and the implementation of all-door boarding, if it will realize its potential "to significantly improve the lives of riders," a coalition of transit supporters will tell the MTA.

A plaza in Queens. Photo: Design Trust for Public Space

DOT Pushes Back at Calls for Office of ‘Public Space Management’

By Eve Kessler | Jun 29, 2022 | No Comments

"We have decades of experience and expertise," Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez told the Council at a Tuesday hearing.

Council Member Carlina Rivera (podium) rallies supporters of the Greenways Master Plan bill before a hearing on the bill on Tuesday. Photo: Dave Colon

DOT ‘Welcomes’ Council Bill to Build and Maintain City Greenways

By Dave Colon | Jun 28, 2022 | No Comments

No fuss, no fight, more greenways. Apparently.

ANALYSIS: So Should We All Be Deflating Our Neighbors’ SUV Tires?

By Kea Wilson | Jun 28, 2022 | No Comments

Secretive activists are deflating SUV tires to physically force their drivers to find less dangerous and polluting ways to get around — and it's prompting a conversation about the role of illegal direct action in the movement to end car dependence.

UPDATED: Anti-SUV Activists Claim ‘Strike’ on Upper East Side

By Gersh Kuntzman and Noah Martz | Jun 28, 2022 | No Comments

Pffft, there goes car culture.

Why don't we have these kinds of streets anymore? Photo: Katrina Thomas/NYC Parks Photo Archive

Tuesday’s Headlines: Kids Should Be Able to Play in the Street Edition

By Streetsblog | Jun 28, 2022 | No Comments

Remember when you could play volleyball in the street? The Parks Department does. Plus other news.

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