Pols Want Every Kid in NYC to Learn How to Ride a Bike
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Learning to ride a bike in New York should be like riding a bike!
Design Trust Releases Public Space Management ‘Toolkit’
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Group seeks to smooth way for small-fry community and business organizations in 'placemaking' efforts.
CYCLE OF RAGE: The Car that Never Moves Yet Endangers Pedestrians (And is of No Concern to the NYPD)
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There's a broken-down car on Ocean Parkway that has not moved since at least July, 2020. Yet it's only been ticketed three times, despite more than 30 complaints to 311. Oh, and it has an NYPD vest on the dashboard. Herein lies a great yarn.
Thursday’s Headlines: Let’s Get to It Edition
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We got roped into covering a two-hour community board meeting in Queens (and writing it up!) last night, so we're going to get right to the day's news summary.
NYPD’s Lackluster Enforcement Against Reckless Drivers Continued in Second Month of Supposed Crackdown
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Remember that much-ballyhooed crackdown on drivers who fail to yield to pedestrians — the one Streetsblog debunked last month? Well, it's even more debunkable.
34TH AVE. UPDATE: DOT Presents ‘Bold’ Plan for the Permanent Open Street Called ‘Paseo Park’
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The agency said it was motivated primarily by safety and by the higher numbers of pedestrians than vehicles for most of the day.
MTA Chief Vows To Consider Improving Excruciating Weekend Subway Service
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It's no blue ribbon panel, but it's a start.
Wednesday’s Headlines: We FOIL Stuff, Too Edition
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Following up on a fellow reporter's scoop, we have more news about defaced plates. Plus all the other news from yesterday.
Bronx Scooter Share Has Been a Huge Success, DOT Says as Phase II Prepares to Launch
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Hundreds of thousands of rides and no fatalities or even serious injuries.
Mayor Says He’ll Act on Reckless Drivers, But Leaves Out the ‘How’
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HIzzoner said he would use his octopine enforcement arms to "find [reckless drivers] proactively, and get them off the streets." Details, however, have not been provided.
OPINION: Swap Out Car Lanes for a Center-Running Bus Lane, Better Bike Facilities on Queens Boulevard
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Here's a better way to fix of the 'Boulevard of Death' than the DOT has yet proposed.
EXCLU: Council Transportation Chair’s Car Sped Through School Zones 17 Times in a Year
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Do as I say, not as I do.