BEEP BEEP! StreetsPAC Makes its Picks in Three Borough President Races
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Let's meet the lucky three who have earned the street safety bump: Mark Levine (Manhattan), Antonio Reynoso (Brooklyn) and Donovan Richards (Queens).
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Report: 70 Percent of City Drivers are Speeding (Maybe Even Right Now)
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They're fast — we're furious.
OPINION: Raise the Gas Tax? Yes, but Fix Transportation Spending First
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We can’t keep pumping new money into a broken system and expect a different result.
Amtrak And Gateway Leaders: We Love That Andrew Cuomo Hates This Project Now
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It's a Gateway to confusion.
The Morales Implosion: What’s a NYC Progressive Supposed To Do Now?
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With just three weeks left until the mayoral primary, how did New York progressives find themselves stuck with an ex-cop who used to be a Republican, a lobbyist-led neophyte, or the center-left Sanitation commissioner with a Times and Daily News endorsement?
Talking Headways Podcast: Dignity in Place (A Framework for Inclusive Healthy Places)
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Want great public spaces? Start with basic human dignity for all people.
OPINION: A 34th Avenue Linear Park Would Be a Haven for Kids
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Children in Jackson Heights are starved for green space and safety — which is why the neighborhood needs a linear park.
Not So FAST: Senate Transport Bill Causes Pileup for White House Climate Goals
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A Senate proposal to shovel hundreds of billions of dollars into new freeways will wipe out the Biden administration’s goal of halving carbon emissions by 2030.
OPINION: State Legislature Must Pass Jessica Ramos’s Bill to Allow for Wider Cargo Bikes
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Those extra 12 inches are all that’s standing in the way of meaningful progress in solving a massive pain point throughout New York City.
U.S. DOT Must Do Better for Peds, Cyclists, Taxpayers: Report
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The U.S. Department of Transportation has not set goals or tracked the performance of 90 traffic safety activities making it difficult to improve them or determining whether they work at all, a congressional watchdog found.
OPINION: When Schools Meet Streets, Good Things Happen
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Good things happen — and children flourish — when school activities expand out of doors, a City Council candidate argues.
‘Uber’s Fantasy Novel’: State Gig-Worker Bill Would Limit City’s Proposed Deliverista Rights
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A state proposal that would allow gig workers, such as the city's delivery riders, to form unions and bargain for wages would also undercut recent City Council efforts to give far more rights to those workers, advocates say.