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City’s Previously Announced Secure Bike Parking Pilot Will Not Happen

"One of the goals was to examine the financial feasibility," a DOT spokesperson told Streetsblog. "Unfortunately, we concluded it was not feasible."

Dave Colon

July 10, 2020

City’s Previously Announced Secure Bike Parking Pilot Will Not Happen

Streetsblog NYC |DOT

Campaign To Remove NYPD From Traffic Enforcement Gains Steam

An influential Manhattan panel voted to return street safety to the DOT. Will Mayor de Blasio heed the call?

Julianne Cuba

June 25, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Bicycle Infrastructure

NYPD Targets BIPOC Cyclists For Biking On Sidewalk

Biking while Black is still a thing in New York City.

Julianne Cuba

June 22, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Bicycling

Trek Bicycles Declines To Divest From NYPD

The company that sells bicycles to the NYPD has refused activists' demands that it divest from its relationship with a brutal department.

Julianne Cuba

June 10, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Andrew Cuomo

NYS Order Declares Bike Shops ‘Non-Essential’

Gov. Cuomo's just-issued shelter-in-place order allows for "essential" businesses to remain open, but the car-loving Big Dog has defined "essential" to include auto repair shops, but not bicycle repair shops.

Gersh Kuntzman

March 20, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |MTA

Transit Freefall Could Mean Massive Debt, Cuts

It's the latest evidence that the MTA is going to need a huge infusion of public cash from the Trump administration.

Gersh Kuntzman

March 18, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Bicycle Safety

Why NYC is Responding to Coronavirus with Group Rides

If you're skipping the regular train, but your boss is still insisting you head to the office, take some advice and jump on a bike train this week.

Dave Colon

March 16, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Bicycling

When Your Mayor Is Afraid to Bike In Your City

“Mayor de Blasio is failing to lead by example and show New Yorkers that no one should be afraid to bike on their own streets,” said one activist.

Julianne Cuba

March 11, 2020

Buses

It’s Time to Play Super Bowl Car Ad Bingo!

So many SUVs driving up mountainsides. And...McConaughey!

Kea Wilson

January 31, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Car Dependence

Half-a-BILLION Wasted in Reckless Driving by City Workers

The City of New York has spent more than $500 million since 2013 in payouts to the victims of road violence caused by employees of just five key agencies crashing their city-owned vehicles, Streetsblog has learned.

Gersh Kuntzman

November 21, 2019

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