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Take a break from the Trump-Biden doomscrolling to read the Streetsblog headlines: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/28/f...

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Walk this way! As Council seeks to decriminalize "jaywalking," NYC DOT and the NYPD's Transportation Bureau push back. It's for your own good, they argue: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/26/c...

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It's headlines time: #HochulsMTA edition: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/26/w...

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Let's talk about bus speeds — they stink. Thanks, #CongestionKathy: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/25/c...

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Today's headlines have a lot of congestion pricing news — but admit it, it's what you want: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/25/t...

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In today's headlines, #CongestionKathy is asking for sympathy for Milburn Pennybags and jhis ilk. Plus other news: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/24/m...

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Read all about Judge Lewis Liman's ruling setting aside one of the main cases against congestion pricing: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/21/j...

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BREAKING: DOT will consider closing the dangerous entrance ramp to the BQE from Atlantic Avenue. @kevinduggan.bsky.social has the story: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/20/d...

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Gridlock Gov. Hochul has joined the history books as the latest governor to stop work on the Second Avenue subway. nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/18/w...

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Hey, transit users — we're invisible to Congestion Kathy. nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/20/t...

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President Biden may be providing the best defense for Gov. Hochul to avoid a lawsuit over her decision to scrub congestion pricing. nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/13/b...

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Even if Gov. Hochul can find a way to fund those desperately needed MTA projects, there’s one thing that money will not do – reduce the number of cars driving into Manhattan below 60th Street. nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/12/o...

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We sent Sophia Lebowitz to Queens to cover the growing outrage against #FairHikeHochul's decision to kill congestion pricing. Subway riders want their elevators! nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/11/q...

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There may be no more pernicious fabulation than that small businesses in the congestion zone will suffer when fewer motorists drive in. Let's debunk. nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/11/k...

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Residents fear mopeds on the "gold standard" open street — and the local Council member is focused on a better design. nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/11/q...

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To understand the full damage done by #FareHikeHochul in killing congestion pricing, please read @DaveCoIon's piece here: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/11/h...

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Today's headlines explore the class warfare in #FareHikeHochul's congestion pricing decision: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/11/t...

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According to a memo that circulated over the weekend among advocates, electeds and MTA officials, that pending agreement under Biden Administration's "Value Pricing Pilot Program" is now Hochul's sole lever to stop the tolls from moving forward. nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/10/k...

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There were two protests over the weekend and three more are coming. Hide in the diner, Congestion Kathy! Plus other news. nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/10/m...

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Our columnist Gersh Kuntzman went to #CongestionKathy's favorite diner to explore the full depth of her lies and plutocratic populism: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/09/c...

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WHAT A DAY IN ALBANY: Lots of drama, nothing decided, and the MTA is throwing shade on #CongestionKathy. It's all in a day's work for @davecolon.bsky.social nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/07/s...

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Congestion pricing still dominated the news cycle as confusion reigned. Plus more news in today's headlines: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/07/f...

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Has anyone else noticed how many of @NYCMayor administration officials are slamming @GovKathyHochul's congestion pricing delay even though Mayor Adams is OK with it? nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/06/c...

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In case you don't remember, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries has put suburban commuters above his own Brooklyn constituents for nearly two decades! nyc.streetsblog.org/2008/02/29/h...

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@kevinduggan.bsky.social took a closer look at Hochul's key arguments for caving on one of the most important policy changes in the city's recent history. nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/05/s...

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By channeling the very rhetoric of the toll's car-centric opponents, the governor has undermined her stated goal of improving the city. nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/05/o...

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Gov. Kathy Hochul once spoke boldly and proudly about congestion pricing. Reading her words now is just sad: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/05/g...

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Welcome to another street safety plan scuttled by the Adams administration's anti-bike cabal: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/05/d...

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BREAKING: Gov. Hochul puts a shiv in the side of congestion pricing. Hat-tip to the Times and Politico for the scoop of the year. Plus other news in today's headlines: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/05/w...

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Today's headlines ask questions that Streetsblog readers already know the answer to: Where do 'ghost bikes' come from? nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/04/t...

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Seriously, why are 15-minute cities so divisive? That and other news in today's national headlines: usa.streetsblog.org/2024/06/04/t...

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Two bills in Albany show promise in reining in the vendors of illegal mopeds. Sophia Lebowitz has the scoop: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/03/t...

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The City Council's sanitation committee will meet today at 10 am — and we know that today's Streetsblog exclusive will be front and center: DSNY has appointed a special monitor to track operations at a carter with a poor safety record: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/03/s...

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Today's headlines examine more of the Times's bizarre pro-car framing on congestion pricing. Plus other news: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/03/m...

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Bronx Assembly Member Michael Benedetto said he had plenty of reasons to testify that a campaign donor should be exempt from idling laws. We count at least 23,000 reasons, in fact: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/05/30/b...

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The family of Zenaido Rosas-Pinzon thinks he'd be alive today if the DOT had finished the Washington Bridge bike lane on schedule instead of six months from now: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/05/30/f...

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In today's headlines: You know, if you're the mayor, you probably shouldn't defend homophobia. Plus other news: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/05/30/t...

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The DOT's failure to complete a delayed bike lane may have contributed to the cycling death of Zenaido Rosas-Pinzon. @kevinduggan.bsky.social explores: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/05/29/d...

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A massive change is coming to the Port Authority Bus Terminal. Check out the new renderings here, plus other news in today's headlines: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/05/29/w...

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After a car passenger is killed by a driver fleeing cops, Streetsblog examine police chases and found they remain historically high. Hat tip to The City: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/05/29/i...

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Now here's a real street war that doesn't even involve cars: What is going on in Prospect Park right now? Why are injuries up? Is the DOT's redesign working? Sophia Lebowitz explores: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/05/28/n...

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Today's must-read may be about a New Jersey bill to require registration of e-bikes, but its main points also apply to Jenife Rrajkumar's bill to do the same in New York. Read this opinion piece from Tri-State's Corey Hannigan: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/05/28/o...

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Our own @kevinduggan.bsky.social has the scoop on an exciting NYC DOT bike lane project in the Bronx: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/05/28/d...

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Today's headlines remind us that the NY Times has a car brain. Plus other news: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/05/28/t...

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It's Adams vs. Adams in today's headlines. Plus other news, too: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/05/24/f...

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BREAKING: A pickup truck driver struck and killed a cyclist yesterday in Sunset Park: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/05/23/p...

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Today's headlines ask the existential question: Does the livable streets movement have the responsibility of convincing the haters who just want to congestion our communities, block new housing or deny climate change? Plus other news: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/05/23/t...

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Big step forward for Mayor Adams's City of Yes as city commits to last-mile warehouse regulations to rein in the rogue industry. Sophia Lebowitz has the scoop: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/05/22/a...

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Opinion: It's time for 42nd St. to be a world class street for people, not cars! Hat tip Betsy Plum, Paul Krikler and John Noble. nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/05/22/o...

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ICYMI: Charles Komanoff shows why he's the ultimate word "smith" with this stinging rebuke of former City Council Member Kathryn Freed and her anti-congestion pricing lawsuit: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/05/20/k...

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