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Opinion: Manhattan Bridge Bike Path Crash Calls Attention to a Growing Problem

Cody Lyon | August 1, 2023

“The crash on the Manhattan Bridge calls attention to the immediate need for visionary leadership as well as difficult conversations about the purpose of the city’s precious bike lane real estate, food delivery worker equity and the role NYPD should play in enforcing existing rules.”

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: Redesigning SoHo’s Streets for People and Community

Sara Schiller | November 16, 2021

‘SoHo is a picturesque, architectural gem of a place to live and work…But it is also an impossible mess of traffic, mini skyscrapers of garbage bags, and elbow wars of crowds in the street and on the sidewalk.’

2021 election

Trains, Plans & Automobiles: Transportation Issues in the 2021 Campaign

Jarrett Murphy | April 5, 2021

From subways and buses to bikes and ferries, the people who win this year’s elections for mayor and other city offices will not only shape how New Yorkers get around, but also how public space and taxpayer money gets used.

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Biking in Bushwick

Opinion: Street Safety, Protected Bike Lanes Must Be Part of New York’s COVID Recovery

Jimmy Van Bramer | February 10, 2021

‘With vaccine distribution ramping up…and the state preparing to help employers bring workers back into the office, it’s safe to say biking will be the habit of even more New Yorkers when they commute. We need the infrastructure to match the demand.’

2021 elections

The Policy Shop: Human Trafficking, New Taxes and a Greener NYCHA

Jarrett Murphy | February 9, 2021

Proposals from candidates for mayor and district attorney would bring new levies on Wall Street, residential parking permits, solar panels on NYCHA roofs, and more.

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The intersection of Myrtle Avenue, Jefferson Street and Broadway

Pedestrian Injuries Rise in Bushwick, Where Safety Features are Few

Rachel Rippetoe | August 6, 2019

An upcoming rezoning has some worried that more residents will clog up the roads in cars and bikes, contributing to more crashes and pedestrian deaths.

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CityViews: Death Highlights Need for the Right Kind of Bike Lane

Cody Lyon | August 15, 2018

The majority of the city’s designated bike lanes are unprotected: basically nothing more than around thee-feet wide stretches of asphalt marked by strips of paint and an occasional bike lane symbol. That has to change.

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CityViews: Why City Cyclists Should Support Congestion Pricing

Cody Lyon | March 28, 2018

They don’t sit in traffic. They don’t depend solely on the MTA to get them to work or home. But the people who commute on two wheels have plenty of reason to back a policy of charging cars to use the streets that many drivers think they own.

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CityViews: Fear and Loathing on New York’s Bike Lanes

Dorothee Benz | October 7, 2016

A thoughtlessly opened car door knocked the author off her bike, for a year. Deeper than the asphalt wounds was a terror of cars and new insight into what a genuine commitment to Vision Zero will take, from all New Yorkers.

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Will Expanding Citi Bike Require Taxpayer Funding?

Jack D'Isidoro | December 21, 2015

Unlike its counterparts in other cities, Citi Bike is privately financed. But amid a push for it to serve more neighborhoods, and with city law requiring the company to publicize its finances soon, some believe a move toward partial public funding is likely.

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