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April 2008

4/30: Council Considers Eliminating Truck Parking Fines (Update #2) 25
4/17: A Transit Miracle on 34th Street 46
4/15: In the Heights: City Aims to Make 181st a Complete Street 16
4/09: Internal Affairs Crackdown Nets Placard Abusers 4

March 2008

3/27: Mendez Bill Would Overturn NYPD Parade Rules 8
3/25: Citizens Hammer NYPD Commissioner Kelly on Street Safety 13
3/17: DOT Study Measures Lower Manhattan Placard Abuse 4
3/14: Eyes on the Street: Taking the Lane 11
3/12: Hit by a Car While Biking? Don't Waste the NYPD's Time 35
3/11: Fidler on the Sidewalk 23
3/05: The Vicious Cycle of Anti-Cyclist Bias 15
3/04: Is the NYPD Reducing Traffic Violations? Hard to Say... 28

February 2008

2/28: Streetfilms: Excuses 6
2/08: State Senator's Car is Towed During Congestion Pricing Meeting 10
2/06: Queens State Senator Sabini Pleads to DWAI 7
2/01: A "Vision Zero" for New York? 3

January 2008

1/29: City Numbers Show Highest Cyclist Death Toll in Eight Years 28
1/23: On the Front Lines With "Parking Wars" 10
1/18: Gridlock Sam: Mayor's Placard Reduction Plan is Step One of Ten 15
1/18: Resolved: More Driving for Teachers, Less for Everyone Else 15
1/17: NYPD Tow Pound is Still a Major Source of Greenway Danger 15
1/16: Illegal Parking Now "Legal" for Marty Markowitz 15
1/10: Whoa: NYPD Ticketing Bus Lane Violators 28
1/08: At P.S. 161 in Harlem the Sidewalk is the Parking Lot 8
1/04: Half Moon Over the Brooklyn Bridge 12
1/04: Greenway Killer is Sentenced 3½ to 10½ Years 9
1/03: Kitty Justice: The Thai Solution for Police Parking Placard Abuse 3

December 2007

12/21: Merry Christmas Chinatown 8
12/21: January 3rd: The Wrongdoer is Brought to Justice 12
12/14: Daily News to Deceased Cyclists: "Your Fault." 7
12/05: Cyclist Doored, Killed by Truck in Midtown 78
12/05: Chinatown Placard Abusers Get the Hook 23
12/04: Toronto Cops Pull Over a Pedal-Powered '86 Buick 10
12/04: Crashstat 2.0 Reveals NYC’S Most Dangerous Intersections 9

November 2007

11/29: For Victim's Family, a $10 Fee and an Agonizing Wait 0
11/28: New Bleecker Bike Lane Already Blocked by Parked Cars 34
11/27: NYPD Emerges as New Focus for NYC's Livable Streets Movement 38
11/20: Court Throws Out Case of Man Arrested for Standing on Street 2
11/16: Morgenthau & NYPD Are "Dismissive" of Ped Fatality Questions 20
11/09: Pedestrians Fight Back in Athens, Greece 4
11/08: Riding While Black or Just Riding? 5
11/01: Ped Struck as Cab Runs Into Storefront at 53rd and Madison 18

October 2007

10/29: Correcting Thursday's MTA Bike Seizure Correction 5
10/25: MTA: Not Stealing Bikes. Just Following the Rules. 23
10/25: Bike Snob NYC Shows You How It's Done 15
10/22: Alex Marshall on Brian Lehrer Show, Like, Now 2
10/18: Cabbie Mistakes East River Park Bike Path for Highway 19
10/15: Idle Hands 27
10/10: Is Transportation Reform Possible When the Cops Don't Care? 28
10/08: Renewed Calls for Ped Safety Summit as Death Toll Mounts 5
10/04: Memorials Held for Thomson and Miller 0
10/01: "Vision Zero": Not One More Traffic Death 7

September 2007

9/28: Queens State Senator Sabini Arrested for DWI 2
9/28: Eyes on the Street: 34th Precinct Leads by Example 11
9/27: 34th Precinct Promises Action on Broadway and Dongan 0
9/27: StreetFilms: LOOKing to Make Cycling Safer in NYC 4
9/25: Lappin Law Would Fine Bike Delivery Employers 17
9/20: Inwoodites Want Changes at Deadly Broadway Intersection 5
9/19: Officers Stopping Cyclists in Central Park 28
9/18: City to Unveil 'Look' Bike Safety Campaign 4
9/04: Last Weekend of Summer Marked by Child's Death 0

August 2007

8/29: A Crash Course on Driver Safety for Parks Dept. Employees 15
8/21: Officer Convicted in Beating Was Handing Off Parking Placard 2
8/20: Incredible SFPD Training Video: "Bikes Belong in Traffic" 10
8/20: Cyclists Throwing Selves Under Cars in Brooklyn 28
8/15: In London They Summons Their Own 5
8/07: Hello, Dolly! 45
8/03: Saturday Evening in Jackson Heights, Queens: Feel the Pain 44

July 2007

7/23: Safety First? True Once, but U.S. Now Lags in Road Deaths 13
7/18: Critical Transportation Reforms Sink With Pricing 7
7/13: How Do Bike Seizures Fit Into Bloomberg's "Green Plan" 15
7/05: Slow Going for New Bus Lanes 11

June 2007

6/26: 94th Precinct to Cyclists: Obey Traffic Rules 60
6/21: Gov't Employee Parking at the High Bridge Rec Center 3
6/11: Call for Ped Safety Measures on Third and Fourth Avenues 1
6/06: Eyes on the Street: A Special Lane for Parking Cars 11
6/01: Hit by a Car? Nothing Can be Done Unless You're Hurt. 15

May 2007

5/30: Motor Vehicles Leading Cause of NYC Child Injury Deaths 0
5/25: NY1's "Inside City Hall" on Congestion Pricing 1
5/21: The Fastest Way to Get to New Jersey 7
5/18: CB6 Committee Unanimously Approves 9th St. Project 12
5/17: 9th Street Road Diet Meeting Tonight 2
5/11: Double-Parking in a Bike Lane? There Isn't Even a Check Box. 4
5/08: Ninth Street Update: Robert's Rules of Order 24

April 2007

4/27: Bus Bulbs Useless Without Enforcement 10
4/26: Is Walking PlaNYC's Missing Mode? 3
4/23: How Green Is Our Mayor 44
4/19: Fort Greene Gets Action from Spitzer on Placards 0
4/17: Pedi Politics 6
4/16: The Parking Dysfunction Meter: Fines Are Five Times Revenue 16
4/13: DOT Called Out for Lacking Clear Ped Safety Plan 1
4/10: Eyes on the Street: Inspector Yee Tows His Own 9
4/06: Primeggia's One-Way Safety Claims Are Based on 1970s Studies 3
4/02: Friday Ride Yields Mass Police, Media Coverage 1

March 2007

3/30: Why Can't I Go the Wrong Way on a One Way Street? 0
3/29: Opposition Brewing to DOT's Proposal for 9th Street Bike Lanes 15
3/28: Eyes on the Street: Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn 12
3/28: Ungrateful Liberal Scum, "We Do Not Summons Our Own." 35
3/21: When Traffic Enforcement Doesn't Include Moving Violations 11
3/19: Things Heating Up Over at UncivilServants.org 14
3/16: New Sheriff in Chinatown 4
3/15: UncivilServants.org: Cleaning Up Illegal Permit Parking 13
3/13: Parking Permit Abusers Being Cleared from Chinatown? 3
3/06: StreetFilms: "Something Has to Be Done" 0
3/02: The Iris Weinshall Legacy: Queens Boulevard 6

February 2007

2/26: 3 Peds Hit on 9th Ave. 2 Dead. Mayor Mike: Where Are You? 5
2/23: Street Films: Intersection Intervention 1
2/21: Illegal Permit Parking Crackdown Underway? 13
2/14: Four-Year-Old Killed by Hummer Shouldn't Have Died in Vain 32
2/13: Sustainable Transportation for NYC: How to Make it Happen 2
2/12: Crack Down on Drivers, Not iPods 11
2/07: Disgruntled Drivers Responsible for UK Letter Bombs? 13

January 2007

1/18: The State of the City 3
1/17: Homemade Traffic Calming in Mexico's Yucatan 13
1/15: Celerant CEO Ian Goldman Celebrated in the Wall Street Journal 19
1/15: Does Vehicular Chaos Push Families Out of NYC? 10

December 2006

12/20: New Places to Double Park on Upper West Side 14
12/19: Chicago Cracks Down on Drivers Who Threaten Pedestrians 10
12/11: Beijing Bike Bully Forced to Apologize on TV 3
12/11: Reader Contributions 9
12/11: Life at Streetsblog Headquarters 3
12/08: 6-Year-Old Boy Fatally Hit by Truck in Brooklyn 7
12/07: Tillary Street: Bike Lane or Parking Space? 20

November 2006

11/29: SUV Attack Update 2 10
11/28: SUV Attack Update 8
11/21: Eyes on the Street: Occupied Territory 15
11/16: NYPD Has Spent $1.32M to Suppress a Monthly Bike Ride 18
11/08: Borderline Behavior 4
11/07: Two Doubleparked Traffic Agents, Sunnyside Up 7
11/07: Reverse Engineering Pedestrian Safety in Boerum Hill 16
11/06: Cyclists and Pedestrians: Fighting Over the Scraps 23
11/02: Rumor Mill: Agencies Will Have to Budget for Parking Permits 8

October 2006

10/26: Downtown Brooklyn Traffic Calming Project: Ten Years On 5
10/19: Speaker Quinn "Pleased" With NYPD's New Biking Restrictions 10
10/09: Great New Website: Get Outta MyBikeLane 8

September 2006

9/28: Above the Law: Parking Permit Abuse Study Released 5
9/18: Pirro: Why Not Make Reckless Driving into Your Issue? 4
9/18: Beaten 9/11 Firefighter is Road Rage Victim 2
9/14: Digging in: How Many Crashes Are Due to "Bicycle Factors?" 5
9/11: An American Carwolf in London 1
9/08: Street Films: Hell's Kitchen Miracle Ticket 6
9/07: NYPD Parking Abuse Scandal Widens 65

August 2006

8/25: Brooklyn Bridge's SUV Ban Hidden in Plain Sight 12
8/22: California SUV Ban Hidden in Plain Sight 11

July 2006

7/28: Into Our Town the NYPD Came... 14
7/13: Film Scout Parking Permits Rescinded 3
7/12: Motoring News Roundup, July 12, 2006 0
7/11: Unwarranted Traffic Chaos in Red Hook 5

June 2006

6/29: Today's Headlines 0
6/16: The $46 Million Parking Perk 9