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“Diverting cops to this kind of labor-intensive manual traffic enforcement is ridiculous.”

– BicyclesOnly In response to "Rider Report: Select Bus Service Shaves Trip Time"
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How David Gantt Sent Bus Cameras to Defeat in Albany

by Ben Fried

After state lawmakers dealt a setback to the city's Bus Rapid Transit plans, Streetsblog looked into how Assembly transportation committee chairman David Gantt was able to bring down a bill that reportedly enjoyed majority support among his members and won approval in the New York City Council by a 40 to 7 vote. Continue reading »

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- gecko said:
  "#5 paulb, Sounds like you’ve been in NY too long. Probably most of us have. But, there’s stuff to be learned from places where things are easier to do as a starting point..."
- gecko said:
  ". . . wranglers (not rustlers)"
- gecko said:
  "You have to realize if the city buys these things in bulk at $3000 each then 150 of them would be less than the cost of a city bus. Fifteen (15) of them would be comparable to a bus..."
- gecko said:
  "It would be wild to see lots of people using Segways with city government encouraging their use like bicycles such as a large number available from downtown Brooklyn to Red Hook and..."
- Gliding said:
  "Well, it seems if nothing there are two sides to every story! I not only use but enjoy my Segway everyday. I use the side walk like any other Human Transport would. Yes that is what..."
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