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“If peds and cyclists were to enjoy their fair share of street space, I suspect many of these conflicts would cease to exist.”

– Jason A In response to "Today's Headlines"
- Car Free Nation said:
  "I think this is an interesting idea, and I think the next step to verify whether this would work is to take a look at an area of the city, say downtown Brooklyn, where a..."
- Squatty HJ said:
  "You get what you pay for is absolutely right. Amtrak has been under-funded by a mile since its inception. If people really are moving to urban areas at a higher and higher rate,..."
- Boris said:
  "I don’t get it. Bush was able to raise hundreds of billions of dollars for the Iraq war without asking anyone, and the question of federal funding for transportation..."
- Angus Grieve-Smith said:
  "Pedestrians ought to get off their high horses They wouldn’t be pedestrians if they didn’t."
- Cap'n Transit said:
  "Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) called any attempt by Congress to raise the gas tax “dead on arrival.” I know there are a lot of Streetsblog readers who live in DeLauro’s..."
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How to Fix Off-Street Parking Policy, Before It’s Too Late

by Ben Fried

The proliferation of off-street parking is pushing New York toward higher rates of car ownership and substantially more traffic. To avert a scenario where the city becomes less transit-oriented and more beholden to car owners, a coalition of planning and environmental groups is calling for the reform of off-street parking policies. Continue reading »

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