Dave Colon
Email Dave Colon at dcolon@streetsblog.org
Recent Posts
MTA Chief To Consider Improving Lagging Weekend Subway Service
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It's no blue ribbon panel, but it's a start.
Streetsblog’s Annual MLB Opening Day Preview! Citi Field Edition
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You can bike to Citi Field even though the routes to get to the friendly confines are, like the Mets bullpen, not a 100-percent great time. Here's our annual preview.
Shoot the Whole Day Down: Subway Riders Don’t Like Mondays
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They don't like Mondays. They don't like Mondays. They don't like Mondays.
Gas Tax Holiday Is A Stupid Idea that Will Hurt Transit Riders, Advocates Say
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A gas tax holiday is mostly a holiday for wealthy drivers and a double-shift for low-income transit users.
Media Reminds Us of Pete Alonso’s Great Stats — But Not the Deadly Stats of Road Violence
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In Hillsborough County, there were 28,014 crashes in 2021, resulting in 18,965 injuries and 271 deaths — a staggeringly high number. But no one reported that.
STANDING ORDER: Legislators Demand Public Seating at the Moynihan Train Hall
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Every bum needs a place to relax.
New City Hall Climate Teams Must Focus On Transportation Emissions Reductions, Advocates Say
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What does Mayor Adams’s new climate office mean for the main challenges: reducing car ownership and overturning years of environmental racism?
‘Bi-Boro’ Train Proposal Prompting Questions
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If you read no other story about the plan, this is the one.
LEST WE FORGET: It’s Normal for the Mayor to Take the Subway or Ride a Bike
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You know what's weird? A mayor not riding the subway or a bike to get around.
Feds Re-examine Status of ‘Gig Workers’
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A federal board may give workers more power ... or maybe not.
De Blasio’s Eight Years Of Broken Bus Policy
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Two terms in office and one big missed opportunity to end the "Tale of Two Cities" for transit.
Analysis: De Blasio’s Open Streets Program Has Failed
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The de Blasio Administration's open streets program is a Tale of Two Cities, with a majority of streets already reclaimed by car drivers, massive inequity in the distribution of open streets, and the entire undertaking serving far too few New Yorkers, a new report shows.