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A Round and a Roundy: The Upper West Side is Pissing on NYC Heroes
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The fauxgressives of the Upper West Side have really pissed off our cartoonist.
A Round and a Roundy: Fighting Over Crumbs
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Car drivers are selfish. Pedestrians and cyclists are fighting over crumbs. Our roads are unsafe.
Traffic Violence: Why We Must Talk About It
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We were all raised in car culture — which normalizes the idea that 40,000 people will die in car crashes every year. But it's not normal. And it needs to be called what it is.
A Round and a Roundy: Bullies Are Destroying Sleepy de Blasio’s Open Streets ‘Program’
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Our national treasure cartoonist knows what's going on with the city's open streets program: the mayor is not only asleep at the switch, but he's also turned his back to the real problem.
March (Parking) Madness Stunner: Capt. Jenkins at the 114 Pct. Won’t Accept Winner’s Loser’s Trophy
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Here's what you can do with your freakin' trophy.
SORRIEST BUS STOPS 2021 — The Finals: Québec City vs. Staten Island
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After hundreds of nominations and 14 hard-fought battles, we're finally down to the last two sorry stops standing. And we need your help to determine which one deserves the title of the worst waiting area in North America — or should we say Amérique du Nord?
A Round and a Roundy: Godzilla vs. Kong is Not the Real Terror on our Streets
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National treasure cartoonist Bill Roundy is certainly not above glomming onto today's hottest trends.
Talking Headways Podcast: Promoting Vibrant Street Commerce
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Let's talk about how cities can encourage better commerce.
SORRIEST BUS STOPS 2021: Albuquerque vs. Staten Island
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Both of the contenders in our final Elite Eight match-up are a little frightening — and not just because of all the drivers racing within inches of the stop.
A Round and a Roundy: Drivers are Just Manspreaders
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Our national treasure cartoonist Bill Roundy has been reading all our coverage of soaring bike counts on First and Second avenues and the metaphor-manufacturing segment of his fevered brain kicked in immediately.
SORRIEST BUS STOPS 2021: Chicago vs. Orinda
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Pretty much every sorry stop in this contest puts the squeeze on its riders — but these two Atrocious Eight contenders really put their passengers between a rock and a hard place.
SORRIEST BUS STOPS: Narberth vs. Pittsburgh
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Today, we're pitting our two surviving contenders from PA against each other, and calling on every transit agency in the Quaker State (and yours) to be a better friend to its riders.