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Streetfilms: Jersey City Bike Lane Expansion is a Lesson for All
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Jersey City is poised to become a great biking — and livable — city, thanks to an effort by local officials and outside consultants who have cracked the code on how to create protected bike lanes.
Mr. Mayor: Welcome to Every Single Unprotected Bike Lane in Your City
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Watch 32 cyclists forced into traffic by a single scofflaw truck driver on Second Avenue.
Experts to DOT: How to Protect Cyclists NOW
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The time to hesitate is through. Let's make our streets safe once and for all.
Teen Speed Camera Advocate: All City Streets are Dangerous
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A friend of Cooper Stock, who was run down and killed in 2014, tells Mayor de Blasio that he needs to do more. Here's her full speech.
Congratulations, Mayor de Blasio — Now, Resign!
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We are concerned that vital work, even on the mayor's once-cherished initiatives such as Vision Zero, will simply be shelved.
Life on the Street: Meet Delivery Worker Eduardo Perez
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For too long, delivery workers who ride e-bikes have been demonized. But hearing their stories makes it clear that New York City is definitely not the "fairest big city in America," as Mayor de Blasio claims.
The Awesome Car-Free Tilikum Crossing
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Streetfilms' auteur Clarence Eckerson Jr. revisits a back-to-the-future idea whose time has come again for many cities.
Is UPS Finally Getting It? Top Exec Offers Some Evidence
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We're still sick and tired of delivery trucks parking illegally and endangering cyclists. So we called Thomas Madrecki at UPS to discuss the issue.
New Group Seeks to Empower Neighborhoods
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The Neighborhood Empowerment Project is dedicated to getting city agencies to defer the small stuff to locals.
Own an E-Bike for Less Than Your Monthly Metrocard
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How would you like unlimited use of a legal e-bike every month for less than a cost of a monthly Metrocard — oh and you get to keep the bike, too?
Is New York ‘America’s Fairest City’? Not to This Delivery Worker
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Wilfred Chan, 27, a former delivery worker, gives a succinct takedown of the mayor's progressive vision, which has resulted in the abuse of hundreds of workers. It's just three minutes and well worth your time.
Delivery Worker: NYC’s E-Bike Crackdown is Wrong
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Worker activist Jinhua Li explains it all to us.