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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NYC public school students show, in great detail, that Mayor Mamdani doesn’t have to build a BQE bypass highway over the Brooklyn Bridge. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/10/09/f...
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Friday Video: How Mamdani Can Avoid His BQE Bypass Boondoggle - Streetsblog New York City
The young activists of the Joint Transit Association have some concerns about Mayor Mamdani's plan to rebuild the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
An experiment to let drivers in a part of Brooklyn move their cars less often for Sanitation sweepers led to dirtier streets and even more illegal parking. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/10/09/p...
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Prospect Heights Tried a Lighter Approach to Street Cleaning Enforcement — It Didn't Work - Streetsblog New York City
The city cut the days drivers in a small sliver of Brooklyn had to move their cars for street cleaning — and they still broke the rules!
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Award-Winning Reporter Dave Colon @davecolon.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Welcome to the Age of Meyer nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/10/09/i...
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Inside Baseball: Kuntzman To Step Down At Streetsblog; David Meyer To Take Over - Streetsblog New York City
Streetsblog's longtime editor will take on new challenges. And so will his successor.
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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 08/10/2026
Mayor Mamdani and his transportation commissioner, Mike Flynn, have suggested that it was a mistake for the city to build the BQE 70 years ago. Despite this, they are planning to restore the BQE, and build a temporary highway above the Brooklyn Bridge. youtube.com/shorts/m3Al8...
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New Highway Coming to Downtown Brooklyn
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Jon Orcutt @jonorcutt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The city can write the request for proposals however it likes. The exclusivity part was a big selling point for securing initial sponsorship from Citigroup. No doubt someone will hate on this point, but it's meant over $100 million to establish & support the system
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A new deep dive from me: Mayor Mamdani will face an uphill battle to make Citi Bike any cheaper, as its operator Lyft has consolidated a lot of leverage and could end up dictating the terms in its upcoming contract renewal. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/10/08/t...
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The Big Lyft: Mamdani Faces Tough Fight for Cheaper Citi Bikes - Streetsblog New York City
Mayor Zohran Mamdani faces an uphill battle to rein in the rising Citi Bike costs, as Lyft has amassed more and more leverage over the city.
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Nick Pinto @nickpinto.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sorry, lengthy 🧵: @hellgatenyc.com is a small but important experiment in building journalism infrastructure that is resilient to the polycrisis gutting news media (and the civil society and democracyfor which a healthy independent free press is a prerequisite). We just issued our annual report:
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Hell Gate 2026 Annual Report
As Hell Gate roars into its fifth year, let's take a minute to talk about how things are going.
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The organizers behind NYC's first pandemic-era open street that became a permanent plaza in northern Manhattan now want the Mamdani administration to downgrade it back to a car street with parking for most of the year, but other locals say not so fast. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/10/02/i...
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Inwood Insiders Want to Dissolve a Car-Free Plaza They Previously Championed - Streetsblog New York City
Several Inwood merchants and elected officials are having second thoughts over a five-year-old car-free plaza on Dyckman Street.
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Mamdani’s decade-spanning BQE rehab will require a bypass highway “flyover“ arching over the Brooklyn Bridge in DUMBO, new renderings show. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/10/01/t...
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'Truck Flyover': Mamdani's BQE Bypass Will Pass Over Brooklyn Bridge - Streetsblog New York City
Mayor Mamdani plans to run a temporary highway over the approach to the Brooklyn Bridge for at least a decade as the city rebuilds the BQE.
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Kent was unsatisfied with the bike lane’s current state, but added that he thinks Mamdani will eventually get it done. "'I trust him that he’ll do it,' he said before pausing. 'I hope so.'" nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/09/29/e...
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Mamdani administration is looking into a bike lane on the Park Avenue Viaduct around Grand Central. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/09/23/d...
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DOT Eyes Bike Lane On That Viaduct Around Grand Central Terminal - Streetsblog New York City
The elevated roadway around the fabled train yard could become a bike lane.
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Award-Winning Reporter Dave Colon @davecolon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Construction on the Adams Street protected bike lane is happening, let’s go
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Mamdani's DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn wants to build more street redesigns with hard infrastructure without taking upwards of a decade to finish them. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/09/18/m...
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DOT Commissioner Floats 'Capital-Light' Projects to Speed Up Permanent Street Changes - Streetsblog New York City
Not every concrete bike lane project should require tearing up the street, Mamdani DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn said.
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Jehiah @jehiah.cz · 14/09/2026
I also have a 657 day old FOIL for a copy on the legally mandated electronic tracking system for city issued permits/placards. I have never once gotten a reply on this FOIL which is itself illegal. a860-openrecords.nyc.gov/request/view...
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Amazon is threatening to yank its fleet of e-cargo delivery bikes over the Council's bill that would allow workers to unionize, @sophlebo.bsky.social reports nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/09/14/d...
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Amazon's Latest Anti-Union Push Endangers Workers, NYC Streets - Streetsblog New York City
Amazon is constantly touting its e-quad deliveries — but now the company is threatening to pull its bikes off the streets if it can't get its way.
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The NYPD is refusing to release a list of its active parking placards under Freedom of Information law, claiming that it both couldn't find the records and that they would be too sensitive to make public. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/09/14/n...
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NYPD Refuses to Release Parking Placard Records - Streetsblog New York City
The New York City Police Department will not disclose a list of its parking placards in response to a routine Freedom of Information Law request, on the grounds that the recipients of the parking perk...
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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 10/09/2026
NEW: A truck driver killed a pedestrian and injured two others on Canal Street, a notoriously deadly intersection where two people were killed last year and the city has delayed long-promised safety improvements. buff.ly/buAGbZW
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BREAKING: Pedestrian Killed, Two Others Maimed By Truck Driver On Deadly Canal Street - Streetsblog New York City
Cops said a "person of interest" was taken into custody.
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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 09/09/2026
Congestion has plagued Austin Street in Forest Hills for decades. If officials want to bring meaningful improvements to this vibrant commercial area of Queens, they’re probably going to have to think outside the box. youtube.com/shorts/DX8GZ...
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How can we fix this commercial corridor in Forest Hills, Queens?
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"...our friends at the War on Cars podcast have weighed in with a spirited—and thorough—defense of both our article and the bike advocacy community’s longstanding criticism of helmet-focused messaging." Note the "Vision Zero" helmet branding in the photo, something we talk about in the episode.
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Wednesday's Headlines: More Helmet Discourse Edition - Streetsblog New York City
The War on Cars podcast weighed into the helmet discourse that Mayor Mamdani ignited last month. Plus the news.
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The beginnings of a low traffic neighborhood are taking shape at a Greenpoint school, where parents have organized for safer streets since a driver killed a local teacher five years ago. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/09/09/d...
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Mamdani DOT Lays Groundwork for Low-Traffic Neighborhood Around Greenpoint School - Streetsblog New York City
Parents hope "long overdue" traffic diverters will keep cut-through traffic off Driggs Avenue and away from P.S. 110.
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A once-disbarred lawyer has become a repeated antagonist of street safety redesigns in NYC nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/09/08/a...
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HARTLEY KNOW HIM: Meet the Prolific Anti-Bike Lane Lawyer Who Can't Get a Win - Streetsblog New York City
Lawyer Hartley Bernstein has tried to kibosh Mayor Zohran Mamdani's bike lane redesigns in Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan — to little avail.
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Mamdani’s BQE plan doubles down on Robert Moses’s failure nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/08/25/m...
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Mamdani's BQE Plan Doubles Down on the Failures of the Past - Streetsblog New York City
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's BQE plan would effectively lock in the car and truck conveyor for generations, according to critics.
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Mayor Mamdani plans to rebuild the BQE in Brooklyn Heights to last another half-century, despite growing calls to tear down the Robert Moses-era highway. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/08/24/m...
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Mamdani Will Rebuild the BQE to Last Until 2080 Despite Calls to Tear it Down - Streetsblog New York City
Mayor Zohran Mamdani will pursue a $4 billion plan to rebuild a deteriorating stretch of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, City Hall said.
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The city is proposing a busway and parking maximums as part of the Brooklyn Marine Terminal redevelopment in Red Hook nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/08/21/r...
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City Floats Busway, Parking Maximums to Ease Traffic from Red Hook Redevelopment - Streetsblog New York City
City planners want to institute parking maximums and build a new busway through Red Hook and the Columbia Street Waterfront.
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
DSNY is looking into designing top-loading collection trucks for New York City's waste containerization. The agency's original plan to use side-loading vehicles to pick up its "Empire Bins" would add more than a million extra truck miles a year year. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/08/18/d...
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DSNY Eyes Top-Loading Garbage Trucks For Better Curbside Waste Collection - Streetsblog New York City
Top-loading collection trucks could offset a potential vehicle mileage increase from the Big Apple's "trash revolution."
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The year-round outdoor dining bill passes with 37-5-0. There were few surprising votes, except for a No by CM Chris Marte, who didn't explain his vote.
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Restler notes that last year there were just *11* 311 complaints about outdoor dining structure cleanliness.
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
CM Lincoln Restler says reaching consensus on the previous seasonal outdoor dining bill was “one of the most challenging” pieces of legislation under Speaker Adams. Says it’s been clearly not financially viable for businesses.
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Mamdani, an avid citi bike rider, also noted he‘s a bike angel
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Responding to a push by Transportation Alternatives for a $3 Citi Bike e-bike cap, Mayor Mamdani says he will take it back to his team, adding, “we are always interested in making cycling and citi bike more affordable.”
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The City Council is slated to vote on year-round outdoor dining today, undoing the seasonal program previously enacted by Mayor Adams and Speaker Adams. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/08/13/y...
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Year-Round Outdoor Dining Poised to Return Under Council Bill - Streetsblog New York City
Boosters predict an expansion of the popular "streeteries," thanks to all-year set-ups.
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Citi Bike needs more than a public subsidy to lower costs for riders, contracts, audits and financial reports show nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/08/12/d...
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Deep Dive: Cheaper Citi Bike Will Need More Than Public Subsidy - Streetsblog New York City
Advocates are demanding that the city do more to rein in Citi Bike's soaring costs by subsidizing the wildly popular bike share system, but it will take more than money.
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
DOT is starting work on the final block of the Ashland Place bike lane today, a project that was scuttled by Eric Adams on behalf of his donors nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/08/12/c...
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'Crashland' No More: Mamdani Admin. To Complete Ashland Place Bike Lane Scuttled by Adams - Streetsblog New York City
One more remnant of Eric Adams-era corruption meets its end.
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
which kinda looks AI-generated
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This video includes a non-e-bike and was almost entirely by the shared path behind City Hall that cyclists are legally allowed to ride.
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
If you need a private chauffeur to answer emails, texts, calls, that's just a skill issue. And re security, 95% of city officials getting these cars wouldn't get recognized by New Yorkers on the train/bus anyway. www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
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Dozens of city officials are driven around by chauffeurs. Are they living in a bubble?
The passenger princess life can be isolating, but some call it a necessity of the job.
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
RIP Glen Hansard www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLNh...
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Interference - Gold (from movie Once)
YouTube video by W Hassett
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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 27/07/2026
Big trucks with 53 foot trailers should be a rare sight in the five boroughs, since they’re not legally allowed on our streets. But these rare birds are being seen all over New York City, all the time. . . youtube.com/shorts/HP40c...
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Tracking down illegal trucks in New York City
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Award-Winning Reporter Dave Colon @davecolon.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
At a groundbreaking for the Fordham Road offset bus lane DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn says the lanes will help people “visit some amazing destinations like the Bronx Zoo, Fordham University, the New York Botanical Garden, Little Italy.” Whose leaders all kiboshed the project under Mayor Adams
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The World Cup and the Knicks championship win showed how New Yorkers are eager to reclaim the city’s streets from cars. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/20/t...
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'The Vibes Were Impeccable': World Cup, Knicks Showed Promise of Livable Streets in New York City - Streetsblog New York City
New York City quickly turned streets over to pedestrians, bike paths and bus lanes, demonstrating the Big Apple’s desire to allocate less space for huge private vehicles and more space for people.
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Mamdani’s ‘COGE‘ wants to speed up bike and bus lane construction by 33% nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/20/m...
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Mamdani's Charter Panel Wants to Speed Up Bike and Bus Lanes by 33% - Streetsblog New York City
The mayor's Commission on Government Efficiency says its ballot proposal will streamline street safety projects.
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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 16/07/2026
The end of lugging your bike up the stairs to your fifth-floor walkup is near 😤 @nyc-dot.bsky.social is bringing 500 secure bike parking lockers to New York City's streets by the end of 2027! And there's still time to request one for your block 👇 youtube.com/shorts/v8PBb...
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500 bike parking lockers are coming to NYC's streets! #nyc #bike #urbanism #bikeparking
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The Mamdani administration is not fixing the most deadly part of Canal Street in Chinatown first, after some locals complained about losing parking and street vendors. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/14/k...
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Not So Fast: DOT Won't Fix the Deadliest Parts of Canal Street First - Streetsblog New York City
Mayor Mamdani won't redesign the most dangerous part of Canal Street this year amid opposition to plans to swap parking for wider sidewalks.
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The only people critical of Mayor Mamdani's COGE panel's plans to cut red tape for street safety redesigns and outdoor dining applications at a public hearing last night were politicians who would lose power to weigh in on them. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/14/u...
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'Unsafe Disaster': New Yorkers Ask Mamdani Charter Panel To Cut Street Redesign Red Tape - Streetsblog New York City
Regular people want faster safety improvements and outdoor dining approvals, but pols appear to want to retain their power.
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The New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · 02/07/2026
"Even though I really love what I do and I'm very dedicated to reporting in the Bronx, this job has permanently set me back financially," reporter Emily Swanson told The Groove nygroove.nyc/schneps-medi...
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The Schneps Media Union is fighting for newsrooms that last
Turnover is high at the city's largest newspaper chain: 'There's not much in the way of institutional knowledge.'
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
NEW: Mayor Mamdani's 'COGE' panel for government efficiency is eyeing changes to a 2000s bikelash-era law that has long delayed vital street safety redesigns. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/02/m...
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Mamdani's 'COGE' Panel Sets Its Sights on Anti-Safety 'Major Transportation Projects' Law - Streetsblog New York City
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Committee on Government Efficiency wants to change a 17-year-old law created to slow down bike lanes and bus lanes.
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The city has still not replaced a deteriorating bike and pedestrian bridge on the Hudson River Greenway uptown, 17 years after the project started – and there's no end in sight. It took 14 years to build the Brooklyn Bridge. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/01/u...
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Uptown Greenway Bridge Repairs Enters Year 17 With No End in Sight - Streetsblog New York City
The reconstruction of the Fort Washington Park Bridge segment of the Hudson River Greenway is back to square one 17 years after it began.
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
New Yorkers yearn for the streets
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
DOT has eyed cutting through traffic with a plaza conversion on the middle block along the current open street, but it's not part of this upcoming redesign. www.nyc.gov/html/dot/dow...
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Will be interesting to see if Mayor Mamdani advances this design further to a real low-traffic neighborhood www.amny.com/nyc-transit/...
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FIRST ON amNY: DOT begins construction on pedestrian, cyclist improvements on Avenue B | amNewYork
The city's Department of Transportation will begin construction on Monday to redesign several blocks of Manhattan's Avenue B along the East Village's Tompkins
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