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today I share your concern, Eric, but a quick trip down that stretch of Fordham Road in Google Street View... at Streetsblog
today Good point, Nobody at Streetsblog
yesterday True enough, Heffron at Streetsblog
yesterday Good seating is at Streetsblog
yesterday The do-nothing NIMBYism from the New York Times article prompted me to write at Streetsblog
yesterday Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, whose district includes the Port Authority area, said his office had ... at Streetsblog
October 3 What's up with the Brooklyn Paper calling the Youth Advocates "cycling activists" but the community ... at Streetsblog
October 3 As at Streetsblog
October 3 That stretch of Ninth Avenue has always been a nightmare both for cyclists and pedestrians at Streetsblog
October 2 To limit someone's ability to choose among all qualified candidates is a truly drastic step, and one... at Streetsblog
October 2 Thanks for the shout-out at Streetsblog
October 1 Anyone hear Harry Reid and Kit Bond shilling for the bailout today? Apparently we need it so that p... at Streetsblog
October 1 The saddest thing is that the same commenter probably went home and ranted about "welfare mothers" g... at Streetsblog
October 1 I favor giving community boards more power (and more resources) but then expecting more of them at Streetsblog
October 1 Not to say that the approach - for pedestrians, cyclists and transit users - couldn't be much improv... at Streetsblog
October 1 The bus from the train station to the Capitol is really not bad at Streetsblog
October 1 The $30 million (not clear what budget stream it comes from) at Streetsblog
September 30 I agree with Ace at Streetsblog
September 29 You know, if there were a few people down there who had really big cars, then people who are going t... at Streetsblog
September 28 Davis, at Streetsblog
September 28 "Livable Streets Scorecard" Ooooh I like this idea at Streetsblog
September 27 Let's be honest here, the bikers disobey the laws far more than the cars do at Streetsblog
September 26 Curbed linked to this at Streetsblog
September 26 Of course no one wants to see Chinatown businesspeople lose money, Paul, but your argument contains ... at Streetsblog
September 26 Here is at Streetsblog
September 25 BTW, there do seem to be community boards that do well on livable streets issues, like CB2 and CB4 i... at Streetsblog
September 25 The marina has been closed for two years, and while I think most everyone wants to see it re-open, n... at Streetsblog
September 25 "I think at Streetsblog
September 25 In addition, plans to revive the now-shuttered Dyckman Marina, including three food venues with comb... at Streetsblog
September 25 Intro 38 is currently assigned to the Housing and Buildings committee, which is chaired by council m... at Streetsblog
September 24 With the city already on board with Select Bus Service, and with the MTA cutting capital projects, s... at Streetsblog
September 24 Unless any of you have problems like these, you won't know ( or care ) what people like us go throug... at Streetsblog
September 24 We are faced with the dire dilemma, forecast some years back by Gene Russianoff, of the system expan... at Streetsblog
September 24 Nice to see Ben, Pan and Gary here putting in their $2; very good points at Streetsblog
September 22 What about the Cross Island Parkway from the Clearview to the LIE, since the Clearview is there, the... at Streetsblog
September 22 Thanks for the link, Damien at Streetsblog
September 19 Ahoy, me hearties! Did ye know that Park(ing) day this year just happens to fall on the same day as... at Streetsblog
September 18 People, particularly politicians, have been vulnerable while traveling at least as far back as 1610,... at Streetsblog
September 18 I thought that the framing of the "Downside of Low-Cost Buses" article was so bizarre that I wrote at Streetsblog
September 18 Sounds like the attitude of much of the Riverdale machine that put him in office: selfish, arrogant,... at Streetsblog
September 17 In the next car, Biden told another passenger that “If we get elected, it will be the most train-fri... at Streetsblog
September 16 Can we get a "preview" button in the next upgrade? ;-) at Streetsblog
September 16 Responsibility for adequately funding the MTA should fall on those who benefit from its services at Streetsblog
September 16 Oh dear, Cap'n Transit, did I squash your prejudices and conspiracy theories? No, you were just kind... at Streetsblog
September 16 By the same token, most Brooklyn residents do not own bikes at Streetsblog
September 15 Cycling is inherently dangerous at Streetsblog
September 15 Anyone have a timeline for Phase 2? at Streetsblog
September 15 I saw the rider in question arrogantly riding fast on the sidewalk past pedestrians just a day or tw... at Streetsblog
September 12 When I read this article my first thought was, "they're going the wrong way!" Thanks for proving my... at Streetsblog
September 11 I don't think you drive in Manhattan much, Cap'n Uh, no, I don't at Streetsblog
September 11 But pedestrians routinely cross when it is flashing (and when it is a solid DON'T WALK) so does it m... at Streetsblog
September 11 Now if they could just get the drivers to get out and push those last 30 feet, all the problems coul... at Streetsblog
September 11 Even for someone in Flushing or other places on the subway lines, it's a real pain to get in between... at Streetsblog
September 11 The NY Times article on the ethics of double-parking - and the comments on it - is like something ou... at Streetsblog
September 10 I submit that Mr at Streetsblog
September 10 JP, I refer you to my at Streetsblog
September 10 BTW, what's Maio's stand on liveable streets issues? at Streetsblog
September 10 With the current dysfunction in Albany, I think that the Assembly Speaker and Senate Majority Leader... at Streetsblog
September 8 Kevin, please, say all you want against reckless bicycle riders at Streetsblog
September 5 One persons "sell-out" is another person's coalition builder at Streetsblog
August 30 I'm sorry, Paul, I must not be smart enough to parse the distinction between "cars" and "private aut... at Streetsblog
August 29 I do support the notion of personal mobility and that means cars are in the mix Please do us all a f... at Streetsblog
August 28 Rep at Streetsblog
August 27 Ms at Streetsblog
August 26 Mr at Streetsblog
August 25 Yes, Mark, but if you put your idea and Peter's together, then you have to drum up the political wil... at Streetsblog
August 25 I at Streetsblog
August 22 My mistake, Rlb; I haven't been following the Maryland issues in a while, and I wasn't aware that Er... at Streetsblog
August 22 FPT, I disagree at Streetsblog
August 22 The problems, county planners say, started in 2004, when Maryland highway officials conducting a fas... at Streetsblog
August 21 Yeah, they SHOULD make it available to bikes at Streetsblog
August 21 Low-income drivers as individuals save substantially if they do not have to pay tolls, but as a grou... at Streetsblog
August 20 Milwaukee's at Streetsblog
August 20 So Crapper, if all of Queens were well-served by subway, bus or light rail, to the point where every... at Streetsblog
August 19 I'm a big fan of tackling tasks that are politically feasible, but I'm disappointed that this does r... at Streetsblog
August 19 Please at Streetsblog
August 19 Got that? It's the chronically underfunded agency, not the lawmaking bodies lording over it, that la... at Streetsblog
August 19 And he's not the only city politician with this problem-- we really need to clean house at Streetsblog
August 18 Turns out I was wrong: even though Queens Crap features post after post about paved yards and street... at Streetsblog
August 18 Good point, Michael (although Hope Cohen at Streetsblog
August 18 Sadly, I'm afraid the horses may be out of the barn on this one at Streetsblog
August 17 Please, Mark at Streetsblog
August 17 There is a "meme" going around certain reactionary groups in Brooklyn and Queens which argues that c... at Streetsblog
August 15 I think the solution is to recognize that the problem fundamentally stems from street design that gi... at Streetsblog
August 15 Declined by 39%, I should note, from 1990 to 2003 at Streetsblog
August 15 From the Times article: The report said that last year, city and state subsidies to the authority t... at Streetsblog
August 10 In a related matter, if bicyclists are to use NYC streets more fully, I think they should also be tr... at Streetsblog
August 9 I didn't see David Byrne, but I did see Mark Gorton! It was a lot of fun at Streetsblog
August 8 I've just written at Streetsblog
August 8 Yay! My comment appeared at #17 at Streetsblog
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