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A little daily scoopage: "One of President Trump's anti-congestion pricing mouthpieces has a notable conflict of interest: her husband owns more than a dozen parking garages in the very part of Manhattan where driving has been reduced by the toll." -- nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/02/20/p...

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It’s been 16 days since Mayor Adams has made himself available for questions from the press. And we’re still waiting! Case in point: @kevinduggan.bsky.social went to a presser held by the Mayor in the Bronx and tried to ask about congestion pricing. It didn't go well. youtube.com/shorts/nj_rP...

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"The cameras are staying on," says Gov. Hochul as President Trump tries to kill congestion pricing. A lawsuit to stop the President's intervention has been filed

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Checked in with subway riders at Canal Street. They were NOT happy about Trump trying to cancel congestion pricing nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/02/19/n...

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Not now scammers!

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"Five crash deaths were reported on Third Avenue from 60th to 96th Street since 2020 to 2023, according to city data; there have been no deaths since the redesign of the boulevard in 2023, which brought a bike and bus lane to the section of the neighborhood." nypost.com/2025/02/19/u...

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There is a subway station right there

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"[C]ompliance operates on a self-certification system; if a manufacturer says its vehicles are safe, it can import and sell them." "HTSA had never tested a Fly vehicle. So I decided I would." "The Fly-9 failed to meet any of those standards, according to IDIADA." www.curbed.com/article/elec...

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17 years after it was first introduced, I led the fight to finally implement congestion pricing. When I'm Mayor, I'll finish the fight for a 34th Street busway, too. Faster commutes, cleaner air, safer streets. That's what I call a win-win.

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The birthrate thing is a deranged idea from a pack of perverts, but this also says that DOT grants should support areas instituting "user-pay models" which is what fucking congestion pricing is

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We @nyc.streetsblog.org need interns. And we pay. Check it out: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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A Record-Number of Kids Were Killed on NYC Streets Last Year “Half of the children were killed either walking or biking.” nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/28/r...

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Today NYC DOT launched the application portal for our new e-bike trade-in program. Through this pilot delivery workers with uncertified e-bikes & illegal mopeds can sign up to trade them in for a free, UL-certified e-bike + 2 certified batteries. More info here: www.nyc.gov/html/dot/htm...

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NYC government is in talks to put electric charging towers on sidewalks for municipal vehicles, with a company that hired the mayor's ex-chief of staff's lobbying firm and no sign of competitive bids. @gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social got hold of a closed-door presentation from the sponsoring city agency.

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NYPD keeps parking their cars illegally on city sidewalks and in crosswalks. And it's gotten so bad that the Department of Justice is now involved. youtube.com/shorts/p7Fst...

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Leaving aside feckless Democrats refusing to take a win, the most irritating and concerning piece of the governor and mayor refusing to talk about congestion pricing's early benefits is the people who don't like congestion pricing remain vocal about how awful they think it is

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when I say the world needs more local reporters, it’s to cover stuff like this:

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The Adams administration decided to keep Park Row in Chinatown car free, pushing back on a vocal group of business leaders and politicians who have lobbied to reopen the road for the first time since it closed to most vehicles after 9/11 nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/24/a...

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Is there any other system out there that stops its own transit to check fare payment?

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No one in charge in Albany knows what to do about the next MTA capital plan, but Kathy Hochul kicked things off by growing its funding gap by $2 billion nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/22/b...

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Speaker Adams and her "progressive" Council are not implementing proven street safety policies in line with those pursued by her most recent predecessors. Roadway safety is simply not a priority, a Streetsblog analysis reveals. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/21/p...

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Jersey has spent $1.1 million so far on its lawsuit to try block congestion pricing — nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/17/b...

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Never forget that David Lynch once directed a PSA for the NYC Department of Sanitation youtu.be/FGl0XFOXrDM?...

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New York Focus reporters (and Dave) are seated for the State of the State

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Governor Hochul will propose intersection daylighting at NYC elementary schools as part of her State of the State today. The state already bans parking near all intersections, but the city has long exempted itself from that in favor of extra parking nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/14/g...

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ICYMI: Midtown is begging Mayor Adams for a busway + wider sidewalks on the Deuce nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/10/m...

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As @davecolon.bsky.social points out: The gap in the 2025-2029 capital program gap is basically the expected cost for Fast Forward Phase Two (remember Fast Forward? Remember Andy Byford?). Congestion pricing was to pay for Phase One, per these same lawmakers. -- nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/13/a...

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Esther Road in Waltham Forest was subject to bad flooding in 2021. Parking out, rain gardens in. Beautiful, urban cooling, mental health boosting, biodiverse, flood mitigating awesomeness. @labourstone.bsky.social @meristemdesign.bsky.social #healthystreets #healthystreets4hhlp

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“I see a difference, definitely,” said Tony, who has spent 18 years as a bus operator for the MTA. “There have been no delays the entire week, and when I look to my left and right down the avenues I can see all the way down – I’ve never seen it like that.” nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/10/m...

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New from NACTO: Here’s How Your City Can Embrace Biking - usa.streetsblog.org/2025/01/09/n...

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In case you were wondering why old trains have returned to the G line recently, via @simko-bednarski.bsky.social www.nydailynews.com/2025/01/08/m...

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While the Adams and Hochul run as far from congestion pricing as possible, Janno is out making the rounds in its defense, taking all the heat for the mayor & governor's failures while steadfastly promoting public transit, the environment and biking and walking. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/07/j...

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Let's take a glance at how Albany is handling congestion pricing nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/08/w...

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Congestion pricing is here and there's a lot more the city must do to curb blocked/phony license plates so they don't undermine the traffic reduction program nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/08/c...

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Imagine the unhinged response that would happen if the mayor said this about hopping turnstiles or boarding through the rear door

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Canal/Broadway on Day 3 of congestion pricing. This is frankly incredible.

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Now that congestion pricing is live, what can the city do to make the most of it for transit riders, pedestrians and cyclists? nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/07/q...

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As people say stuff like "Well gosh I think congestion pricing would be good if THE GOVERNMENT wasn't going to just waste the money" it's important to remember the MTA has a full list of very visible projects it will be doing with the revenues from it new.mta.info/document/144...

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As New York City hesitates to universally daylight intersections citywide, anti-car jurisdictions like Los Angeles County are forging ahead www.latimes.com/california/s...

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As an NJ judge mulls the future of congestion pricing, I want to shout out the subways and buses for allowing me to travel at high speed within and between three boroughs with short wait times throughout the day today

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Catastrophic wasted opportunity

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No one seems to know when "New York" was actually founded, but we're celebrating its quadricentennial this year anyway, reports @davecolon.bsky.social nygroove.nyc/happy-400th-...

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It's that gray area between out with the boys at night and up with the men in the morning

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As someone who needs a bus to get to the subway station by my house, these things are amazing. Instead of waiting 20 minutes for a bus sometimes, I just scoot scoot 🛴 and I'm home in under ten minutes. And since we're never getting citibike over here, this is the best I got!

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