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Queens Judge Orders City to Nix Half-Installed Astoria Bike Lane - Streetsblog New York City
A Queens judge on Friday took the unprecedented step of ordering the city to rip up Astoria's partially installed 31st Street bike lane.
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BREAKING: A Queens judge on Friday took the unprecedented step of ordering the city to rip up the partially installed protected bike lane on 31st Street in Astoria, defying years of legal precedent that empowers the DOT to redesign city streets as it sees fit. buff.ly/02lWfWs
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There is simply no excuse for the MTA to not be ordering walk-through open gangway trains anymore, and the fact that they are so reticent is baffling.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
There is simply no excuse for the MTA to not be ordering walk-through open gangway trains anymore, and the fact that they are so reticent is baffling.
Always great to talk to @davecolon.bsky.social
Always great to talk to @davecolon.bsky.social
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We deserve streets that protect us — not rulings that put our lives at risk. Almost 200 people have been injured on 31st Street in five years. Slashing proven safety measures in the face of this danger is unacceptable.
BREAKING: A Queens judge on Friday took the unprecedented step of ordering the city to rip up the partially installed protected bike lane on 31st Street in Astoria, defying years of legal precedent that empowers the DOT to redesign city streets as it sees fit. buff.ly/02lWfWs
Queens Judge Orders City to Nix Half-Installed Astoria Bike Lane - Streetsblog New York City
A Queens judge on Friday took the unprecedented step of ordering the city to rip up Astoria's partially installed 31st Street bike lane.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We deserve streets that protect us — not rulings that put our lives at risk. Almost 200 people have been injured on 31st Street in five years. Slashing proven safety measures in the face of this danger is unacceptable.
It's no question that the federal government, with its $7 trillion budget can pay for a $8-billion capital project like Penn Station. The question is whether it wants to — and who else might end up footing the bill. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/09/h...
How Much Will New Yorkers Pay For Trump's Penn Station Redevelopment Scheme? - Streetsblog New York City
New Yorkers could wind up paying twice for the new Penn Station: once when Amtrak comes asking for money and then when a private developer makes their money back from the project.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
It's no question that the federal government, with its $7 trillion budget can pay for a $8-billion capital project like Penn Station. The question is whether it wants to — and who else might end up footing the bill. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/09/h...
The MTA's latest order for hundreds of new subway cars shows that the agency is still shying away from wholly embracing the open gangway cars that have been testing in live service for almost two years on the C and G trains.
MTA Still Won't Embrace Open Gangway Subway Cars - Streetsblog New York City
The see-through cars have been standard across the globe for a generation, but to the MTA, it's still untested technology.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The MTA's latest order for hundreds of new subway cars shows that the agency is still shying away from wholly embracing the open gangway cars that have been testing in live service for almost two years on the C and G trains.
"This is a circumstance where the judge is substituting her judgment for the DOT's, and she does so while citing case law that makes it clear [she's] not allowed to do that."
Here's Everything Wrong With the Judge's Order to Rip Up the 31st Street Protected Bike Lane - Streetsblog New York City
A Queens judge overstepped her jurisdiction when she ordered the city to rip up a protected bike lane in Astoria, experts said.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"This is a circumstance where the judge is substituting her judgment for the DOT's, and she does so while citing case law that makes it clear [she's] not allowed to do that."
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Rally to defend the 31 Street Bike lanes.
Location: Athens Square, Astoria
Meetup: 6:30pm
Rally: 7pm
Rideout: 7:30pm
www.reddit.com/r/NYCbike/s/...
#bikenyc @transalt.org
Location: Athens Square, Astoria
Meetup: 6:30pm
Rally: 7pm
Rideout: 7:30pm
www.reddit.com/r/NYCbike/s/...
#bikenyc @transalt.org
December 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Rally to defend the 31 Street Bike lanes.
Location: Athens Square, Astoria
Meetup: 6:30pm
Rally: 7pm
Rideout: 7:30pm
www.reddit.com/r/NYCbike/s/...
#bikenyc @transalt.org
Location: Athens Square, Astoria
Meetup: 6:30pm
Rally: 7pm
Rideout: 7:30pm
www.reddit.com/r/NYCbike/s/...
#bikenyc @transalt.org
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The thing about the average New Yorker’s objection to open gangway cars - that they’ll make the subway less safe because “bad people” can move between the cars - is that people already go between the cars all the time anyway. I’m tired of being held hostage in the city by people who are afraid of it
@davecolon.bsky.social:
“MTA Still Won’t Embrace Open Gangway Subway Cars:
The see-through cars have been standard across the globe for a generation, but to the MTA, it's still untested technology.” — nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/09/m...
“MTA Still Won’t Embrace Open Gangway Subway Cars:
The see-through cars have been standard across the globe for a generation, but to the MTA, it's still untested technology.” — nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/09/m...
MTA Still Won't Embrace Open Gangway Subway Cars - Streetsblog New York City
The see-through cars have been standard across the globe for a generation, but to the MTA, it's still untested technology.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The thing about the average New Yorker’s objection to open gangway cars - that they’ll make the subway less safe because “bad people” can move between the cars - is that people already go between the cars all the time anyway. I’m tired of being held hostage in the city by people who are afraid of it
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The car was parked in front of a fire hydrant just 600 feet from the 90th Precinct stationhouse. Had the NYPD enforced basic parking rules near its own command post, it might not have taken a week to find the dead man inside. buff.ly/UzQM0P4
NYPD Finds Mysterious Corpse in Car With Illegal Tints Parked at a Hydrant Near Stationhouse - Streetsblog New York City
Williamsburg cops on Sunday discovered the corpse of a 61-year-old man in a car that had been parked at a fire hydrant for a week roughly 600 feet from the front door of the 90th Precinct — a…
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December 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The car was parked in front of a fire hydrant just 600 feet from the 90th Precinct stationhouse. Had the NYPD enforced basic parking rules near its own command post, it might not have taken a week to find the dead man inside. buff.ly/UzQM0P4
The first six months of congestion pricing reduced air pollution in the toll zone, the five boroughs and surrounding suburbs by 22 percent. buff.ly/SyWoccJ
Tuesday's Headlines: Clearing the Air Edition - Streetsblog New York City
We've been clear that congestion pricing is working. Turns out, congestion pricing was, too! Plus other news.
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December 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The first six months of congestion pricing reduced air pollution in the toll zone, the five boroughs and surrounding suburbs by 22 percent. buff.ly/SyWoccJ
The car was parked in front of a fire hydrant just 600 feet from the 90th Precinct stationhouse. Had the NYPD enforced basic parking rules near its own command post, it might not have taken a week to find the dead man inside. buff.ly/UzQM0P4
NYPD Finds Mysterious Corpse in Car With Illegal Tints Parked at a Hydrant Near Stationhouse - Streetsblog New York City
Williamsburg cops on Sunday discovered the corpse of a 61-year-old man in a car that had been parked at a fire hydrant for a week roughly 600 feet from the front door of the 90th Precinct — a…
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December 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The car was parked in front of a fire hydrant just 600 feet from the 90th Precinct stationhouse. Had the NYPD enforced basic parking rules near its own command post, it might not have taken a week to find the dead man inside. buff.ly/UzQM0P4
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December 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Consider donating to Streetsblog as a part of your end-of-year giving. buff.ly/UVqeR7y
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TOMORROW: Join NYC Bike and Brew, TA, and our coalition partners for a Protest Ride demanding that the City stand its ground and appeal the judge's reckless ruling on 31st Street.
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Appeal for Safety: Emergency Rally and Ride for 31st Street · Transportation Alternatives
On Friday, December 5, a Queens judge made an unprecedented ruling ordering the Adams administration to rip out a street safety project on 31st Street in Astora. This decision defies years of legal pr...
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December 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
TOMORROW: Join NYC Bike and Brew, TA, and our coalition partners for a Protest Ride demanding that the City stand its ground and appeal the judge's reckless ruling on 31st Street.
RSVP now:
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Cars don't fit in FiDi, and they're not needed:
"Almost all subway lines and the PATH trains from New Jersey converge on the neighborhood, and 78 percent of households in the City Council district don’t own a car, while 85 percent get to work on foot or on transit"
"Almost all subway lines and the PATH trains from New Jersey converge on the neighborhood, and 78 percent of households in the City Council district don’t own a car, while 85 percent get to work on foot or on transit"
Planners have floated projects to curb motor vehicles from the Financial District's narrow roads for at least half a century, but a lack of city leadership and pushback from big businesses have stymied the dream for an area that continues to favor a minority of drivers.
'No Better Place': Mamdani Must Pedestrianize Financial District - Streetsblog New York City
Residents of Lower Manhattan have been demanding pedestrianized streets for decades, but the city and Big Business keep thwarting them. Sounds like a job for Mayor Mamdani.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Cars don't fit in FiDi, and they're not needed:
"Almost all subway lines and the PATH trains from New Jersey converge on the neighborhood, and 78 percent of households in the City Council district don’t own a car, while 85 percent get to work on foot or on transit"
"Almost all subway lines and the PATH trains from New Jersey converge on the neighborhood, and 78 percent of households in the City Council district don’t own a car, while 85 percent get to work on foot or on transit"
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who could have anticipated this
December 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
who could have anticipated this
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We’ve read the decision.
According to the ruling, fire officials complained the 🚲 lane would make it tough to position a ladder truck
But look at the street! With curb parking & subway structure overhead *you can’t get a ladder in there now* The new bike lane would allow that to work [more👇]
According to the ruling, fire officials complained the 🚲 lane would make it tough to position a ladder truck
But look at the street! With curb parking & subway structure overhead *you can’t get a ladder in there now* The new bike lane would allow that to work [more👇]
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
We’ve read the decision.
According to the ruling, fire officials complained the 🚲 lane would make it tough to position a ladder truck
But look at the street! With curb parking & subway structure overhead *you can’t get a ladder in there now* The new bike lane would allow that to work [more👇]
According to the ruling, fire officials complained the 🚲 lane would make it tough to position a ladder truck
But look at the street! With curb parking & subway structure overhead *you can’t get a ladder in there now* The new bike lane would allow that to work [more👇]
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I live in what is demographically a white Brooklyn neighborhood. The precinct is two blocks away, and there is a street where white parents ride with their children (laudatory) on the sidewalk (ehhhh), and that stretch appears blank in the summons enforcement map. Whoda thunk.
The NYPD seems to be enforcing the law against riding on the sidewalk almost by whim — and that's leading to serious disparities in who's getting ticketed.
Who Rides on the Sidewalk? To NYPD, Just Blacks and Hispanics - Streetsblog New York City
The NYPD has ramped up its enforcement against cyclists for squeezing pedestrians, but in a very suspect manner.
buff.ly
December 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I live in what is demographically a white Brooklyn neighborhood. The precinct is two blocks away, and there is a street where white parents ride with their children (laudatory) on the sidewalk (ehhhh), and that stretch appears blank in the summons enforcement map. Whoda thunk.
The NYPD seems to be enforcing the law against riding on the sidewalk almost by whim — and that's leading to serious disparities in who's getting ticketed.
Who Rides on the Sidewalk? To NYPD, Just Blacks and Hispanics - Streetsblog New York City
The NYPD has ramped up its enforcement against cyclists for squeezing pedestrians, but in a very suspect manner.
buff.ly
December 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The NYPD seems to be enforcing the law against riding on the sidewalk almost by whim — and that's leading to serious disparities in who's getting ticketed.
Planners have floated projects to curb motor vehicles from the Financial District's narrow roads for at least half a century, but a lack of city leadership and pushback from big businesses have stymied the dream for an area that continues to favor a minority of drivers.
'No Better Place': Mamdani Must Pedestrianize Financial District - Streetsblog New York City
Residents of Lower Manhattan have been demanding pedestrianized streets for decades, but the city and Big Business keep thwarting them. Sounds like a job for Mayor Mamdani.
buff.ly
December 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Planners have floated projects to curb motor vehicles from the Financial District's narrow roads for at least half a century, but a lack of city leadership and pushback from big businesses have stymied the dream for an area that continues to favor a minority of drivers.
The New York Post ran several stories last week using anecdotal complaints and flimsy, contradictory data to blast the congestion toll, which will hit its one-year anniversary next month. buff.ly/p8lfUM0
Monday's Headlines: Congestion Pricing Edition - Streetsblog New York City
The New York Post has laid the bait for Gov. Hochul on congestion pricing, but will she take it? Plus more news.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The New York Post ran several stories last week using anecdotal complaints and flimsy, contradictory data to blast the congestion toll, which will hit its one-year anniversary next month. buff.ly/p8lfUM0
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The 10th Annual Santa Ride in Jackson Heights, Queens. Six of them on the #openstreet!)
Watch it. It's short. And it's mega fun. What you can do when you have a nearly 3 mile loop closed to cars everyday. @34ave.bsky.social @openplans.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
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Watch it. It's short. And it's mega fun. What you can do when you have a nearly 3 mile loop closed to cars everyday. @34ave.bsky.social @openplans.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A4w...
10th Annual Santa Ride on Queens' 34th Avenue Open Street
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December 7, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The 10th Annual Santa Ride in Jackson Heights, Queens. Six of them on the #openstreet!)
Watch it. It's short. And it's mega fun. What you can do when you have a nearly 3 mile loop closed to cars everyday. @34ave.bsky.social @openplans.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A4w...
Watch it. It's short. And it's mega fun. What you can do when you have a nearly 3 mile loop closed to cars everyday. @34ave.bsky.social @openplans.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A4w...
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This year, your donation to Streetsblog comes with the ultimate perk: A completely official-looking (but completely fake) Streetsblog parking placard! #GivingTuesday
Giving Tuesday: Donate and Get Your 'Official' Streetsblog Parking Placard Here! - Streetsblog New York City
This year, your donation comes with the ultimate city perk: a completely official-looking, yet completely fake, Streetsblog parking placard! Donate today!
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December 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This year, your donation to Streetsblog comes with the ultimate perk: A completely official-looking (but completely fake) Streetsblog parking placard! #GivingTuesday
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Giving Tuesday?! I call this RECEIVING Tuesday for @nyc.streetsblog.org fans: nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/02/g...
Giving Tuesday: Donate and Get Your 'Official' Streetsblog Parking Placard Here! - Streetsblog New York City
This year, your donation comes with the ultimate city perk: a completely official-looking, yet completely fake, Streetsblog parking placard! Donate today!
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December 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Giving Tuesday?! I call this RECEIVING Tuesday for @nyc.streetsblog.org fans: nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/02/g...
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BREAKING: A Queens judge on Friday took the unprecedented step of ordering the city to rip up the partially installed protected bike lane on 31st Street in Astoria, defying years of legal precedent that empowers the DOT to redesign city streets as it sees fit. buff.ly/02lWfWs
Queens Judge Orders City to Nix Half-Installed Astoria Bike Lane - Streetsblog New York City
A Queens judge on Friday took the unprecedented step of ordering the city to rip up Astoria's partially installed 31st Street bike lane.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
BREAKING: A Queens judge on Friday took the unprecedented step of ordering the city to rip up the partially installed protected bike lane on 31st Street in Astoria, defying years of legal precedent that empowers the DOT to redesign city streets as it sees fit. buff.ly/02lWfWs
BREAKING: A Queens judge on Friday took the unprecedented step of ordering the city to rip up the partially installed protected bike lane on 31st Street in Astoria, defying years of legal precedent that empowers the DOT to redesign city streets as it sees fit. buff.ly/02lWfWs
Queens Judge Orders City to Nix Half-Installed Astoria Bike Lane - Streetsblog New York City
A Queens judge on Friday took the unprecedented step of ordering the city to rip up Astoria's partially installed 31st Street bike lane.
nyc.streetsblog.org
December 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
BREAKING: A Queens judge on Friday took the unprecedented step of ordering the city to rip up the partially installed protected bike lane on 31st Street in Astoria, defying years of legal precedent that empowers the DOT to redesign city streets as it sees fit. buff.ly/02lWfWs
A top Albany government watchdog is pushing Gov. Hochul to veto a bill that would let motorists park illegally in Co-op City bus lanes, even though automated parking enforcement has been proven to speed up bus service.
Watchdog Group Wants Hochul to Veto Bus Lane Parking Mulligan - Streetsblog New York City
Reinvent Albany thinks a carve-out for bus lane parkers in Co-op gives rule-breaking motorists a free pass.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A top Albany government watchdog is pushing Gov. Hochul to veto a bill that would let motorists park illegally in Co-op City bus lanes, even though automated parking enforcement has been proven to speed up bus service.