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Covering the movement for better walking, biking, and transit in the five boroughs. Tweets by @GershKuntzman & @dahvnyc .

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Someone in the Bronx reeeeally doesn’t like illegal police parking.
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Bronx NY. At the NYPD 44th pct . The windows of 10 NYPD officer cars were busted up at Police Station house ( This was sent in)
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BREAKING: @nycmayor on @BrianLehrer : Open restaurants will be “permanent and year-round.” “I want to go for the gold and make this model part of the life of NYC for years to come,” he says.
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DRIVERS need to be more alert in their 3,000-pound safety cage.
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Queens City Council Member Vickie Paladino has decried unregistered vehicles, called for mandatory bicycle license plates, and sponsored legislation to combat fake temporary tags on cars — last week we saw an illegal temp tag in her driveway.
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Here's a bombshell exclusive: For all his ranting about NYC's summertime school zone speed camera program, "Wire" creator David Simon ( @aodespair ) has gotten 10 such automated tickets DURING SUMMER in his native Baltimore!
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4 years
A six-second video of why open streets are good for kids — they can have fun without worrying about being killed, ⁦ @NYCMayor
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11 months
Why is this cop trying to kill this moped rider on a Queens highway? And will anyone in the MSM cover this today? We basically got a "no comment" from @nypdnews today:
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BREAKING: The truck being used to promote a big-biz-backed effort to keep McGuinness Blvd. dangerous for all road users has out-of-state plates AND a record of 13 speeding tickets, 2 red light tickets and 47 parking tix since 2016. What a great neighbor!
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We sent a reporter to the @NYPD33Pct today and once again found complete disrespect for people who bike or simply want safe streets. What's sadder is that neither @NYCMayor nor @nypdpc Sewell will care. Can @bikenewyork or @TransAlt join the fight against rogue cops?
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This is one of the hundreds of thousands of crashes that does not get reported every year (on top of the 110,000 per year that do). This driver will end up continuing his recklessness until he injures someone.
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The way I would’ve been on the ground laid out…
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Here's your reminder that cars have turned NYC into a cesspool of misery, pain & death. From Jan. 1 to June 11, there were 41,397 reported crashes (202 per day), injuring 21,188 people (103/day), including 1,923 cyclists & 3,847 peds. But, sure, let's "keep McGuinness moving."
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4 years
BREAKING: @NYCMayor commits to 100 miles of open streets. Story to come!
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UPDATE: This whole Brooklyn Bridge bike path thing is HAPPENING, people. #BikeNYC
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To be clear, substandard batteries are a problem, but the vehicle shown in this official city video is not an e-bike.
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Yesterday, an e-bike battery started a five-alarm fire that destroyed a Bronx supermarket located on Grand Concourse and 181st Street. If you have an e-mobility device, check to see if your device is UL tested and certified. For more safety tips visit
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Here’s hoping this is a trend! (A friend spotted this on the Lower East Side.)
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Here’s a Van Moof bike ad that the French government doesn’t want you to see.
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On April 26, 2022, we posted a story about a City Councilmember with a record of driving so bad that [they] were subject to a DOT safe-driving course. The Council member said, "I absolutely pledge to do better." Since then, the lawmaker's car has 21 speeding & 1 red-light ticket:
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This vehicle, which we see every time we are on E. 2nd St., is entirely illegal and unplated. But no one cares.
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EXCLUSIVE: On Thursday, @NYCSanitation will announce two major steps to get garbage off the sidewalk, where it can bother car owners instead of NYC's long-suffering pedestrians. This is big, @cliffordlevy !
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Things under @NYCMayor 's direct influence that would make a bigger climate impact than suing Exxon: 1. Eliminate NYC parking requirements 2. Upzone areas with good transit access 3. Support congestion pricing 4. Carve out more street space for bus lanes and protected bike lanes
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As reporters cover @NYCMayor and @NYPDPC Sewell's end-of-year crime stat presser today, consider this map of every crash reported to NYPD this year. It's 102,615 crashes (or 281 crashes PER DAY), injuring 49,000 people (or 134 PER DAY). Is there a more pressing violence problem?
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It's BACK! People who report blocked bike or bus lanes would get 25% of the resulting ticket under Lincoln Restler's revived bill:
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BREAKING: We have it on great authority (a security guard!) that the new East River Esplanade will open on Dec. 19. And @kduggan16 took gorgeous shots to get you excited.
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Outrage in Long Island City as a cyclist is killed on Honeywell Street — which used to have a protected bike lane, but no longer does because drivers destroyed all the flex-posts ... and DOT never restored them:
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Streetsblog New York
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That's a disastrously myopic comment from a man who is old enough to remember when cars ruined New York City.
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He's spittin
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It takes 1 hour to drive from Montreal to Plattsburgh. But on the Amtrak, it takes 3hrs and 45 minutes — almost four times as long. This is a bi-lateral outrage.
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The majority of New Yorkers support congestion pricing actually.
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Robert Holden
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NYers are clear: they reject the congestion scam tax. Sad when taxpayers resort to legal action because those in office ignore their voices.   Hey @MTA , how about tackling the waste within your agency first? Then, you can make ‘critical improvements' you've neglected for years.
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The insane pushback from car owners over congestion pricing reveals the true selfishness baked into a system that normalizes and enables car ownership, says ⁦ @nicoleamurray ⁩ in this important op-ed.
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A friend writes, "Hey, how can someone be a court officer yet have a $90,000 Range Rover registered in Montana?" We don't know, either! Maybe @NYSCourtsNews has some idea?
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Sorry but there is nothing courageous about divesting from fossil fuels while your city maintains mandatory parking minimums, car-centric streets, and parking placards for hundreds of thousands of insiders.
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A friend of Streetsblog sent this video of a cop TEXTING while driving ... then cursing out the cyclist, "Fucknuts!" We've asked @NYPDnews for a comment.
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You need the long tall glass of water that is @georgehahn ! And @Streetfilms delivers:
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EXCLUSIVE: After @GershKuntzman 's "criminal mischief" campaign, @GovKathyHochul announces increased fines for people who cover their plates — plus a speed camera pilot program on @mta bridges. It's a win-win for street safety and cutting cop corruption:
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Don’t blame slow emergency response time on bike lanes. Blame traffic.
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In a major ruling, New York State's highest court finally ruled that it IS a crime to injure someone with a car, even if the driver didn't intend to do it. Ordinary negligence is a crime! (hat tip @BicyclesOnly and @NYbikelawyer )
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A Bklyn CB2 committee just voted 6-2 to reject a 1-block protected bike lane on Navy St that 4,000 cyclists use every day. Shame on you for caring more about 14 parking spaces. @bdhowald & @jess_thurston spoke eloquently, but board members were irrational. @cmenchaca should know.
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See, ⁦ @NYCMayor ⁩, when you reduce street sweeping to accommodate the entitled car-parker class, you end up with bike lanes covered in wet leaves, which is dangerous for cyclists and discourages their clean form of commuting. All so people can store cars for free.
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Future mayor biking to a presser. Nice.
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When it comes to bike lanes, wider is better! And thanks to @nyc_dot , wider lanes are coming to 10th Avenue in Manhattan.
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BREAKING: @NYCMayor is going to see a representation of all of this year's dead pedestrians when he gets to the gym today. Update to come.
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How is it possible that a driver arrested four times for driving without a license can still GET a license? How is it possible that people can keep driving despite eight speeding tickets and thousands of dollars in fines? Why does no one have an answer?
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SAFETY LAST! Our editor @GershKuntzman just took a harrowing ride on the Ashland Pl. protected bike lane — which abruptly ends in terror thanks to a decision by @nycmayor adviser Ingrid Lewis-Martin to keep the roadway unsafe at the behest of a major developer. SEE IT!
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Breaking: ⁦ @NYC_DOT ⁩ to announce major car-free street plan for Halloween. Full details on Monday.
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Why can’t we have nice things, @NYCMayor ?
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@BrooklynSpoke Paris mayor @Anne_Hidalgo barred cars from almost every street that has a school.
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The 13th cyclist of the year has been killed, this time on dangerous Franklin Avenue in Brooklyn. Adam Uster was a supporter of @transalt and other safe streets groups. His loss is the entire city's loss.
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BREAKING: @NYPDShea just said as a pedestrian, he’s more worried about e-bikes than cars—which is a weird thing for a cop to say, given that drivers have killed more than 190 people this year … and his officers have written hundreds of thousands of summonses to rein in drivers.
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Spotted! In the wild!
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BREAKING: NYC Department of Investigation confirms years of Streetsblog reporting by revealing placard corruption by NYPD cops and the agency's failure to crack down and its violation of city law:
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Now THIS is a protected bike lane. Thank you, ⁦ @NYC_DOT ⁩ for finally making this crucial @improvement to Grand Street in Brooklyn. #thisisstreetsblog
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“No one is using these roads. We should get rid of them and use the space for stuff the public actually wants.”
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That was us! Just holding drivers accountable, Councilman. You have FIVE camera-issued speeding tickets, three since May, 2018. No wonder you oppose speed cameras. But please, SLOW DOWN. You don't want to kill a potential voter, right? @HowsMyDrivingNY ny:GYP8490
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Caught someone taking video of my car just now in the city hall parking lot. Can’t wait to see how, why and what I’m tagged in. Sorry not sorry I drive a car.
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BREAKING: New bill by @CarlinaRivera and @NYCSpeakerCoJo would FORCE @NYCMayor to create 75 miles of open streets for socially responsible recreation!
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Repeat after us: BIKE LANES DO NOT CAUSE CONGESTION BIKE LANES DO NOT CAUSE CONGESTION BIKE LANES DO NOT CAUSE CONGESTION BIKE LANES DO NOT CAUSE CONGESTION
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MTA's Janno Lieber took aim at the @UFT 's suit against congestion pricing on Monday: "Students don't drive to work, they take the bus... When there are fewer cars and less congestion, they're less likely to be hit by a car."
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The teachers' union is suing to block congestion pricing, arguing that they shouldn't be forced to use transit. Yo, teach, no one is FORCED to use transit — but it's far cheaper for you and far better for everyone else (including your students):
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Obviously drivers are abusing the new “no left turn” diverter on ⁦ @NYC_DOT ⁩’s 39th Ave bike boulevard. So why not harden the diverter to actually prevent such turns? @nyc311
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We thought ⁦ @NYPDPC ⁩ had strictly forbidden these hate symbols on police officers’ personal vehicles.
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On Monday, @bobholdennyc called e-bikes "deadly weapons" and backed a ban. Today, he has hope and prayers for a city worker critically injured by a reckless car driver. Can we ban cars, too, Councilman? So far this year, drivers have injured 35,067 people and killed 153. Weapons!
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Relieved to hear Lilly is in stable condition. Sending love and positive thoughts to her and the entire Our Lady of Hope community.
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Also worth noting that @NYPDnews and @NYCSHERIFF are constantly telling us that they don't have enough tow trucks to tow away the thousands of reckless drivers with dozens of unpaid speeding tickets, yet we spotted FOUR NYPD tow trucks on hand for this operation today.
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Michael A. Cohen (NOT TRUMP’S FORMER FIXER)
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Here’s a police officer with an M-4 rifle on my block. When I asked why he would need an M-4 rifle at a funeral he told me “no comment.”
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Our story about the first cyclist killed this year now has video of the crash — evidence that @NYPDnews put out a false narrative. This is a reckless driver who murdered a cyclist with an illegal turn at high speed. Watch for yourself (H/T @DaveCoIon )
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Here's your periodic reminder that there are roughly 282 crashes every single day in NYC. So far through Oct. 18 this year, there have been 82,336 crashes injuring 39,061 people (orange dots) and killing 200 (red dots).
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The MTA's bus-mounted bus lane enforcement cameras are getting super-charged — and will also snap cars double parked or blocking bus stops starting in May, reports @DaveCoIon :
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Seriously outstanding news today from ⁦ @NYCMayor ⁩, @NYC_DOT ⁩ and ⁦⁦ @yating_liu ⁩ (pictured, aka “the LeBron James of Public Space) regarding more ped zones on Broadway with a two-way bike boulevard and new plaza blocks. ⁦ @FlatironNY ⁩ ⁩ ⁦ @KingJames
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Many people are using scenes like this to somehow blame outdoor dining for the destruction done by a reckless driver. But the omnipresent danger of cars is an argument for restricting where they can be used rather than a call to keep the car-shunning majority from public space.
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Deborah George Farley
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Outdoor dining at its best, just like France I am certain 🤣
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The discrimination against pedestrians and the disabled in a single one-minute video: The enforcement officer doesn't care ("I don't have a shovel...I can't get my feet wet"), and then waves traffic off the Bowery as she is crossing. Meanwhile, every single driver is speeding.
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“I don’t have a shovel” — @NYPDTrafficOps
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city DOTs: we've come up with a compromise that works for everyone the compromise:
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We’re not legal experts but Justice Gorsuch’s hostility to “bike shops” is egregious here. He is clearly clueless about how bike shops operate and how vital they are to working people. #RepealGorsuch .
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Two pedestrians were killed in separate incidents in Manhattan today — in both cases, they were mowed down in the crosswalk AND neither driver was charged, despite @NYCMayor and @NYPDPC Sewell’s promise to hold reckless drivers accountable:
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Why do millions of New Yorkers have to put up with this chaos — and slower buses and dangerous streets and unlivable communities — just so a few people in cars can drive whatever they want, wherever they want, whenever they want? This trade-off is discriminatory.
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In a related story, the 7 million New Yorkers without cars are filing a class-action suit against car owners who took all over our streets and is forcing them to breathe toxic air on exponentially more dangerous streets without so much as a single public hearing.
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NYC Access for All - a non for profit org took legal action and filed a ADA lawsuit against the DOT in Federal Court about the closure of Berry St in Williamsburg.
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Ladies and gentlemen, the Grand Street protected bike lane!
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5 years
@RuPaul Thank you, @rupaul for leading the world ... again.
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SEE IT: One day after ⁦ @NYC_DOT ⁩ called this a “protected bike lane,” the public called it a “parking lane.” Where is ⁦ @NYPD6Pct
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Why can’t we build this safety feature into cars?
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Jonathan Wegener
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This is really cool, electric scooters now automatically slow down along the crowded beach path in Santa Monica
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Please do not drive and use your phone at the same time.
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Joann Ariola NYC Council District 32
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Vendor free is the way to be! It’s great to see the mass of vendors finally removed from the Brooklyn Bridge - these bridges are made for travel, not to serve as platforms for open air flea markets, and I’m glad that enforcement is finally being done here!
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Here's today's forecast for PM2.5 particulates for the NYC region from the @NOAA . Do you wonder what is making our region worse than north and west? CARS! @NYCMayor , do something to limit car use today.
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