Ya-Ting Liu @yating_liu Twitter profile

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Ya-Ting Liu

@yating_liu

7 months

We partnered with Mastercard to look at how pedestrianizing 11 blocks of 5th Avenue last holiday season impacted the local economy. Guess what? It drove an estimated $3M in additional spending with merchants seeing a 6.6% increase in sales.

Midtown Holiday Open Street Gave $3 Mil Boost To Local Biz: Mayor

Adams announced a public-private "Future of Fifth" partnership on Tuesday to consider year-round changes to the busy boulevard.

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5 years

YES PLEASE >>>>“In Paris, freight trucks enter the city at night and deliver packages to smaller warehouses near homes. In the morning, bikes and electric vans haul them to people’s doorsteps.”

1.5 Million Packages a Day: The Internet Brings Chaos to N.Y. Streets (Published 2019)

The push for convenience is having a stark impact on gridlock, roadway safety and pollution in New York City and urban areas around the world.

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@yating_liu

4 years

Disappearance of car traffic has also laid bare the gross inequality of mobility in cities. Somehow cars are the only ones who can move with abandon while everyone else is asked to sacrifice safety, convenience, time. Returning to this will be an epic policy failure of cities.

Beyond the Automobile

@MattPinder1

4 years

This famous picture has never been more relevant. The disappearance of car traffic from many streets has laid bare the gross amount of public space we have dedicated to the car.

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4 years

A lovely reminder that with vision and intention, NYC can transform the built environment into something wonderful.

How the World’s Largest Garbage Dump Evolved Into a Green Oasis (Published 2020)

The radical fix for a noxious landfill in Staten Island: Bury the trash, plant some grass and do nothing for 20 years.

www.nytimes.com

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3 years

Good morning to everyone except this guy.

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3 years

It’s never too early to teach kids about the benefits of congestion pricing...

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talking to other parents at school drop off about why nyc needs congestion pricing

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@yating_liu

3 years

Climate change is here. We are still arguing about parking…

Douglas Stuart

@Doug_D_Stuart

3 years

How’s your summer going? ⛈

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citibike, 4/5, L, rockaway ferry

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2 years

🚨mad max fluffy road (aka corgi in a backpack) has met his competition

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4 years

“I don’t want to say no one should drive those vehicles.” Why not? Isn’t this exactly what we should be saying as a city?

Men driving trucks and SUVs are a big safety hazard in NYC. A new ad campaign aims to shame them

Macho men in pickup trucks are an American type — and they’re also responsible for more than their share of deadly crashes on New York streets, say city officials who are targeting them…

www.nydailynews.com

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4 years

*Why your commute is going to make climate change worse* There, I fixed your headline.

Why climate change is about to make your bad commute worse

Extreme weather already is stressing America’s aging infrastructure.

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@yating_liu

5 years

A city designed by women would have: ✅ more public toilets ✅ more public transit ✅ more places to sit ✅ more spaces for children to play ✅ less cars In other words, a MUCH BETTER PLACE.

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3 years

“Anyone who pretends that eliminating tailpipe emissions means we can ignore all the other negative externalities that come with more auto-mobility is selling you snake oil.”

Guest Column: Electric Cars Won't Save Us - Streetsblog Massachusetts

To meet its climate goals, Massachusetts will need to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles from the state’s roadways within the next 25 years. But the Commonwealth’s new decarbonization roadmap aims...

mass.streetsblog.org

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@yating_liu

3 years

An EV monster truck is still a monster truck. These have no business on city streets.

GMC

@GMC

3 years

What’s better than a second all-electric supertruck? Nothing. Introducing the #GMCHummerEV SUV. Reserve yours now.

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5 years

To all the folks who worked tirelessly to make congestion pricing happen in NYC >>> WE. DID. IT.

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3 years

West coast fires wreaking havoc on NYC metro region’s air quality. Our incrementalist response to the climate emergency is killing us all. #ClimateCrisis

Storm Team 4 NY

@StormTeam4NY

3 years

This is the worst NYC air quality in 14 years

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public transit

Elon Musk

@elonmusk

3 years

Am donating $100M towards a prize for best carbon capture technology

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@TWULocal100 public transit is the lifeblood of nyc and transit workers her heart 💜

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3 years

Every BID in NYC should be doing something like this.

The Union Square Plan: Get Rid of Cars, Create More Space for People - Streetsblog New York City

Isn't the city awesome without cars?

nyc.streetsblog.org

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@yating_liu

3 years

every school should have this

JimRockaway

@JimRockaway

3 years

This is outside PS 149 at 3pm. Yes #OpenStreets have cut down on noise & air pollution. Yes they have fostered friendships & strengthened community but the most important thing is they have made our streets MUCH SAFER. That’s priceless. Now more please across the city. #NYC25x25

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2 years

I’m proud to join @NYCMayorsOffice as Chief Strategy Officer on DM for Operations Meera Joshi’s team. From 5 borough containerization pilot to historic commitment of nearly $1B for safer streets, we are just getting started! #GSD #CarFreeNYC #EarthWeek2022

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3 years

“Every three days on average, a car kills another pedestrian.” Replace “car” with any other object that kills a person every 3 days and ask yourself if we would tolerate it?

De Blasio Vowed to Make City Streets Safer. They’ve Turned More Deadly. (Published 2021)

Traffic deaths have surged this year to their highest level in nearly a decade. Officials blame an excess of reckless driving, but critics say the city has failed to make streets safer.

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@yating_liu

3 years

Smart move to ask bus riders stuck in traffic if they support congestion pricing.

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@yating_liu

5 years

Until drivers who speed, park on sidewalks, use fake placards, fail to yield to pedestrians, and park in bus lanes ALSO receive a NYPD crackdown that comes with $500 ticket + confiscation of their vehicles, targeting e-bike delivery workers is unjust policy that Mayor can stop.

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Thank you, Mayor, for the opportunity to advance your vision for beautiful, vibrant, and inclusive public spaces throughout the city. It’s an honor to serve alongside so many talented and passionate public servants across city govnt who care deeply about this work. 1/2

Mayor Eric Adams

@NYCMayor

1 year

Our city’s public spaces are too important to fall through the cracks of bureaucracy, and now they won’t. As someone who knows how to think big and #GetStuffDone for New Yorkers, Ya-Ting Liu is the right person to serve as the city’s first-ever chief public realm officer.

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3 years

thank you M57 bus driver who saw us running down the block and waited for us to board🙏

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4 years

Your daily reminder that every single occupancy vehicle choking up city streets and slowing down buses is a policy failure.

Why New York Buses Are on the Rise in a Subway City (Published 2020)

During the coronavirus pandemic, daily ridership on buses has surpassed the subway for the first time in over half a century.

www.nytimes.com

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3 years

How it started. How it ended.

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“Hidalgo has remained adamant that the lifting of lockdown restrictions and the return to workplaces must not signal a return to a streetscape dominated by cars.”

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@yating_liu

5 years

Nah, let’s ban both.

The New York Times

@nytimes

5 years

In Opinion “Cars kill about as many people as guns, and we don’t ban them! No, but automobiles are actually a model for the public health approach I’m suggesting,” writes @NickKristof .

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5 years

@NY1weather Weather on the 1s getting spicy. I’m here for this.

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2 years

The only quote you need to take away from this courtesy ⁦ @galeabrewer ⁩:“Who the hell needs an apple in 15 minutes?”

15-Minute Grocery Delivery Has Come to N.Y.C. Not Everyone Is Happy. (Published 2021)

A half-dozen grocery services offer speed and convenience, but critics worry about their effect on neighborhood stores and crowded city streets.

www.nytimes.com

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@yating_liu

3 years

MTA: Please give us 60 miles of busway Mayor BDB in June: Nah, I’ll do 20 miles instead. Mayor BDB in Dec: Actually here’s 0.8 miles.

New York Daily News

@NYDailyNews

3 years

Mayor de Blasio’s plan to quickly install 20 miles of “busways” across the city to help move essential workers during the pandemic has gone up in smoke. The city DOT has built just 0.8 miles of new busways. The mayor vowed the street redesigns.

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2 years

Cars don’t shop and dine. People do. “restaurants and bars on the most successful Open Streets reported stronger sales than those on similar commercial streets with car traffic — and in some cases, did better than they did before the pandemic”

On Car-Free Streets, Many New York Restaurants Thrived (Published 2022)

By promoting outdoor dining, the city’s Open Streets program has helped some eating and drinking establishments survive the pandemic, a new report finds.

www.nytimes.com

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@yating_liu

4 years

This was always solvable policy issue that did not require police harassment and confiscation of e-bikes used by immigrant workers. It took a pandemic, but here we are.

Julianne Cuba

@Julcuba

4 years

BREAKING: @NYCMayor suspends e-bike crackdown during Coronavirus crisis, as he asks delivery workers to be on the front lines keeping everyone fed.

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4 years

. @NYCTSubway this hero conductor on the uptown 1 train was dropping announcements via 🔥🔥🔥 rhymes. Had the entire car smiling!I didn’t catch his name but we were all cheering him on. cc: @TWULocal100

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5 years

Just noticed these barriers are up at Fulton Station to prevent people from sitting down. Unwelcoming public spaces are the worst.

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4 years

"Reducing car dependency is fundamental to creating safer streets, and that begins with reducing city-subsidized free or reduced-price car storage, a.k.a., on-street parking."

Bye bye parking, hello progress: Necessity for outside restaurant space opens up other uses for...

New Yorkers are known for their epic battles over the loss of parking spots — including those lost to make way for Citi Bike docks and bike lanes, to speed up buses on 14th St., and to make o…

www.nydailynews.com

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4 years

The story is about a Manhattan woman in her 30s who recently traveled to Iran but look at all these asians in chinatown. Why media, why?

Coronavirus in N.Y.: Manhattan Woman Is First Confirmed Case in State (Published 2020)

A woman in her 30s who had traveled in Iran contracted the virus and is now isolated at home.

www.nytimes.com

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4 years

First subway ride since March lockdown. I’m thinking about all the incredible people at @NYCTSubway @NYCTBus @MTA @TWULocal100 who kept this city moving through its darkest days. Thank you.

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5 years

It truly is glorious. We need busways in every borough.

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3 years

Each new detail from the weekend’s horrific crash reveals that we have zero tolerance for crime and violence except when it’s being perpetrated behind a steering wheel. If you refuse to normalize this, rally with @TransAlt 👇

Transportation Alternatives

@TransAlt

3 years

CITYWIDE CALL TO ACTION: RECLAIM #deBlasiosStreets FROM CARS. TOMORROW: 5:30PM. UNION SQUARE NORTH. Join in community after weekend of carnage and preventable death of 3-month-old. No more statements. We demand IMMEDIATE ACTION NOW to restore the promise of #VisionZero .

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@yating_liu

4 years

can’t think of a better ad campaign for congestion pricing

Alyssa Paolicelli

@APaolicelli17

4 years

About 50 to 100 cars so far stopping traffic on 5th Avenue. Many with flags, chanting and beeping in support of the president. Some are without masks. Organizers said more are on the way from Ronkonkoma, Long Island @NY1

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We are doomed. “in April, U.S. sales of pickups surpassed automobiles for the first time ever—about 112 years, give or take. Trucks and truck-based sport-utilities now account for roughly 70% of new vehicles sold in the U.S.”

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3 years

Vehicles don’t shop, people do. 👇

Jon Burke 🌍

@jonburkeUK

3 years

Lancaster, California, spent $11.5m creating a pedestrian-friendly downtown. In just four years, it attracted $130m private investment, doubled its downtown tax revenue, created 48 new businesses and 800 new jobs, and road injuries decreased by two-thirds. Cities are for people.

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America’s transportation policies to date.

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5 years

“If you take a private vehicle into the zone south of 60th St., you pay. Period.” Someone put this on a T-shirt, tote bag, sticker and coffee mug and take all my money.

Congestion exemption? No breaks for anyone

Subway fares went up Sunday. They had to, to keep the system running. But by the next scheduled hike, two years from now, congestion pricing will in be place — so drivers bringing vehicles in…

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@yating_liu

3 years

We still out here. #takethetrain #nyforever

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NYC: We are a magical exceptional unicorn and we're doing everything we can. London:

50 miles of London bus lanes to be banned to cars 24/7

Fifty miles of bus lanes on London’s main roads are to be enforced on a 24/7 basis to discourage a car-led recovery from coronavirus.

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3 years

congestion pricing can’t happen soon enough

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Dear Marcia Kramer, 58% more NYC pedestrians killed this year and none of them were the result of e-bikes. #bikenyc #VisionZero

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2 years

cool beans

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8 yr old at subway turnstile for first time since March: Will I get it on the first try? 8yr old passes turnstile: Yup, still got it.

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tale of two cities

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5 years

Every driver should pay at least the cost of a subway/bus fare. There should be no blanket exemptions.

Regional Plan

@RegionalPlan

5 years

#CongestionPricing exemptions are a slippery slope: the more you carve out, the less money we have to fix the subways and buses. Crucial projects are at stake. Learn more here: #FixOurTransit @FixOurTransit

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Shout out to New Jersey, who doesn’t get the same hype as her neighbor, but has emerged as the country’s standard bearer for progressive policies: -millionaires tax -raising gas tax -legalizing marijuana -automatic voter registration

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nyc bike + livable streets twitter IRL

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3 years

Can he also visit the congestion in Manhattan’s central business district below 60th street? 🙄

Sam Mintz

@samjmintz

3 years

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is traveling to New York City to visit the Hudson rail tunnels Monday, DOT says

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3 years

you can do it @NYCPlanning

Michael Divita

@MichaelPDivita

3 years

BREAKING: Tonight, the South Bend Common Council has passed an ordinance eliminating all minimum off-street parking requirements citywide, making it the largest city in the Midwest to do so.

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4 years

waiting for NYC to tackle its carmageddon crisis

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5 years

🤯 “Late last year, the government removed some 700 parking spaces from the city centre, replacing them with benches, bicycle docks and more pavement.”

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4 years

@DanRather @jessiesingernyc Welcome to the resistance. Please do a guest appearance on @TheWarOnCars 🙏

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@yating_liu

3 years

How can we ever get to #NYC25x25 if this is the way we build out bike lanes and networks? Community boards have no business determining the fate of critical life saving infrastructure.

Streetsblog New York

@StreetsblogNYC

3 years

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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4 years

for every "fleeing NYC story" there should be 5 more of these

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@yating_liu

3 years

We need to get moving on congestion pricing, which was approved more than 2 yrs ago! 😑

The Hill

@thehill

3 years

Study: New York outpaces LA for worst traffic in nation

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4 years

FACTS #BetterWay4Buses

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5 years

Every inch of street space that prioritizes fossil fuel vehicles is failed climate policy. Happy Earth Day!

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2 years

back at it #taketransit

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@yating_liu

10 months

Another transformational project by @NYC_DOT that will improve mobility and safety for all.

Gothamist

@Gothamist

10 months

Already heavily used by delivery cyclists, the busy thoroughfare will be getting a new parking protected bike lane — significantly wider than the typical protected six-foot-wide bike lane in Manhattan. Read more about the redesign:

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4 years

We need this from all the candidates for all the offices.

Mike Bloomberg

@MikeBloomberg

4 years

I rode BART today to Oakland, CA. I’m a big believer in public transport & its ability to reduce our carbon footprint. That’s why I’m making investing in public transportation a centerpiece of my strategy for cutting U.S. carbon pollution by 50% by 2030.

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can’t stop won’t stop - thank you @MTA @NYCTSubway @TWULocal100 for keeping us moving every day

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4 years

Now do this for SUVs.

Gloria Pazmino

@GloriaPazmino

4 years

After fatal accidents, @NYCMayor says @_GoRevel is suspending services in NYC: "This is an unacceptable state of affairs. We spoke to the company. We will work with revel, we will not allow them to reopen unless they can do it safely."

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“The kids have nowhere to go," Domeus said. "When they close the streets and they bring all these activities on the block, the kids can come out.”

Street blocks across New York City close for traffic, open for kids this summer

Open Street blocks are back for the summer season, providing a safe space for families.

www.cbsnews.com

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4 years

We’ve been taking transit all week for school. Subways + buses have never been cleaner and mask compliance has generally been great. Thank you @MTA @NYCTSubway @NYCTBus @TWULocal100 for keeping this city moving. #SaveTransit

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@yating_liu

3 years

✅ you help reduce air pollution ✅ you help reduce noise pollution ✅ you help reduce traffic and congestion ✅ you help NYC’s recovery

MTA

@MTA

3 years

When you take public transit, you help the planet. 🌎 #TakeTheTrain #TakeTheBus

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2 years

normalize mayors taking public transit as mode of first resort

Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭

@MayorWu

2 years

Took the Orange Line to my first day on the new job!

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NYC show up show out #StopAsianHate

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“the pedestrian plazas created throughout the city have stood the test of time, proving immensely popular to residents, commuters and tourists alike”

Walking the walk: The Adams administration is right to expand pedestrian plazas in Midtown

Broadway is the most storied street in the world, and not just because of the theaters around Times Square. So it’s no small thing that Mayor Adams now moves to remake a patch of the Great Wh…

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4 years

Every time the Mayor mentions alternate side parking please consider making a donation to @TransAlt @RidersAlliance @nylcv @Tri_State @StreetsPAC @RegionalPlan — no $ amount too small when it comes to fighting for a bolder vision of NYC streets & mobility beyond cars.

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you can do it @NYCPlanning

Louis Mirante (on threads @louismirante)

@louismirante

3 years

Truly jaw dropping. The City of Berkeley votes 9-0 to eliminate parking minimums and enact parking maximums. The former NIMBY capital of the West Coast is officially YIMBY. Just stunning.

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I don’t know how many other cities are doing this but @NYCMayor is opening up all 435 school food sites to both children and adults who are hungry. I’m in awe of the folks who make this logistically possible.

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3 years

My kiddo still loves these social distancing markers. #TakeTheTrain

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3 years

in honor of #NYC25x25 and #zizmorecore , i present a 2007 nyc congestion pricing tee

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2 years

A big debt of gratitude to the advocates, city staff, and elected officials who worked tirelessly on this! As traffic deaths in the US continue to spike, we know what works: automated enforcement and street redesign. Tonight, NYC is leading on both.

Albany reaches deal to keep NYC speed cameras running 24/7

State lawmakers have finalized a deal that would extend and expand New York City’s speed camera program for three years.

nypost.com

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2 years

Just heard subway announcements in Mandarin for the first time ever. Love to hear it! @MTA @NYCTSubway

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4 years

Remember when airlines got $50B bailout package and spent $45B of it buying back their own stocks? How is saving US public transit even up for debate?

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5 years

“It’s not just our fossil fuel dependence that needs to be addressed, it’s our car dependence.”

Curbed

@Curbed

5 years

Elizabeth Warren is the first candidate tonight to spell it out—cars are one of the country's biggest sources of carbon pollution. #ClimateTownHall

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@yating_liu

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Eureka! As cities face an onslaught of traffic crashes, congestion, air pollution, and extreme heat, apparently they need be designed MORE around cars, not less. Why didn’t anyone think of this? 🙃

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@yating_liu

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Happy #EarthDay from NYC where 8-9 hour community board debate on *two* bike lanes is the way we take #ClimateAction .

Julianne Cuba

@Julcuba

3 years

I have spent eight hours of my life listening to people argue about putting paint on the ground on two crosstown streets to make already temporary bike lanes permanent 🤡🤡

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Ya-Ting Liu

@yating_liu

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My son’s drawing of the subway includes a countdown clock showing 16 minutes till the next train. 😭😭😭 #wethecommuters #fixthesubway

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Ya-Ting Liu

@yating_liu

3 years

In just over a year, Jersey City Mayor Fulop and his team built 25% of the city’s goal for their entire protected bike lane network. 🤯 What has Jersey City figured out that NYC hasn’t?

Streetfilms (Now 1,100+ films!)

@Streetfilms

3 years

See an excerpt from our @JerseyCity film revisiting how quickly they are installing their bike network. And also the 1st protected bike intersections in NJ! @StreetPlans @bikejc @StevenFulop @Tri_State See much more in the entire @Streetfilms CLICK here:

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Ya-Ting Liu

@yating_liu

5 years

This is the energy I’m taking into 2019.

Meredith Franzese

@merefranz

5 years

Is this man going to try and take a fridge on the subway... yes, yes he is.

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Ya-Ting Liu

@yating_liu

3 years

Imagine a car free Broadway all the way down to Bowling Green…

Mike Lydon

@MikeLydon

3 years

That’s a wrap! Go check out Nomad Piazza (Broadway, between 25th and 27th, a one month ‘seasonal street’ testing the transition of two more Broadway blocks from 🚘 to 🚶🏿‍♀️. 📸 by @FlatironNY / design by @StreetPlans 🙌🏻

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@yating_liu

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You love to see it. BIDs are critical partners in the City’s recovery and they are taking a lead to help transform streets for people because they know people spend money to dine and shop, cars don’t.

Chinatown's Doyers Open Street to Become a Car-Free Plaza - Streetsblog New York City

A street that is useless for motorists in a neighborhood with virtually no open space will finally get the treatment it, and its neighbors, deserve.

nyc.streetsblog.org

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Ya-Ting Liu

@yating_liu

4 years

Maybe dedicated bus lanes can also come into view.

Planetizen

@planetizen

4 years

Self-driving transit buses are coming into view.

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Ya-Ting Liu

@yating_liu

4 years

So much respect for @TWULocal100 members working around the clock to keep transit running through every imaginable obstacle thrown their way.

TWU Local 100

@TWULocal100

4 years

At night, our Maintainers in #Manhattan doing what it takes to hold the line against #CoronavirusPandemic @NYSAFLCIO @CentralLaborNYC @TTDAFLCIO @transportworker because #wemovenyc #Solidarity

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Ya-Ting Liu

@yating_liu

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Whenever someone tries to make the “bike lanes = gentrification” argument, they actively ignore an entire community of mostly immigrant workers who depend on bikes as their only means of mobility + ability to make a living.

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Ya-Ting Liu

@yating_liu

4 years

Automated traffic enforcement works. It’s mind boggling this is not default policy for red lights, speeding, bus lanes, school buses in every municipality.

City & State NY

@CityAndStateNY

4 years

@BusPatrol_ @JeanSouliere_ "94%-98% of the violators who get a ticket via the stop-arm camera program don't illegally pass a school bus a second time. This works." @JeanSouliere_ of @BusPatrol_ #SafeBusesSafeKids

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Ya-Ting Liu

@yating_liu

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every day is gridlock alert day #congestionpricingnow

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