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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 32m

Pedestrians are the most vulnerable of road users, but they will ultimately be safer when there are fewer cars, and that relies on a multi-pronged strategy: Better transit, congestion pricing, street redesign, and regulation. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/08/w...

Wednesday's Headlines: Clearing the Heir Edition - Streetsblog New York City

Don't be fooled by random trolls: Streetsblog supports safety for pedestrians always. Plus other news.

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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 16h

My photo doesn’t do it justice but Court Street in Brooklyn is going to be nice when it’s done.

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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 16h

I went out to Flatbush to see the new bus lanes and uhmmm it’s a bit of a mess for now. Very little signage and markings with sudden lane shifts.

Illegal parking is a major problem. One vehicle reduces road capacity by 50%. I asked an NYPD traffic agent and he’s like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ it’s my first day lol

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Award-Winning Reporter Dave Colon @davecolon.bsky.social · 17h

This will put to rest forever the question of "Is horse transit?"

Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 17h

New: NYC's largest transit union is taking steps to sue Mayor Adams’ top aide, Randy Mastro, and other politically-connected people over allegations they engaged in a “deceptive enterprise” to ban NYC's horse carriage industry.

w/ @simko-bednarski.bsky.social
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NYC transit union preparing to sue Adams’ donors, top aide over push to ban horse carriages

New York’s largest transit union is making preparations to launch legal action against Mayor Adams’ top aide, Randy Mastro, and several other politically-connected individuals amid an e…

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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 1d

Bluesky glitches are fun but also not that far off from reality

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Gersh Kuntzman @realgershkuntzman.bsky.social · 19h

Streetsblog continues to expand! Now the biggest NYC-devoted newsroom in town needs a social video producer. Check it out and share: www.journalismjobs.com/job-listing/...

JournalismJobs.com - Job Listing - Social Video Producer

JournalismJobs.com has journalism and media job listings with digital media, newspapers, tv stations, radio stations, magazines, nonprofits, and academia.

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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 19h

Apply for the Social Video Producer job at the link below by October 24!

emily lipstein @emilylip.bsky.social · 19h

NEWS: I'm hiring! Apply to work on @nyc.streetsblog.org's award-winning social video team by 10/24 😎🆒📲 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

StreetsblogNYC Social Video Editor job description

Title: Streetsblog Social Video Producer Location: New York, NY Salary: $75,000-$80,000 annual salary plus benefits Date Posted: October 3, 2025 Application Due: October 24, 2025 Interviews w...

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emily lipstein @emilylip.bsky.social · 19h

NEWS: I'm hiring! Apply to work on @nyc.streetsblog.org's award-winning social video team by 10/24 😎🆒📲 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

StreetsblogNYC Social Video Editor job description

Title: Streetsblog Social Video Producer Location: New York, NY Salary: $75,000-$80,000 annual salary plus benefits Date Posted: October 3, 2025 Application Due: October 24, 2025 Interviews w...

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Bike New York @bikenewyork.bsky.social · 21h

Meanwhile, note from a Carroll Gardens friend:

"News12 is covering the Court St bike lane like it is World War III"

Bike New York @bikenewyork.bsky.social · 23h

Illegal parking everywhere is the main reason NYC's bike lanes/network always feels so half-assed #bikenyc

Council Member Lincoln Restler @cmrestler.bsky.social · 1d

Our office released a new study highlighting rampant illegal parking across Downtown Brooklyn. Vehicles block sidewalks, crosswalks, bike lanes & loading zones - making it more dangerous for New Yorkers to get around the neighborhood.
www.lincolnrestler.nyc/s/Illegal-Pa...

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Mildred von Katzen @hyf.bsky.social · 2d

Took the High Bridge home after the Tour de Bronx. I can't see this without shaking my fist and cursing Robert Moses #bikenyc

A silver and white bicycle leaned up against a fence. Three or four highways are visible in the background, overlapping and intertwined.

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Gersh Kuntzman @realgershkuntzman.bsky.social · 22h

CC: Joann Ariola.

nycbikelanes @nycbikelanes.bsky.social · 22h

A scary incident occurred at the Jay St Metrotech Station when a track fire caused the station to fill with smoke.

The @fdny.bsky.social response was delayed due to illegally parked vehicles on Jay St. They couldn't even access the curb due to @nypdnews.bsky.social vehicles parked at a bus stop.

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Award-Winning Reporter Dave Colon @davecolon.bsky.social · 22h

This is such an obvious, well-known, long-running issue and no one with the power to do anything about it cares nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/09/05/z...

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 21h

Electric bicycles, and shared electric bicycles in particular, are a revolutionary transportation technology. Forward-looking cities should be building out the infrastructure necessary to make cycling safe and convenient for everyone who wants to do it.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

i recently got a great deal on a barely used folding ebike and i have to say it has revolutionized my train travel. i can get from my front door to the amtrak station in a little less than 5 minutes!!!

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Aaron W. Gordon @agordon.me · 1d

True New Yorker quizzes are fun and all but there is only one question in the actual True New Yorker test: Do You Take The Subway?

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Council Member Lincoln Restler @cmrestler.bsky.social · 1d

Our office released a new study highlighting rampant illegal parking across Downtown Brooklyn. Vehicles block sidewalks, crosswalks, bike lanes & loading zones - making it more dangerous for New Yorkers to get around the neighborhood.
www.lincolnrestler.nyc/s/Illegal-Pa...

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 22h

Rode the new and still in-progress Court Street protected bike lane and it’s already a thing of beauty. Makes such a difference on what used to be a very dangerous street for cycling.

Cyclist on bike lane. Black asphalt and white lines.

Two cyclists on city bike lane with yellow school bus on right side

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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 22h

You can’t blame the government shutdown for this one: “It’s just Amtrak being Amtrak,” said MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber.

'Goddamn Outrageous': MTA Boss Blames Amtrak For Delaying 'Penn Access' Expansion - Streetsblog New York City

Janno Lieber blamed Amtrak for delays to the Penn Access project, which will bring four new Metro-North stations to the east Bronx.

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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 23h

On an average summer weekday, there are 475 illegally parked cars along key corridors in Downtown Brooklyn — 57 percent of which had legit or fake parking placards that let the holder park anywhere with impunity.

Brooklyn Still Choked by Placard Elite Leaving Their Cars Everywhere With No Consequences - Streetsblog New York City

Drivers park illegally — often with city-issued placards — and virtually none ever gets ticketed by cops.

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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 1d

Hell Gate is gathering the best bands comprised of city journalists for a battle of the bands on Wednesday… with one glaring omission! nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/07/t...

Tuesday's Headlines: Rock and Roll Never Forgets Edition - Streetsblog New York City

Why was our house band, Jimmy and the Jaywalkers, snubbed from the journalists' "battle of the bands" on Wednesday night? Plus other news.

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Transportation Alternatives @transalt.org · 1d

Silicon Valley companies like Uber are making their own rules for the streets of our city. Then they avoid accountability for this blatant illegality by treating their workers as independent contractors, threatening to fire them if they disobey.

The apps must be reined in.

Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 1d

Uber drivers are getting in-app GPS directions from an app that appears to defy traffic laws — but drivers say they're encouraged to follow the GPS to a T to avoid customer complaints that would lead to getting "deactivated."

@sophlebo.bsky.social explains: www.youtube.com/shorts/Pcc1j...

Uber's In-App GPS Is Encouraging Reckless Driving #uber #rideshare #law #nyc #news

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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 1d

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Under Pressure: Uber's Navigation System Endangers the Public With Reckless Driving Directions - Streetsblog New York City

An Uber driver made an illegal u-turn and hit someone, but the in-app navigation told him to do it and the company won't give up the code.

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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 1d

Uber drivers are getting in-app GPS directions from an app that appears to defy traffic laws — but drivers say they're encouraged to follow the GPS to a T to avoid customer complaints that would lead to getting "deactivated."

@sophlebo.bsky.social explains: www.youtube.com/shorts/Pcc1j...

Uber's In-App GPS Is Encouraging Reckless Driving #uber #rideshare #law #nyc #news

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Jon Orcutt @jonorcutt.bsky.social · 1d

Recent analysis showing *bus lanes on their own* aren't accomplishing all that much @annieweinstock.bsky.social @walterhook.bsky.social @nyc.streetsblog.org

Why No BRT For NYC? Two New Reports Tackle Why Your Bus Service Sucks - Streetsblog New York City

Years of bus priority projects have barely paid off because Big Apple leaders won't install real bus rapid transit, two recent reports argue.

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Sophia Lebowitz @sophlebo.bsky.social · 1d

An Uber driver hit someone on a scooter after making an illegal u-turn, but it was Uber's in-app GPS that told him to do it. The ongoing lawsuit shows how Uber's drivers' pervasive fear of customer complaints results in reckless driving and following the app over individual judgement.

Under Pressure: Uber's Navigation System Endangers the Public With Reckless Driving Directions - Streetsblog New York City

An Uber driver made an illegal u-turn and hit someone, but the in-app navigation told him to do it and the company won't give up the code.

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Sophia Lebowitz @sophlebo.bsky.social · 1d

The Davis Center bike racks in Central Park are finally opened, but they are still in the middle of the park's biggest downhill, and inaccessible to those who would want to bike in from Harlem.

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