Two months ago, despite loud opposition from cabbies and some motorists, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the permanent closure of parts of Broadway to automobiles. The pedestrian plazas that were created as result are a blank slate — and the city has issued an RFP for designs. That contest is closed – but…
(WNYC, New York, Matthew Schuerman, April 29) The headlines today in New York were all about far-off plans to redo LaGuardia Airport. The head of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the airports, says LGA has a host of problems, among them too little space for security screening. Many tourists…
From: PressOffice-ManhattanDA <pressoffice@dany.nyc.gov> Sent: Thu Apr 29 15:28:36 2010 Subject: DA VANCE STATEMENT ON VERDICT IN PATRICK POGAN TRIAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY – NEW YORK COUNTY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Duggan April 29, 2010 212-335-9400 STATEMENT ON VERDICT IN PATRICK POGAN TRIAL Patrick Pogan was found guilty today of Offering a False Instrument for Filing…
It’s become a symbol of the conflict between bikers and everyone else — the endlessly circulated YouTube Video of a police officer shoving a cyclist participating in a demonstration. This just in, from the AP — A former New York City police officer has been convicted of lying about a clash with a bike-riding activist….
(Houston, TX – Melissa Galvez, KUHF News Lab) — If you don’t have a car in Houston, life can be very difficult. So you might think that communities would be clamoring to get the new light rail line through their neighborhood; but in fact, there’s been opposition across the city, even as construction plows ahead…
(St. Paul, Minnesota– Laura Yuen, MPR News) MPR’s four-part series on the travails of the Minneapolis-St. Paul light rail project has begun. It’s a terrific, in-depth look at what happens when a community decides to re-organize its street space. From the story – And now we hear, ‘It’s a development project; it’s not really a…
Thirty-six year old Scott Walker has played all over the National Hockey League — Vancouver, Nashville, Raleigh. This year, the journeyman arrived on the Washington Capitals. He hoped he’d get another appearance in the Stanley Cup playoffs, and he did. But his wife and kids stayed behind, and kept the car in Raleigh. So how…
The jury deciding the fate of the New York police officer who shoved a biker has gone home after a second day of deliberations. Rookie officer Patrick Pogan faces seven counts for knocking cyclist Christopher Long to the street during a Critical Mass ride, and then lying about it in the police paperwork he filed…
(Washington, DC – David Schultz, WAMU) — Homeowners and developers, environmentalists and big businesses, motorists and pedestrians – everyone agrees. Something must be done about Tysons Corner, the massive office park in Northern Virginia’s Fairfax County. Tysons Corner is one of the largest business districts in the country. Several Fortune 500 companies are headquartered there….
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