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A driver just crashed into me, taking a right turn into the bikelane w/o looking. I’m ok but my bike is bust. I was a bit shaken, so I asked him to call cops. Pretending to get his phone, he drove off, driving on the sidewalk b/c light at next intersection was red. I was ....
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Just a few of the gazillion drivers sitting in their steel cages for 2 hours on the UWS, AC full blast, so they can dump their private property in public space, giving a shit about the climate catastrophe and public health.
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Hey
@NBCNewYork
-- your reporting about the cyclist killed last night is incorrect and irresponsible! It is a violation of the law to open a car door into moving traffic--the careless car driver slammed the door into the cyclist, not the other way round!
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...running and screaming to stop and finally caught up w him—he claimed he was just trying to go around the block. The cops said they can’t write him up for fleeing b/c he was at the scene when they arrived. Wtf!? Turns out this guy is a menace, under
@bradlander
legislation...
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A few months ago, a DOT Qns rep told me that there ARE safe bike detours to Rockaway (aka stop whining). But even a ~25 min detour lands you here. WHYWHYWHY is this barricade not being moved to protect people on bikes, incl from insane icecream trucks driving IN the bikelane?
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This is Jax Heights every day and every night. I can’t take these cars any longer. What’s the legal basis (local, state, national, international) for allowing and enabling this assault?
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@AdjectiveNouns
@ryangrim
Did you contact the Caban campaign? They are looking for folks who voted by affidavit.
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The southern extension of the Hell Gate Pathway is so new that it’s not even on the 2020
#bikenyc
map. I didn’t know this was coming and literally stumbled into it.
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Jackson Heights is SO hungry for extending& making the 34th Ave Open Street PERMANENT. Today, the first neighbor passing by demanded to sign the petition even before we had set up our table -- a QR code allowed everyone to safely use their own phones to make their voices heard.
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Riding on Northern to
@guitarcenter
yesterday was terrifying—cars parked in the bikelane, flexposts gone, lane markings faded, signs suggesting cars can park there. I’m back to avoiding spending money at Northern businesses. Bring back a real plan to
@Cb1Queens
ASAP
@NYC_DOT
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Jackson Heights car owners are seriously sitting in their cars with the engine running for 2 hours during street cleaning. Every single car, no exception.
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I stumbled across some historic Open Streets in Queens, in a small triangle neighborhood in Springfield Gardens just north of JFK. Although wedged between highways, the streets are completely calm and lovely due to mid-block!! dead ends.
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Why can't we do what St. Paul does,
@NYC_DOT
?
📹Capitol City Bikeway -- a great example of an on-street, (mostly) fully-separated urban bike path that makes navigating parts of downtown St. Paul much less stressful!
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Alexander Hamilton had an Open Street, and so should we all.
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Hey
@NYC_DOT
, there is something very wrong here: pedestrians crossing Queens Blvd @ 51st Ave have to compete with cars coming from 51st Ave and at pretty high speed. Please tell me your signals are wrong here??!! Or did you plan it this way?? I got almost killed crossing here.
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New traffic signal at Q‘boro bridge car offramp. Right now it’s just blinking, so people on bikes have to continue to beg to get across or confidently cut in to get to the hairpin bridge entrance. Does
@NYC_DOT
have bigger plans here?? 👀👀
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Sorry, but I can't help feeling angry. 2023? How long did it take to roll out a citywide NYC Ferry system? How long to roll out citywide PreK? If bike share were a mayoral priority--and a public service rather than for-profit model--we wouldn't have this ridiculous timetable.
Citi Bike rollout will get to Queens and the Bronx…slowly, oh so slowly.
@GershKuntzman
has the scoop (along with
@dahvnyc
of
@nypost
):
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No storm can stop the
@CabanForQueens
surge!! So many positive responses on this wet Election Day!
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200+ women & supporters at the
#WomensRideQB
are calling for PROTECTED BIKELANES on Skillman/43rd Aves in Sunnyside. Speak out tomorrow:
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A spoof of the vicious anti-bike signs on Skillman Ave, observed by Morey Kunin. “DOT wants to save lives... it’s just not worth it.” Come tonight to witness in person:
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This report's vision is beautiful and urgent--and based on incredible stats: 75% of NYC streetscape is devoted to movement and (mostly free) storage of cars. The remaining scraps: 0.02% for car-free bus lanes, 0.93% for bike lanes, 24% sidewalks. We can't go on like this.
Today we launch
#NYC25x25
, a challenge to New York City's next leaders to take back 25% of our street space from cars by 2025.
As we recover from the pandemic, we must create a more equitable, safe, & resilient city for generations to come.
Learn more:
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While some safety opponent fringe elements would have you believe there is a war in Sunnyside between car drivers and cyclists, Woodside cabdriver George will have none of it. "Whatever helps to make US ALL safer". TY
@NYCMayor
for doing exactly that with
#SaferSkillman
!
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So, Jackson Heights gets just .4 miles, right next to the roaring cars of the BQE? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU
@NYCMayor
? The community asked for open street in JH & Corona, from 69th to 114th St! Don't give me the 'we first have to see if it works' and in a few years, we'll assess.
Here's the next round of NYC streets that will close to cars to give cyclists and pedestrians more space to socially distance
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All lights are off on Q’boro bridge ped/bike path, Manhattan onramp. I just witnessed a near-crash in complete darkness. 311 told me it takes 60 days to respond. Pls fix immediately
@NYC_DOT
! SRN # 311-00830472.
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Who is watching
@NYCMayor
town hall in Forest Hills and just heard him cave to
@CMKoslowitz
by instructing
@NYC_DOT
to study her completely nonsensival "proposal" to continue Queens Blvd bikelane without removing any parking. WTF??!! Pls someone tell me I misheard.
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@Grace4NY
You were my congresswoman for a little while bc of redistricting, and I am incredibly relieved that was reversed. I have not received any kind of response from any calls I placed to your office. You are part of the establishment that allowed this to happen!
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Amazing turnout for
#ProtectOurRide
. We deserve safe bike infrastructure
@NYC_DOT
@NYCMayorsOffice
!!! Thx
@transalt
for fighting the fight!
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The mini 1 mile stretch of “open street” in Flushing Meadows Park is in the southern part bordering Forest Hills & Kew Gardens Hills. Here is what plays out in the part bordering Corona: cars, cars, and more cars. INSIDE the park. FMCP is a parking lots and highway ramp.
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Look at this strong 10am Jamaica GOTV team getting ready to knock doors for
@CabanForQueens
— including
@bradlander
!! There are two more shifts here today 😜
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Happy July 4th
@NYC_DOT
@NYCMayor
@NYPDONeill
@NYPDnews
! You probably can’t see, but I CAN: during fireworks, private cars on Manhattan Bridge, are COMPLETELY STOPPED to watch the spectacle—while peds & bikes are barred from the bridge. Return my $5.50!!!
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@NYC_DOT
@nyc311
@NotifyNYC
@nycgob
@nycgov
@NYPDnews
@NYPDTransport
But you are NOT closing the bridges to motorists? What is the justification for this unequal treatment? Is it that legal?
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Giovanni Ampuero, 9 yrs, was killed by hit&run driver crossing Northern Blvd w his mom @ 70th St. How many tragedies have to happen before Northern Blvd will finally be completely redesigned? A few pedestrian islands will not be enough—this street is like a highway.
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This is the 6th!! bicyclist killed in NYC so far in 2019, and we're not even in mid-March. When will this carnage end? Why do we have to beg every single f** CB to get safer infrastructure,
@NYCMayor
??? THIS IS A KNOWN DANGEROUS LOCATION!!!
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Riding down the 2nd Ave *SHARRROW* on a rainy gridlock alert night is *INSANE*.
@NYC_DOT
@NYCMayorsOffice
, since you decided it was ok to postpone this
@CB8M
approved project, I expect you to advise me on alternate safe route from 90s to QB Bridge. This is unacceptable.
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A woman in one of the film trucks in the Skillman Ave bikelane just told me they have a permit to park in the bikelane. Most cyclists right now ride in the steeet. Can you pls check out that permi?
@NYPD108Pct
?
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Hey
@CitiBikeNYC
, the only open docks at the Woodside station on 62nd St / 34th Ave are broken, impossible to dock. I called about this twice before over the past month+ and was assured you'd send a service team. Will you?
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Here is why I’m literally BEGGING
@JimmyVanBramer
to support
#SaferSkillman
. On Thu Jun 14, at ~5:45pm the driver of
@FedExHelp
NY:73265JZ was parked in 43rd Ave bikelane at 45th/46th St. As is my routine, I try to take the full car lane but there are too many cars…
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The opposition to Open Streets seems to follow the same warped logic as opposition to bikelanes. One fb post shows empty OS to prove that no one uses it. Next post is a picture of all the people on the OS the haters deem as undesirable. So which is it?
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This is ON FIRE 🔥 🔥🔥: open letter signed by 43 Queens Democratic County Committee Members to Chair Meeks requesting a series of reforms to make the Committee, well, democratic.
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On every route I bike with some regularity, I know where I’m most likely to get killed. Turns out those are the same spots where residents live in permanent fear of car drivers. Example: 80St @ 64Rd in Middle Village—where a bike lane suddenly turns into sharrow AT A CORNER!!!
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Good morning
@NYPD108Pct
: I just called the precinct, and I hope you’ll really send officers to make
@MadeinNY
crew to move their stuff out of the Skillman Ave protected bikelane—they a say their permit allows it. Alternatively,
@NYC_DOT
could actually protect the lane.
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This is 31Ave bikelane—all the way from JH into Astoria. TODAY! The irony: this was a considerable detour I took to be safe, since there is at least a sliver of a bikelane. At some point I broke down crying and walked—do you have any idea how drivers terrorize you if you dare...
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When asked if he would like to keep 34th Ave an Open Street, Stan gets very big eyes and asks back “Is that a possibility?” He is out here every day with Julian and Sabrina—and they all deserve the answer: “Yes, it’s possible, of course it’s possible.”
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We did some old-school petitioning on Crescent Street in Astoria tonight, and guess what: IRL, neighbors want to see this two-moving-lanes-two-car storage-lanes speedway FIXED. Sara docked a Citibike on Crescent (!) and is ALL IN for a two-way REAL bikelane to
#Bike2QBB
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Flushing Meadows Park makes my heart ache. I love it so dearly, it’s the people‘s park, the green pulse of Queens. But how we people who need this park are treated is atrocious.
@NYCMayor
you have an opportunity now to show you actually care. Do you?
The mini 1 mile stretch of “open street” in Flushing Meadows Park is in the southern part bordering Forest Hills & Kew Gardens Hills. Here is what plays out in the part bordering Corona: cars, cars, and more cars. INSIDE the park. FMCP is a parking lots and highway ramp.
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#MoreSpaceQBB
#QBBRibbons
@transalt
Day of Action is ON!! Come by and tie a ribbon to demand that
@NYCMayor
pedestrianize the South Outer Roadway. Do we need to start a GoFundMe to buy a fence??
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@ZackFinkNews
@SenMartyGolden
@RoadToCityHall
@NY1
@bdhowald
A real journalist would give the well-known community advocate
@bdhowald
the opportunity to come on their show to face the harrasser and bully
@SenMartyGolden
,
@ZackFinkNews
! Also,checking the senstor‘s abysmal record on pedestrian & cyclist safety would be in order.
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This is devastating and infuriating. Activists have been begging for a PBL on Cross Bay Blvd for years. It's one of only two access points to Rockaway--and from Queens the only one!!--but all we get is some
@NYCDOT
paint next to car drivers speeding 80mph. And now a man is dead.
Another cyclist has been killed on
@NYC_DOT
streets today.
@DaveCoIon
has the breaking story:
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34th Ave should be a linear park for people, period. The Open Street IS the compromise. I hope
@NYC_DOT
is not serious when they say that car traffic on surrounding streets will "dicatate the future" of 34th Ave.
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If this
@nypd
officer lives in PA why do they park in the crosswalk on corner of
#34AveOpenSteet
at night?
@placardabuse
topped by
@nysdmv
fraud?
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A 2nd bicyclist hit at same Sunnyside intersection in 10 days. The reaction of
@NYPD108Pct
? A bike ticketing blitz along 43rd & 34th Ave.
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At ~5:30pm, a guy on a road bike in racer garb came down the Q’boro Bridge into Astoria super fast and ran me over on my bike. He fled. If you saw the crash, cld you pls DM me? TY!!!
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Hey
@MTA
you HAVE to run more Q53 SBS to Rockaway on summer weekends. The buses are full to the breaking point from the first station in Woodside!
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Some personal news: I adopted a
@NYCSanitation
trash basket at the western end of
#34AveOpenStreet
. It arrived at noon and has been delighting neighbors all afternoon. Couldn’t be happier.
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Hey
@NYCMayorsOffice
, if you're not turning NYC into a true cycling city, well then we have to do it ourselves to
#ProtectOurRide
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Another gr8 morning talking to Sunnyside neighbors at farmers market—important takeaway: how many of them have not heard about the plan for
#SaferSkillman
and are enthusiastic when we explain. Others have heard a lot of misinformation and appreciate when we show
@NYC_DOT
slides.
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@errollouis
It takes a special kind of selfishness to insist that car drivers should be able to monopolize safe space. I don't have (nor want) a car, so I don't have the privilege to enclose myself in a steel cage to escape narrow sidewalks in my neighborhood.
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💯"Installing permanent infrastructure, permanently redesigning streets (such as installing mid-block dead ends, building bump-outs at corners), and changing traffic patterns would send a signal that Open Streets are a long-term, ingrained part of a neighborhood."
The
#OpenStreets
Coalition has sent a new letter to
@NYCMayor
with key ways to improve to the program.
We've seen how it's brought joy to our streets during COVID. Now we must secure and build upon this success to bring
#OpenStreets
to the next level.
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The signal timing at the Q’boro bridge is 🙈: 18 secs for bikes/peds, 63!! secs for cars (video is trimmed).
@NYC_DOT
truly worships at the level of service altar.
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Biking
#FixQueensBlvd
is the cheapest, most sustainable, and most reliable way to get to jury duty in Kew Gardens on time—but having to bike with cars on the last long stretch is an unforgivable risk you impose on me for fulfilling my civic duty,
@NYCMayor
@NYC_DOT
@CMKoslowitz
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@subtle116
@BrandonWC
@Fresh_Kermit
@MTA
@YPGoldfeder
@SarahMeyerNYC
@bfurnas
@WileyNorvell
@dahvnyc
It’s infuriating that to see cars race into Rockaway at 70mph, while we have to dismount and walk for a mile+. Convert a fucking car lane into a bike path!
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It’s a good Monday when you see
@NYC_DOT
laying down markings for
@SWOpenStreets
39Ave
#BikeBoulevard
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After yesterday's insane CB2 transpo cmte mtg, where literally car-crazy "community representatives" spewed hateful arguments against making Skillman/ 43rd Ave safe for ANY uses OTHER than driving a car and storing that private property in public space, I crunched some numbers:
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I wonder what the new DOT commissioner has to do with this apparent plan to just wear down the Open Street volunteers until we all just give up? Issuing a seemingly happy press release to let us know we are on our own is... vile?
Warning:
@NYCMayor
’s announcement on open streets might be an attempt to wear down the massive volunteer effort that is propping up this city “program.” Activists should be aware they may be getting co-opted. Where are the “permanent” open streets, Mayor?
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Just witnessed a bike crash on 71st @ 2 Ave--luckily she was not badly hurt. ConEd worker veered *into bikelane* to take a left when we were just in the intersection, then came to a screeching halt b/c of s'thing in front of him, resulting in my fellow cyclist crashing into car.
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I really wanted to rank
@Dianne4NYC
first but that she neither showed up for
@bikenewyork
forum nor felt it necessary to answer
@StreetsblogNYC
questions about her stance on the
@TransAlt
25x25 plan truly greatly troubles me.
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Yes, there are more than 19% who own a car, which means that all the hatred they spewed yesterday is about one thing and one thing only: free curbside storage of private property in public space that gets moved around strictly for street cleaning. But we knew that already.
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I just rang my bell at a driver parked in the bikelane in front of me. And. she. just. drove. away. without. cursing. me. Wow.
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The Queens/NY Democratic Machine must be worried: just got the 2nd phone survey within the last few weeks about the Congressional primary on June 26, asking questions about Crowley (+Cuomo, Schumer, etc.)
@Ocasio2018
must be doing something right :-) What has me worried though...
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The political corruption in the Queens County Democratic Party, chaired by
@repjoecrowley
, is truly breathtaking. These kinds of “enndorsements” are usually underlined by elbows. Can’t wait to vote for
@Ocasio2018
in the June 26 primary. This has to stop!
Source tells me the Queens County Democrats are meeting right now and will endorse
@SenatorPeralta
-- who joined the now-defunct IDC in 2017 -- in his re-election campaign.
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Dear Mr.
@NYCMayor
, now that it's crystal clear that Rep. Joe Crowley did not speak for the community, and neither did the Rep's associates CM Van Bramer and CB Chair Denise Keehan-Smith, isn't it time for
#SaferSkillman
?
Map from the Center for Urban Research showing Ocasio-Cortez's votes in-district.
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SMOG over QNS!!! Riding across QBB just now, the air at top of bridge & into QNS was so disgusting and thick that my eyes were burning like crazy. Dirty car gridlock entering midtown free of charge is particularly bad today. Congestion pricing is an environmental justice issue!
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That means that 81% of Sunnyside, Woodside and LIC locals get around by means other than their private car every day but have to contend with unsafe streets that are designed for a small minority of car drivers.
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Declutter your life, join the TA QNS Committee at
#StPatsforAll
on
#SaferSkillman
@ 43rd St— b/c: protected bikelanes spark joy!!!
@LAShepard221
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The all-powerful women’s bike lobby at today’s
#WomensRideQB
, literally taking over the street after Yellowstone Blvd b/c
@NYCMayor
@BilldeBlasio
still has to
#FinishQueensBlvd
. What a great day!
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Like most New Yorkers, Jay from Sunnyside does not drive--he gets around on foot, by subway, and by bike--he's a soft-spoken guy but got SUPER excited that
@NYCMayor
put his foot down to move ahead with
#SaferSkillman
. TY Mr. Mayor for making our neighborhood safer and calmer!!
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I simply cannot believe how many people prefer to hear f*** car noise than children playing on the street. Car addiction is real.
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Now that we know that
@NYCMayor
has declared finishing
#FixQueensBlvd
a mayoral priority and
@NYC_DOT
is not asking CB6 for vote, it’s high noon to do same for
#SaferSkillman
& CB2. It’s the missing link.
@JimmyVanBramer
#SaferSkillman
is THE
#bikeNYC
connection between Queens and Manhattan. It would invite new customers to bike and walk to the shops. It would also connect
@NYCMayor
#FixQueensBlvd
to the Queensboro Bridge, creating a 7 mile protected
#bikeNYC
lane for thousands
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If you want to break the power of the Queens machine and transform the Queens justice system: petitioning kickoff rally
@CabanForQueens
at 1pm in Jackson Heights. She is the only public defender in this race and the only one running a grassroots campaign.
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You must be kidding me! The
@NYC_DOT
permit (which was hidden under the cover) says all kinds of things but not that you can’t place this monster in a PROTECTED!! bikelane. So, is this legal
@NYC_DOT
??
@CarlinaRivera
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The magic number is 19%. That’ s the percentage of workers 16 years+ residing in the three zip codes roughly served by CB2 (LIC (11101), Sunnyside (11104) and Woodside, 11377) who commute to work by car. This is based on FACTS from the 2016 American Community Survey....
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Jackson Heights kids can't have a safe
@FreshAirFund
summer camp experience even on ONE block on
@34_ave
. The signs have been posted since last week but car owners just don't care. I submitted a
@nyc311
request yet again, let's see how fast it gets closed w/o action.
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@caseysjournal
@mikiebarb
Yes, but the image is part of a cynical PR battle—the bridge has zero practical relevance, it was never open. While you provide some historical context, you flatten it by not also contextualizing how this very image operates to prep our minds for US intervention.
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Yesterday was just a show. The
@NYPD115Pct
NCO for my sector says they will not enforce No Parking b/c it's a temporary
@NYCDOT
@FreshAirFund
program. The gist was 'the street is for cars, their owners deserve empathy." Congrats to those who oppose safe spaces for children.
Move your damn cars! Allow children to have a play street for god’s sake.
De Blasio to 34th Avenue Open Streets Opponents: Stop Parking in Children's Play Areas! via
@StreetsblogNYC
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We Need Buses, Buses Everywhere. "For about $17 billion annually, every American city with at least 100,000 people could more than double its transit capacity" (while fed gov spends nearly $50 billion a year on infrastructure meant mainly for cars.)
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Sarah Schick was run over and killed by a box truck driver on 9th Street b/c this town simply does not care. It could have been me.
@CMShahanaHanif
is committed to push
@NYC_DOT
. Are you too,
@CMBrooksPowers
?
This was me, close call last night, biking west on 9th St. Crossing 3rd Ave--where streets narrows and new PBL ends and turns into sharrow--cab driver sped up and tried to cut me off to get ahead of oncoming traffic rather than slow down and allow me to maintain my right of way.
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Please note that
@jessicaramos
supports protected bikelanes with an overall street redesign on
#FixNorthern
while Peralta only calls for "improvements." Plus she's excited about superblocks, while Peralta is relitigating the protected bikelane on 111th Street!!!
Today’s State Senate battle pits Jessica Ramos vs. Jose Peralta, who was in the IDC.
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I guess now I wont ever be able open a business in Queens that’s blessed by the machine.
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Before
#34AveOpenStreets
, Reynold did not bike in Jackson Heights—"there’s no real bikelanes here.” Now he can ride slow and relaxed, no stress with cars. He said he’d show up any time for a
@communityboard3
meeting to share why he supports this petition:
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