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By Matt Chaban 9/28/11 10:03am

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Rumble strips? More like grumble strips? (Brooklyn Paper)

More Changes—and Gripes—for Prospect Park West Bike Lane

Hasn’t the Department of Transportation had enough headaches on Prospect Park West? Read More

By Matt Chaban 3/04/11 12:46am

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Sadik-Khan Kowtows to Critics, or Is 34th Street Just a Bait-and-Switch?

In her four years atop the city’s Department of Transportation, Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan has masterminded a re-engineering of the city’s streets that not so long ago would have been impossible. Bike lanes proliferate, parking spaces have been transformed into cafes, and Broadway, the most famous road in the world, has been almost entirely closed Read More

By Matt Chaban 1/10/11 9:01pm

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NYPD Now Stalking Cyclists

Last week we warned cyclists to look out for cops cracking down on even minor bike infractions to gin up enforcement stats. It appears to be even worse than The Observer initially fathomed, as Streetsblog has a nightmarish tale from the former bike haven, now bike hell, that is Central Park.

It Read More

By Matt Chaban 10/18/10 6:06pm

Road Rage

Will Bike Helmets Stop Bullets? Off-Duty Cop Tried to Find Out Saturday Night

The Observer warned of a brewing bike backlash, but who knew it would turn violent so fast?

The Daily News is reporting that an off-duty police officer may have pulled his gun on a cyclist Saturday night as the two vied for space on Bleecker Street. The biker tried to confront the Read More

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