Road Rage

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Supermajority of NYC Likes Bike Lanes

Is the bicycle backlash really, truly over? It hasn’t even been a year, but a new Marist poll shows two out of three New Yorkers approves of the bike lanes. Yet only one in four believes bike lanes are better for traffic, as the Bloomberg administration insists they are, while 40 percent believe they make traffic worse and 30 percent believe there is no difference—which, put another way, means 55 percent think there is no problem with the lanes. Read More

Governor Paterson’s Puzzling Poor Performance

I had high hopes for David Paterson when he became governor, but I have to admit I’ve pretty much given up on him. I was appalled by the way he treated Caroline Kennedy when she expressed interest in New York’s vacant Senate seat: Hey Governor, a simple no would have sufficed.  Is it really a Read More