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Letter from Bike Lane Opponents to DOT: Don't Make Us Pursue "Legal Remedies"
(Andrea Bernstein, Transportation Nation) From the New York City DOT's perspective, the Prospect Park West bike lane was a case study in success -- it was requested and approved by the local community...
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Anti-PPW Bike Lane Attorney on BL Show Today; Tomorrow, The City Gets Its...
Prospect Park West Bike Lane (photo: Andrea Bernstein) (Kate Hinds, Transportation Nation) If you follow two-wheeled news (and even if you don't), you probably know about the lawsuit to remove the bike...
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Lawyer Suing City on Bike Lane Discusses Bike Lane Popularity, and Why He's...
(Andrea Bernstein, Transportation Nation) Jim Walden, the lawyer representing groups who are suing New York City to remove a two-way bike lane that runs along Brooklyn's Prospect Park West, was on...
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Deputy Mayor on BL Show To Talk NYC Bike Lane Program
(Kate Hinds, Transportation Nation) Yesterday, it was attorney Jim Walden's turn; today, it's Howard Wolfson's. The New York City deputy mayor will be on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show this morning at...
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Deputy Mayor: We're "Foursquare Behind" Transportation Commissioner Sadik-Khan
(Andrea Bernstein, Transportation Nation) Speaking on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show today, deputy mayor Howard Wolfson gave New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration's most full-throated...
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On PPW Bike Lane: They Like It. They Really Like It.
(Andrea Bernstein, Transportation Nation) The most interesting thing about Assemblymember's Jim Brennan's scientific poll of people living in neighborhoods around Prospect Park is how remarkably...
View ArticleBrooklyn Community Board To Vote on PPW Bike Lane Modifications Tonight
(Kate Hinds, Transportation Nation) At tonight's Community Board 6 meeting in Brooklyn, among the many items on the agenda is a vote on whether to support the New York City Department of...
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Community Board Unanimously Supports Prospect Park West Bike Lane, With Changes
(Andrea Bernstein, Transportation Nation) Park Slope's community board six voted unanimously yesterday evening to support the bike lane along Prospect Park West, with modifications.This is now the...
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Proceedings Start in Anti-Brooklyn Bike Lane Lawsuit
From the docket taped outside the Brooklyn courtroom (Kate Hinds)(Kate Hinds, Transportation Nation) Neighbors for Better Bike Lanes/Seniors for Safety, a group that's brought suit against the city...
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PPW Bike Lane Case: First Day Of Court Hearings
Kings County Supreme Court, where the Prospect Park West bike lane case is being heard (photo by Kate Hinds)Today was the first day of formal court proceedings in the lawsuit seeking to remove...
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Rallies and Rancor: Emails From the PPW Bike Lane Saga
New York City Council member Brad Lander, flanked by Park Slope residents, on the steps of City Hall earlier this year (photo by Kate Hinds)Wednesday was the first day of formal court hearings in...
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NYC Attorney to Judge: Opposition Trying to Make "End Run" Around Law in...
The Prospect Park West bike lane in Brooklyn (photo by Kate Hinds)New York City doesn't want a judge to grant a two-month adjournment to the group suing the city to remove a bike lane in Brooklyn.As...
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Brooklyn Bike Lane Case: Judge Denies Request for Adjournment
Brooklyn's Prospect Park West bike lane (photo by Kate Hinds)The bike lane on Brooklyn's Prospect Park West will be back in court this month -- not September.According to a spokeswoman for the New York...
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Janette Sadik-Khan Subpoenaed in Brooklyn Bike Lane Suit
Sign on Brooklyn's Prospect Park West bike lane (Kate Hinds)Opponents suing New York City over a bike lane on Brooklyn's Prospect Park West have made good on their threat to issue subpoenas, and they...
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Brooklyn Bike Lane Case Continues on August 3
Kings County Supreme Court (photo by Kate Hinds)(UPDATED)No rulings today in the Prospect Park West bike lane lawsuit, but there was one significant development: New York City said it would be willing...
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Power, Politics, and the Prospect Park Bike Lane
Last March, Mayor Michael Bloomberg dined privately with a small group of guests that included his former transportation commissioner, Iris Weinshall, and her husband, the United States Senator,...
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Lawyer Who Sued to Remove Bike Lane Is De Blasio Backer
The lawyer appealing a lawsuit to remove the Prospect Park West bike lane has held a fundraiser and donated the maximum allowable amount to Bill de Blasio's campaign for New York City mayor -- but a...
View ArticleSubpoenas Withdrawn in Brooklyn Bike Lane Case
All subpoenas in the lawsuit against Brooklyn’s Prospect Park West bike lane have been withdrawn and the lawsuit is now awaiting judicial action. No new court dates have been set.That was the outcome...
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