Speak Up: congestion pricing hearings

The traffic is overwhelming, we cannot cross the street because of blocked pedestrian crossings, the honking is unbearable at all hours of day and night, we have one of the worst air quality in the city, crashes continue to kill our neighbors. And the M11 and M42 buses are useless because of traffic delays. Any…


Bike safety campaign gains momentum

Last Week, Pedestrians for Bike Safety, Council Member Bottcher and other elected officials organized a press conference to unveil a new PSA campaign. The message is displayed on all LinkNYC kiosks and hopefully will be translated in multiple languages. Los Deliveristas Unidos join in the effort. In parallel, the Mayor announced in his State of…

Keeping perspective : the good old days

The Horse Manure Problem of 1894 The 15 to 30 pounds of manure produced daily by each beast multiplied by the 150,000+ horses in New York city resulted in more than three million pounds of horse manure per day that somehow needed to be disposed of. That’s not to mention the daily 40,000 gallons of…