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Pedro
@pjrt.dev

This will continue to happen as long as it is easier to sue the city/DOT for acting than for not acting. It doesn't matter who is mayor, how much DOT wants this, how many "Vision Zero means Zero" statements the city council speaker puts out, or how many Street Plans we pass.

Streetsblog NYC@nyc.streetsblog.org

Court filings reveal that DOT is still waiting on an extra — and not legally mandated — walkthrough with City Council Member Gale Brewer to finalize its design for a protected bike lane on W. 72nd Street — potentially pushing the life-saving infrastructure to next year. buff.ly/56hN0aK

nyc.streetsblog.orgDOT May Push Mamdani's W. 72nd Street Bike Lane to Next Year Amid Lawsuit Threat - Streetsblog New York CityThe Mamdani administration may delay its W. 72nd Street protected bike lane redesign due to legal threats and plans to do more outreach.

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Pedro
@pjrt.dev

Case in point: bsky.app/profile/spea... We can hold all the hearings we want, we can pass all the laws we want, it doesn't matter unless those laws change how the courts handle these cases, or how individual CMs will respond to those changes.

Speaker Julie Menin@speakermenin.bsky.social

Vision Zero means zero deaths. My statement with CM Shaun Abreu.