Parking Hikes Raise Mom & Pop Shop Ire
Shop owners are fighting City Hall's plan to raise parking meter rates 25 cents an hour, fearing a drop in business.
Topic: Transportation
Taxis Cruise into the Future
Finalists in the city's "Taxi of Tomorrow" competition include cabs with glass roofs and built-in coolers.
New Jobs Takeoff With JFK Expansion
The competition between airlines is heating up – and the big winners could passengers and workers.
Curbing the Need to Speed
The city wants to increase safety on New York's streets by getting out the word that the speed limit is 30 mph.
via New York Daily News
Valet Parking for Bikes Rolls Out
Transportation Alternatives, which promotes biking over fume-spewing cars in the city, has established a new service at public events designed to draw folks on bikes rather than in vehicles.
A Vision of Teamwork Guides Bikers
Visually impaired and sighted bikers took to tandem two-wheelers for a 120-mile trek through the city. The event was part of Blindness Awareness Month.
via The Queens Courier
Parking Problems All in the Family
When a Queens lawmaker's mother got a parking ticket, he called a news conference. Jacqueline DenDekker's $55 summons could lead to a new law protecting motorists against nuisance parking violations.
Phone App Targets Sex Harassment
Holla Back NYC, a group that fights sexual harassment of women in public, is launching an iPhone application that will let users send pictures of offenders to a data base.