Philip Leff

Beigel Bake - Wikipedia

It's still spelled 'beigel' sometimes

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"I was saying boo-urns"

Parking Madness Elite Eight: Washington vs. Federal Way — Streetsblog USA The parking crater pretenders are gone and the competition is heating up as we enter the second round of Streetsblog’s fourth annual Parking Madness tournament. Eight echoing voids remain in the runni...

The Capitol is even worse! Right next to Union Station too...

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and that’s the least of the problems at that intersection

Isn't this closure just Marathon prep?

Remember when it was $2.50? What a time...

'cause he's the Ackman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)

Everyone loves a winner....

The new AOC slant...

Every accusation is a confession

Thrilled to see my latest work for @nywfp.bsky.social out in the world.

Visit wfp.info for a great summary of the whats and whys of Fusion Voting in NYC, and be sure to vote for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on ROW D!

The blank space will likely be another brown-painted pedestrian area. Crosswalks are painted when crossing active travel lanes, and the brown paint supersedes the need for crosswalk markings.

and getting a lot of audience applause for it!

In the bike advocacy world, we always say "paint is not protection", and this is a pretty clear demonstration why!

In a few weeks, there will be brown "truffle" paint and plastic delineators to indicate that it's a pedestrian area.

Once those are up, cars that park there will be ticketed.

These should be built out as concrete, but the short answer is that costs too much and takes too long.

What do you expect from an outlet that's sponsored by—excuse me, underwritten by—Ford, Nissan, Subaru, and Toyota?

and built in what was the parking lot of a strip mall. remarkable!

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From the MicromobilityNYC community on Reddit: EMERGENCY: Gale Brewer has pulled her name off the Daylighting bill, dropping it below the support needed. Explore this post and more from the MicromobilityNYC community

Sad, but not surprising, to see @galeabrewer.bsky.social welch on her commitments to safe streets yet again.

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Sign of the Crimes: Bill Would Require 'Stop' or Red Light at All Intersections - Streetsblog New York City All signs say this is a no-brainer. The city would be forced to put traffic signals or stops signs at the thousands of intersections without them, whether or not they have painted crosswalks, under a ...

This is very well-intentioned, but a stop sign is just a red-octagon sign instead of a yellow-diamond sign.

Signs don't stop cars, but concrete blocks, raised crosswalks, or curb extensions do.

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Same with visual art, or music, or any kind of expressive skill, or pretty much anything....

Why are there so many chicken bones on the street? (Part 2, the finale!) "Okay, I found the bag. Oh my god, and I found chicken bones. Oh my god. This is it. Ladies and gentleman, we got ‘em."

Apparently, rats eat the meat scraps and leave the bones behind. So we can only blame ourselves for not properly containerizing trash…

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A sample of all the ways Montreal knows how to daylight an intersection.

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Another banger.

Will the desk be a recurring element in the series?

I agree, but how do you reply to someone complaining about a missing bus stop without sounding completely heartless?

And in London, most of the power in street design afforded to the NYC DOT (the mayor) is in the hands of the borough councils.

Thank you Robert Silverman for everything you've done in Montreal, and for building a biking city that's inspired activists across the continent!

It inspires awe, rewards long viewing, but also at human scale. Lessons unlearned in architecture...