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"The bicycling boom that began in June continued through October...During the month of October, bike volume on the four East River bridges in DOT’s count totaled 638,042, an increase of more than 173,000 from last year.
The number of bikes crossing the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge rose 50% to nearly 174,000 this October, as volume rose 40% on the Williamsburg Bridge and 36% on the Manhattan Bridge.
Volume was up by 7% on the Brooklyn Bridge in October, reversing year-over-year declines in the prior three months."

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Bach + Paul Simon, as melded by The Knights of NYC

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To act on the mantra "electrify everything", its costs must be made affordable for all homes, but how?

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Isn't it time to wave hello to tide power?

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Are there pathways toward changing hearts + minds in communities opposed to hosting renewable energy facilities?

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The Obama way is not the way for Biden to undo Trump's climate chaos

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What's the fastest track to economy-wide decarbonization for Quebec, a province that already gets its electricity from carbon-free hydropower?

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The scheduled 2020 delivery of an initial batch of test cars from a $1.4 billion MTA purchase of 535 subway cars is not expected to begin arriving until early 2021. Hope it's not a COD deal

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Let's hope there's a cure for the bike theft epidemic sweeping Paris

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COVID's lesson for a safe, healthy, vibrant NYC
; re-think, re-do street life + mobility resources

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The trillion dollar federal mortgage-backing giants FANNIE MAE + FREDDIE MAC could take an enormous hit, big enough to knock the economy into a tailspin, if the climate crisis ravages their housing portfolios

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What explains the chronically poisonous air of New Delhi?

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For your urban, built-environment browsing pleasure

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