Steve Vaccaro Law

Lifelong NYC cyclist and bike and pedestrian lawyer and activist. @StreetsPAC, @TransAlt, @BikeNewYork, @NYCycleClub, @5BBC leader. Here, it's me.

[Greg Mocker @gregmocker]

MTA statement on congestion pricing cancellation @PIX11News @DanMannarino

[Transportation Alternatives @TransAlt]

🚲 New Yorkers are ready for congestion pricing! 🚗💨

New data shows that car ownership is down, and bike ridership is UP across the city!

Here’s the breakdown.

[Charles Komanoff @Komanoff]

NJ's gov is still trying to torpedo a NY policy that will save *his residents* millions of hours a year they squander in traffic -- mostly west of the Hudson -- for an avg per-hr cost that's just half of the state's minimum wage. My latest in @starledger: https://t.co/ld6i3s0GR3

[Steve Vaccaro Law @BicyclesOnly]

Took a spin with @Komanoff and learned about the fight with @TransAlt in the 1980s to liberate River Road from the drivers, congestion pricing, how to manage the commercial/private cycling dynamic and so much more--check it out on IG!

https://t.co/6uSN8EIb6z

[Steve Vaccaro Law @BicyclesOnly]

Dear @CitiBikeNYC: I docked my bike and the dock came off the station plate! 97th/Madison. Apparently, salt corrosion.

[Steve Vaccaro Law @BicyclesOnly]

Make sure to vote al;l the way down the ballot!

[StreetsPAC (bsky.app/profile/streetspac.org) @StreetsPAC]

We're thrilled today to announce seven new endorsements of candidates running for the state legislature, two for the State Senate and five for the Assembly. They join 13 candidates whom we endorsed in June. Read all about them here: https://t.co/ktOHJ9AOw8

[Steve Vaccaro Law @BicyclesOnly]

Supposed bicyclist Mayor Adams of New York City is in trouble again.
https://t.co/NvHpptGHGY

[Steve Vaccaro Law @BicyclesOnly]

Ran into the NYPD cadet graduation ceremony

[Steve Vaccaro Law @BicyclesOnly]

@QnsBPRichards @NYCMayor No, you don't "got this", Diane Savino. Ask the family of Donald Manes, another sinking-ship-rat "elected leader" who likely said so just before offing himself in front them, with his shrink on hold. NYers remember the last go-round. A disaster for the malefactors and all NYers.

[Steve Vaccaro Law @BicyclesOnly]

As other shoes drop--and there are plenty left--speak, @EmilyAssembly and @SalazarSenate:

“A mayor who cuts education, library budgets, and parks, who surrounds himself with criminals and alleged corruption up to the very top, does not deserve our trust"
https://t.co/Cuh05j3sJg

[Steve Vaccaro Law @BicyclesOnly]

As @QnsBPRichards observes, regardless of the outcome of investigations of the @NYCMayor, they have eclipsed critical policy livable-streets and afforable housing initiatives like ending off-street parking minimums, that are ready for fruition after years of organizing.

[Steve Vaccaro Law @BicyclesOnly]

@Sen_Gounardes Our roads are becoming ethics-free zones

[Steve Vaccaro Law @BicyclesOnly]

18,000 Miles Later, an American Woman Has Cycled the World https://t.co/qnc1Fj8zcn

[Steve Vaccaro Law @BicyclesOnly]

Along w/ co-founding @transalt, "Mr. Ketcham played a foundational role in...cancel[ing] Westway, [and] was a champion of charging tolls to cross the city-owned East River and Harlem River bridges...a precursor to...Congestion pricing....''
https://t.co/amXzgCOh1o

[Steve Vaccaro Law @BicyclesOnly]

Parisians Are Choosing Bikes Over Cars. Will New Yorkers Do That, Too? https://t.co/8OmKoBLH9E

[Steve Vaccaro Law @BicyclesOnly]

"Along with being charged on Wednesday with second- and third-degree assault...[he] drove his white Lamborghini and black Ferrari convertible across a bridge on Long Island — ... driving the cars without having any license plates on them." https://t.co/TMcVaMY4aD

[Steve Vaccaro Law @BicyclesOnly]

A Bike-Riding Barber Cuts Hair on Broadway, in the Park and on the Roof https://t.co/HUPTCpgheF

[Streetsblog New York City @StreetsblogNYC]

Poorer New Yorkers of color, who also make up a larger portion of bus riders than wealthy and white New Yorkers, bear the brunt of the city's slowest-in-the-nation bus speeds and devastating "urban heat island effect." https://t.co/stRJtf3cFz

[big_pedestrian @big_pedestrian]

The US has the highest rate of pedestrian and cyclist fatalities—by far—among wealthy nations despite having far lower rates of walk/bike. The difference is almost entirely because of mandated auto dependence, road design and failure to regulate dangerous automobiles and drivers.