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A BUSWAY PLAN FOR 125TH STREET? TRANSPORTATION
Borough President Gale Brewer pushes DOT for better service for uptown riders BY JASON COHEN
Old Navy on 86th Street and Lexington Ave. Photo: Lorraine Duffy Merkl
After seeing the success of the 14th St. Busway, Manhat-
tan Borough President Gale Brewer is advocating for more bus lanes along 125th St. to improve public transportation uptown. The 14th St. Transit and Truck Priority went into effect on Oct. 3. From 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week, only buses and trucks are allowed on 14th St. between
Third and Ninth Aves. All other vehicles may make local trips, but must leave 14th at the next available right turn. (From 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., all cars may make through trips along the corridor.) The plan has increased weekday ridership on the M14 A and D
Proximity is destiny for the new UES superstore BY LORRAINE DUFFY MERKL
“I wouldn’t shop at Old Navy if they gave me the stuff for free.” That has been my credo for the past two decades. Then, a month ago, the clothing superstore opened on 86th Street and Lexing-
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The busway transformed 14th St., seen here on a weekday morning in October. Photo: Emily Higginbotham
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ton, four blocks from my house. The staff is about to start greeting me by name. In the early 90s, Old Navy became part of my shopping landscape. The stores were designed like supermarkets, replete with shopping carts, impulse purchases by the checkout counters, and aisles so overflowing one couldn’t always distinguish the merchandise. Very basic, but the retailer met
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IS VISION ZERO WORKING? SAFETY
has seen a surge Five years in, NYC fluctuating and in cyclist deaths – and motorist numbers of pedestrian fatalities BY EMILY HIGGINBOTHAM
year that saw 299 In 2014, after a traffic-related incipeople killed in Mayor Bill de Bladents in the city, eliminate all traffic sio set out to
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