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NYC transportation - working now w @bikenewyork, @reinventalbany Alum @TransitCenter @NYC_DOT @Tri_State @TransAlt
May 28, 2023 35 tweets 24 min read
Creating CitiBike mega-🧵! It began 16 yrs ago. NYC had released a new 🌎 plan & Mayor Bloomberg had recruited @JSadikKhan to set a new transportation direction. Janette noted our early interest in what Paris was doing in the recent @Curbed 10-yr piece: curbed.com/2023/05/citi-b… Image Paris wasn’t the 1st big French city with public bikes. Lyon went earlier. But Paris Mayor Delanöe was changing streets & wanted to increase the pace of cycling uptake Image