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News and Opinions

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Transportation Cmmr. Janette Sadik-Khan Should Fix 34th St. Bus Traffic Only To Extent It's Broken.
Editorials, New York Daily News (March 4, 2011).
(http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2011/03/04/2011-03-04_life_in_the_fast_lane.html)


City Drops Plan for 34th St. Pedestrian Plaza
By Michael M. Grynbaum, , The New York Times (March 2, 2011).
(http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/nyregion/03bus.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=34th%20Street&st=cse)


Get Real, Sadik-Khan: Closing 34th Street Would Be Chaos.
By the Editors, The New York Observer (March 1, 2011).
(http://www.observer.com/2011/opinion/get-real-sadik-khan-closing-34th-would-be-chaos)


Save 34th Street.
Editorial, New York Post (February 27, 2011).
(http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/save_th_street_ZegSPjgaoPlXguYquLyw3N)


Plan To Create Pedestrian Mall On 34th St.
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer on Good Day New York
MYFOXNY.COM (February 24, 2011).
(http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/good_day_ny/plan-to-create-pedestrian-mall-on-34th-st-20110224)


Debacle on 34th Street.
DOT’s plans to ruin grand blvd.

By Steve Cuozzo, New York Post (February 23, 2011).
(http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/debacle
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)


Transit Town Hall Meeting Strikes a Nerve in Murray Hill.
By Marisa Bulzone,Murray Hill Life 2011 (No. 1) Winter, p.5, p.29 (PDF)
.


Major Midtown Redesign Sparks Controversy.
One-Way on 34th Street.

WPIX-TV 11 (December 8, 2010).
(http://www.wpix.com/news/wpix-34th-street-one-way,0,59830.story)


City’s Proposal For 34th Street Has Residents Upset.
Add It's Just Another Example Of Mayor Getting What He Wants.

CBS New York 2 (December 6, 2010).
(http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/12/06/citys-proposal-for-34th-street-has-residents-upset/)


New Pedestrian Plazas Are a Nightmare for the Blind.
Blind and visually impaired New Yorkers are struggling to cope with the city's new pedestrian plazas and bike lanes.

By Jill Colvin, Reporter/Producer, DNAinfo.com (November 8, 2010).
(http://www.dnainfo.com/20101108/manhattan/new-pedestrian-plazas-nightmare-for-blind)


East Side Residents Reiterate Concerns About 34th Street Transitway.
By Jill Colvin, Reporter/Producer, DNAinfo.com (November 5, 2010 ).
(http://www.dnainfo.com/20101105/manhattan/east-side-residents-reiterate-concerns-about-34th-street-transitway )


West Side Residents, Transportation Officials Discuss 34th Street Bus Lane Project.
By Tara Kyle, Reporter/Producer, DNAinfo.com (October 22, 2010 ).
(http://www.dnainfo.com/20101022//west-side-residents-
transportation-officials-discuss-34th-street-bus-lane-project
)


Murray Hill Residents Tell DOT 34th Street Bus Plan is a 'Disaster.’
By Della Hasselle, Reporter/Producer, DNAinfo.com (October 20, 2010)
(http://www.dnainfo.com/20101020/murray-hill-gramercy/
smurray-hill-residents-tell-dot-34th-street-bu-plan-will-be-disaster
)


Slow down, commish: City must proceed with caution on 34th street remake.
Opinion. New York Daily News (May 9, 2010).
(http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/05/09/2010-05-09_slow_down_commish.html)


Murray Hill Residents Tell DOT to Scrap 34th Street Transitway Plan.
By Gabriela Resto-Montero, Reporter/Producer, DNAinfo.com (September 24, 2010).
(http://www.dnainfo.com/20100924/manhattan/murray-hill-
residents-tell-dot-scrap-34th-street-transitway-plan
)


Murray Hill Unites Against Proposed 34th Street Transitway.
Are Residents Being Sold Out for Federal Funds?

By Marisa Bulzone,
Murray Hill Life 2010 (No. 3) Autumn, p.1, p.7 (PDF
).