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Nick Ober

@nober

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Joined July 2008
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Madrid proving it’s possible to outfit decades old stations with platform screen doors. Installation in progress at Nuevos Ministerios on Line 6.
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Great changes and gratifying to see @MTA continue to try to make this project more cost-effective and passenger-friendly at the same time!
Effective Transit Alliance (@eta_ny) profile pictureEffective Transit Alliance@eta_nyAug 22
According to a CB10 presentation in June, it appears the @MTA may have reverted its plans to make 116 St on Phase 2 of the Second Avenue Subway an elevator-only station with a below-platform mezzanine. It now appears to be a standard above-platform mezzanine with escalators.
The rendering of the 116 St station on SAS Phase 2 from the June CB10 presentation. It shows small above-platform mezzanines instead of the previous below-platform mezzanines.

ALT The rendering of the 116 St station on SAS Phase 2 from the June CB10 presentation. It shows small above-platform mezzanines instead of the previous below-platform mezzanines.

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Replying to @padikiki
One crunchwrap supreme and they’re all o say can you see
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Chris Gaun (@cgaunerd) profile picture
Chris Gaun
@cgaunerdMay 12
If NYC is borrowing from the pensions now, what do we actually do during actual bad times? – at Washington, DC
Nick Garber (@nick_garber) profile pictureNick Garber@nick_garberMay 12
Per Hochul's office, the new aid is: $500M from pied-à-terre tax $202M in "actions to offset recurring spending obligations" $150M in school aid $3.163 billion through state OKing savings measures including pension amortization, class size "fexibility" & unspecified other actions
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Props to whichever @NYC_DOT staffer made these amazing Before/After timeline slides using @NYCMayor’s campaign colors.
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NYC DOT Projects @NYCDOTProjects@overgrown.garden (@NYCDOTProjects) profile pictureNYC DOT Projects @[email protected]@NYCDOTProjectsApr 16
McGuinness Boulevard, Calyer Street to Freeman Street - presented to Brooklyn Community Board 1 in April 2026 nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/p…
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72nd Street Protected Bike Lane - presented to Manhattan Community Board 7 in April 2026 nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/p…
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Rare photo where you can see the original wider sidewalk width along Third Ave right before they cut it back to the newer, narrower version in order to accommodate a wider roadway.
Aná (@annamo_ana) profile pictureAná@annamo_anaFeb 10
A view down Third Avenue around 56th Street, circa 1956.
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Looking at this further, in the background you can see the old bishops crook streetlights which will be cut back shortly along with the sidewalk and the newer modern street lights ready to take over.
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I wonder what happened with JCDecaux’s existing franchise for street furniture. If I recall, it included 40 automatic public toilets alongside the hundreds of bus shelters and newsstands that got built. I guess it got mired in permitting/siting hell? @nicolegelinas do you know?
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) profile pictureMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
@NYCMayorJan 10
Today we signed final approvals for a new public restroom in West Harlem at 12th Avenue and St. Clair — and committed $4M to bring even more modular bathrooms across NYC. New Yorkers deserve to travel through their city with dignity. Our administration is proving government can deliver for working people.
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Toronto’s quick build cycle tracks look better than NYC’s capital buildouts.
Toronto Cycling and Pedestrian Projects (@TO_Cycling_Ped) profile pictureToronto Cycling and Pedestrian Projects@TO_Cycling_Ped24 Dec 2025
In 2025, changes on The Esplanade included the conversion to one-way westbound travel for motor vehicles between Scott Street and Church Street, and the extension of the two-way cycle tracks from Scott Street to Market Street using quick-build materials. toronto.ca/esplanademill
Two-way bikeway separated from the roadway with concrete curbs, located adjacent to a one-way street for motor vehicles.

ALT Two-way bikeway separated from the roadway with concrete curbs, located adjacent to a one-way street for motor vehicles.

A person cycles through an intersection on The Esplanade that features pavement markings indicating a two-way bikeway, which include arrows, bicycle symbols and elephant feet markings.

ALT A person cycles through an intersection on The Esplanade that features pavement markings indicating a two-way bikeway, which include arrows, bicycle symbols and elephant feet markings.

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While I’m sure @StevenFulop would say Jersey City is a great place to live (and he’s not wrong!), it’s telling that @GovKathyHochul is clear-eyed about why so many young New Yorkers are heading across the river: New Jersey is building housing. NYC isn’t. curbed.com/article/interboro…
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This is such a bad take. I was born in NYC, but just because I won the sperm lottery doesn’t mean I have a monopoly on good ideas. We should listen to all constituents regardless of where they were born rather than veer into ugly nativism.
Hon. Vickie Paladino (@VickieforNYC) profile pictureHon. Vickie Paladino
@VickieforNYC22 Oct 2024
Transplants who just arrived in New York don't have the right to insist we redesign our entire city according to their agenda just because they hate people who own cars. Sorry we're not Barcelona or Amsterdam. Go be a transplant there if it's so great. I said what I said.
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Surprised to see @NYC_DOT not including any bike facilities in this capital buildout.
NYC DOT Projects @NYCDOTProjects@overgrown.garden (@NYCDOTProjects) profile pictureNYC DOT Projects @[email protected]@NYCDOTProjects9 Oct 2024
Woodhaven Boulevard, Queens Boulevard to 107th Avenue - presented to Queens Community Board 6 in September 2024 nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/p…
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Anyone know about this project? I can't find much online about it.
Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) profile pictureChuck Schumer
@SenSchumer20 Sep 2024
BIG: I secured the largest single federal grant for bike infrastructure in NYC history. It'll link greenways on the West and East Side of Manhattan in Inwood. Thanks to @RepEspaillat, @NYC_DOT, @ydanis, and activists—cyclists will be able to ride around the entire island.
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This is such an unserious take for an NYC CM to make. Citibike is closing in on 200k daily rides — competitive with highways like the FDR Drive — all while using virtually no taxpayer funds and obviously requiring a fraction of the space.
Hon. Vickie Paladino (@VickieforNYC) profile pictureHon. Vickie Paladino
@VickieforNYC17 Sep 2024
How about we just get rid of CitiBike entirely. Seems like a much better plan.
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The First Avenue Express Bike Lane is live just in time for UN General Assembly! What a joy to breeze uptown with no lights or intersections from 40th Street all the way to 49th Street! Thanks @NYC_DOT @cbsix @vinbarone @MarkLevineNYC #bikenyc #UNGA
The First Ave Bike Lane looking north at 41st Street to a split between local upper level and express lower level lanes.

ALT The First Ave Bike Lane looking north at 41st Street to a split between local upper level and express lower level lanes.

The First Avenue Express Bike Lane looking north in the west tube of the First Avenue Tunnel with Jersey barriers separating bike traffic from one lane of car traffic.

ALT The First Avenue Express Bike Lane looking north in the west tube of the First Avenue Tunnel with Jersey barriers separating bike traffic from one lane of car traffic.

A happy cyclist taking a selfie in the First Avenue Tunnel's new protected bike lane in the west tube.

ALT A happy cyclist taking a selfie in the First Avenue Tunnel's new protected bike lane in the west tube.

The northern exit of the First Avenue Express Bike Lane where the bike lane merges back with the local lane. Some remaining work includes green paint, roadway lane markings, and vertical delineators.

ALT The northern exit of the First Avenue Express Bike Lane where the bike lane merges back with the local lane. Some remaining work includes green paint, roadway lane markings, and vertical delineators.

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Why is this not a protected lane?
NYC DOT Projects @NYCDOTProjects@overgrown.garden (@NYCDOTProjects) profile pictureNYC DOT Projects @[email protected]@NYCDOTProjects4 Sep 2024
121st Avenue, 231st Street to Laurelton Parkway - What's Happening Here? Flyer nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/p…
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What we’ve lost in NYC
Boba Cyclist 정 (@BobaCyclist) profile pictureBoba Cyclist 정@BobaCyclist4 Aug 2024
What a downgrade for Beija-Flor, the excellent Brazilian restaurant in Dutch Kills. Their pretty outdoor dining structure is now gone, just so two people can park their cars in front. No more live music outside, I guess, either. Conservative NIMBYs just hate this city.
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NYC desperately needs to reform @NYCDDC so it can produce high quality public spaces like this on a reasonable timeline.
Nancy Powell 🌳🦋🐝🚴🏻‍♂️🏫 (@nanjpowell) profile pictureNancy Powell 🌳🦋🐝🚴🏻‍♂️🏫@nanjpowell27 Jun 2024
Very impressed with the streets of Montreal. 1/New attractively designed curb less shared streets are in many places and more under construction.
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Replying to @NYC_DOT
@NYC_DOT showed 6th Ave #bikenyc updates to Man CB2 this week. Some good stuff: 1) Closes the PBL gap from Lispendard-W 8th, 2) Widens the W 8th-W 14th PBL. But also a curiosity: the PBL swaps to the east btw Lispenard-Houston. DOT says bike boxes/signal timing will make it work.
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@NYC_DOT's logic for swapping the PBL to the east btw Lispenard and Houston is to avoid conflicts with heavy left turn tunnel traffic, some slip lanes, and illegal FDNY parking outside a station house.
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I'm personally skeptical about the swaps given how relatively short the section is and how busy Houston is, but this is still a big upgrade. CB2 was generally supportive but wanted more detail about the transition points and requested concrete ped islands vs. just paint.
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