Alex Morano
@ammorano.bsky.social
Leveraging strategic comms for positive change. Advocate for safe streets and sustainability / believer in the power of collective action, among other things.
Daylighting is common sense! I don't know that so many diverse groups have ever been in agreement about something like this. @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social it is time to pass Intro 1138! @cmjuliewon.bsky.social
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Hundreds of Community Groups — From the Conservatives to the Socialists! — Demand Daylighting - Streetsblog New York City
Two hundred New York City groups joined calls to ban parking at corners in order to improve safety and visibility, also known as daylighting.
nyc.streetsblog.org
October 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Daylighting is common sense! I don't know that so many diverse groups have ever been in agreement about something like this. @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social it is time to pass Intro 1138! @cmjuliewon.bsky.social
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/24/h...
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/24/h...
Great piece about how projects like Court St in Brooklyn are good for cities: "it’s one of the best, most optimistic movements in urban development, one that can make cities cleaner, quieter, and more sustainable." @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social @cmrestler.bsky.social www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Cities are booming with bikes — and getting safer and cleaner
Protected bike lanes are transforming cities worldwide, cutting crashes, cleaning air, and turning daily rides into real climate wins.
www.vox.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Great piece about how projects like Court St in Brooklyn are good for cities: "it’s one of the best, most optimistic movements in urban development, one that can make cities cleaner, quieter, and more sustainable." @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social @cmrestler.bsky.social www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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“You can’t tell me a parking space at the corner of a street is worth a life.”
Advocates are in front of the district office of @galeabrewer.bsky.social this morning to ask her why she changed her mind and no longer supports universal daylighting in NYC.
Advocates are in front of the district office of @galeabrewer.bsky.social this morning to ask her why she changed her mind and no longer supports universal daylighting in NYC.
October 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“You can’t tell me a parking space at the corner of a street is worth a life.”
Advocates are in front of the district office of @galeabrewer.bsky.social this morning to ask her why she changed her mind and no longer supports universal daylighting in NYC.
Advocates are in front of the district office of @galeabrewer.bsky.social this morning to ask her why she changed her mind and no longer supports universal daylighting in NYC.
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If you like this change to the street, please let Brooklyn CB6 know by emailing info@bkcb6.org
I'm on the board and we're already getting some cranky emails. The folks who are using this and benefit from it don't know they have to stand up for good things, so help us stand up for good things.
I'm on the board and we're already getting some cranky emails. The folks who are using this and benefit from it don't know they have to stand up for good things, so help us stand up for good things.
October 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
If you like this change to the street, please let Brooklyn CB6 know by emailing info@bkcb6.org
I'm on the board and we're already getting some cranky emails. The folks who are using this and benefit from it don't know they have to stand up for good things, so help us stand up for good things.
I'm on the board and we're already getting some cranky emails. The folks who are using this and benefit from it don't know they have to stand up for good things, so help us stand up for good things.
@galeabrewer.bsky.social's position on daylighting is becoming increasingly confusing. She now says her flip-flop isn't because of parking but for some other vague reason.
Every intersection in her district has had an injury during her term. This is embarrassing. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/02/b...
Every intersection in her district has had an injury during her term. This is embarrassing. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/02/b...
'Bean-Counting Street Safety': Advocates Blast Gale Brewer's Daylighting Flip-Flop - Streetsblog New York City
The Upper West Side pol's inconsistent safety record is getting a second look from activists who once supported her.
nyc.streetsblog.org
October 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
@galeabrewer.bsky.social's position on daylighting is becoming increasingly confusing. She now says her flip-flop isn't because of parking but for some other vague reason.
Every intersection in her district has had an injury during her term. This is embarrassing. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/02/b...
Every intersection in her district has had an injury during her term. This is embarrassing. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/02/b...
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Approximately 75% of households on the Upper West Side are car-free. Plus, 13,000 parking spaces in a neighborhood that's home to about 214,000 residents is nothing. This is an elected official listening to a loud and entitled minority and prioritizing the storage of private cars over public safety.
UWS Council Member Gale Brewer changed her mind on the daylighting bill after DOT officials projected that the street safety initiatives would remove 13,000 parking spaces per district — double the 6,500 avg. spots that DOT officials previously estimated under oath in April.
Gale's A-Blowin': Brewer Abandons Daylighting Bill After Push By Parking-First DOT - Streetsblog New York City
DOT's anti-daylighting "scare tactics" have peeled off Council Member Gale Brewer, who says the policy will gobble up too many parking spots.
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September 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Approximately 75% of households on the Upper West Side are car-free. Plus, 13,000 parking spaces in a neighborhood that's home to about 214,000 residents is nothing. This is an elected official listening to a loud and entitled minority and prioritizing the storage of private cars over public safety.
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This is Gale Brewer basically saying we should not implement known proven safety measures until at least one person is injured in an avoidable crash. Ghoulish really.
Imagine if we treated any other form of safety like this:"We should only install outlet covers in day care centers on a case-by-case basis, such as where a toddler has stuck his fingers in an electrical socket."
September 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This is Gale Brewer basically saying we should not implement known proven safety measures until at least one person is injured in an avoidable crash. Ghoulish really.
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Imagine if we treated any other form of safety like this:"We should only install outlet covers in day care centers on a case-by-case basis, such as where a toddler has stuck his fingers in an electrical socket."
September 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Imagine if we treated any other form of safety like this:"We should only install outlet covers in day care centers on a case-by-case basis, such as where a toddler has stuck his fingers in an electrical socket."
All of @galeabrewer.bsky.social's community boards support daylighting as do all other elected officials representing the district. This flip-flop — siding against her community for vague/undisclosed reasons — is a huge blemish on her public service record and will make all NYers less safe.
UWS Council Member Gale Brewer changed her mind on the daylighting bill after DOT officials projected that the street safety initiatives would remove 13,000 parking spaces per district — double the 6,500 avg. spots that DOT officials previously estimated under oath in April.
Gale's A-Blowin': Brewer Abandons Daylighting Bill After Push By Parking-First DOT - Streetsblog New York City
DOT's anti-daylighting "scare tactics" have peeled off Council Member Gale Brewer, who says the policy will gobble up too many parking spots.
buff.ly
September 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
All of @galeabrewer.bsky.social's community boards support daylighting as do all other elected officials representing the district. This flip-flop — siding against her community for vague/undisclosed reasons — is a huge blemish on her public service record and will make all NYers less safe.
The tools exist to fix dangerous conditions outside school streets. Virtually overnight, we can:
- Reduce speed limits outside schools
- Make universal daylighting the law
All eyes on you @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social
- Reduce speed limits outside schools
- Make universal daylighting the law
All eyes on you @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social
We've all long noticed the increase in traffic that follows the opening of New York City's public schools, but does the city's crash data reflect whether the general chaos is accompanied by actual carnage on the streets? The answer: Yes. buff.ly/hil7tyQ
Thursday's Headlines: Back to School Edition - Streetsblog New York City
The opening of school means it's time for readin', writin' and butcherin'. Plus other news.
nyc.streetsblog.org
September 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The tools exist to fix dangerous conditions outside school streets. Virtually overnight, we can:
- Reduce speed limits outside schools
- Make universal daylighting the law
All eyes on you @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social
- Reduce speed limits outside schools
- Make universal daylighting the law
All eyes on you @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social
Advocates asked Cuomo to sign the pledge to Make McGuinness Safe before the primary, which is more than enough time to "review the plan." These are not the words of a candidate that is serious about street safety.
www.brooklynpaper.com/demand-mcgui...
www.brooklynpaper.com/demand-mcgui...
August 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Advocates asked Cuomo to sign the pledge to Make McGuinness Safe before the primary, which is more than enough time to "review the plan." These are not the words of a candidate that is serious about street safety.
www.brooklynpaper.com/demand-mcgui...
www.brooklynpaper.com/demand-mcgui...
Montreal has done incredible work iterating and expanding pedestrianization programs that were born out of the pandemic, now making them permanent.
Sadly, NYC has done the opposite — our pedestrianization programs are a glimmer of what they were in 2021.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Sadly, NYC has done the opposite — our pedestrianization programs are a glimmer of what they were in 2021.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Stretch of Ste-Catherine Street East to become pedestrian-only year-round | CBC News
The City of Montreal announced Friday their "ambitious" plans to transform a portion of Ste-Catherine Street East into a pedestrian road year-round, with redevelopment work starting in fall 2026.
www.cbc.ca
August 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Montreal has done incredible work iterating and expanding pedestrianization programs that were born out of the pandemic, now making them permanent.
Sadly, NYC has done the opposite — our pedestrianization programs are a glimmer of what they were in 2021.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Sadly, NYC has done the opposite — our pedestrianization programs are a glimmer of what they were in 2021.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This is really a surreal, insane thing to see. Advocates put so much into trying to make McGuinness safe, and tolerated condescension and self-righteousness from Eric Adams and Ingrid Lewis-Martin at every turn.
Turns out, they were being bribed the whole time!
Turns out, they were being bribed the whole time!
Ingrid Lewis-Martin and Gina and Tony Argento's names might sound familiar. In this look at Adams's failure to create bus lanes, all three names show up around the McGuinness Boulevard project, which the Argentos opposed.
Eric Adams Promised to Be the Bus Mayor. Riders Are Still Waiting. (Published 2023)
www.nytimes.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This is really a surreal, insane thing to see. Advocates put so much into trying to make McGuinness safe, and tolerated condescension and self-righteousness from Eric Adams and Ingrid Lewis-Martin at every turn.
Turns out, they were being bribed the whole time!
Turns out, they were being bribed the whole time!
This kind of treatment can be a model for New York — to create permeable surfaces, reduce flooding and combined sewer overflow, and ultimately make our waterways clean and swimmable. But we need to secure the space on our streets to do it!
Before/after Montreal mid-block greening/bioswale/traffic calming!
I took a photo of this gorgeous green implementation cause I saw it the 2 previous blocks.
Then as if the Montreal Street Gods wanted to take care of me the following block they said, “Oh Mr. Streetfilms here’s how we dig them up!”
I took a photo of this gorgeous green implementation cause I saw it the 2 previous blocks.
Then as if the Montreal Street Gods wanted to take care of me the following block they said, “Oh Mr. Streetfilms here’s how we dig them up!”
August 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This kind of treatment can be a model for New York — to create permeable surfaces, reduce flooding and combined sewer overflow, and ultimately make our waterways clean and swimmable. But we need to secure the space on our streets to do it!
This crash in Astoria this morning killed 3, including 2 pedestrians. Everyone can agree, the status quo on our streets is unacceptable. We need to embrace real systemic and structural changes to keep pedestrians safe. @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social what will you do?
abc7ny.com/post/astoria...
abc7ny.com/post/astoria...
3 dead after car crashes into food truck, pedestrians in Astoria
Police say a driver tried to avoid another car making a U-turn, then lost control and crashed into a food truck and pedestrians.
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August 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This crash in Astoria this morning killed 3, including 2 pedestrians. Everyone can agree, the status quo on our streets is unacceptable. We need to embrace real systemic and structural changes to keep pedestrians safe. @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social what will you do?
abc7ny.com/post/astoria...
abc7ny.com/post/astoria...
Because @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ran a people-powered campaign/is not beholden to special interests, he can truly advance policy and infra solutions that make streets safe and improve transit — this is a generational opportunity to transform our urban landscape
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nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/06/26/h...
June 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Because @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ran a people-powered campaign/is not beholden to special interests, he can truly advance policy and infra solutions that make streets safe and improve transit — this is a generational opportunity to transform our urban landscape
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/06/26/h...
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/06/26/h...
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A judge has issued a temporary restraining order preventing Mayor Adams and Ydanis Rodriguez from ripping up a piece of the protected bike lane on Bedford Avenue iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewD...
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June 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A judge has issued a temporary restraining order preventing Mayor Adams and Ydanis Rodriguez from ripping up a piece of the protected bike lane on Bedford Avenue iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewD...
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The NY Times non-endorsement and its “eh, Brad’s fine but not super awesome and tough like the big ol’ sex pest” take looks worse with each passing moment.
June 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The NY Times non-endorsement and its “eh, Brad’s fine but not super awesome and tough like the big ol’ sex pest” take looks worse with each passing moment.
Absolutely horrifying how many human lives our mayor is willing to put at risk to score political points.
Context: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/n... (at a recent town hall in Hasidic Williamsburg, much of the discussion was about how much folks wanted the bike lane removed)
June 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Absolutely horrifying how many human lives our mayor is willing to put at risk to score political points.
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Something a lot of people who don't cover transportation politics don't know is that there's a small number of deeply unwell guys who show up to aggressively heckle at transit/safe streets events and make content of it. It's breaking containment now, which is uh, cool
June 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Something a lot of people who don't cover transportation politics don't know is that there's a small number of deeply unwell guys who show up to aggressively heckle at transit/safe streets events and make content of it. It's breaking containment now, which is uh, cool
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I'm not sure that Citizens Union can continue to call itself a good government group.
New: The Citizens Union, one of NYC's oldest good government groups, is supporting Andrew Cuomo as part of its 2025 mayoral race endorsement slate — even though the organization demanded he be removed as governor in 2021 over sexual misconduct accusations. www.nydailynews.com/2025/06/03/c...
Citizens Union endorses Cuomo as part of mayoral slate despite 2021 impeachment demand
The Citizens Union, one of New York’s oldest good government groups, is supporting Andrew Cuomo as part of its 2025 mayoral race endorsement slate — even though the organization demanded he b…
www.nydailynews.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I'm not sure that Citizens Union can continue to call itself a good government group.
Kudos to @dmey.bsky.social for jumping in the Open Streets beat to report Cuomo and @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social don't know if they support Open Streets.
The official position of mayoral candidates shouldn't be "I don't know." Not indicative of good leadership.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/07/e...
The official position of mayoral candidates shouldn't be "I don't know." Not indicative of good leadership.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/07/e...
Eric Adams Punts the Future of Open Streets to the Next Mayor - Streetsblog New York City
The city's car-free open streets are funded for just one more year under Mayor Adams's proposed budget. But Cuomo looms.
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May 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Kudos to @dmey.bsky.social for jumping in the Open Streets beat to report Cuomo and @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social don't know if they support Open Streets.
The official position of mayoral candidates shouldn't be "I don't know." Not indicative of good leadership.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/07/e...
The official position of mayoral candidates shouldn't be "I don't know." Not indicative of good leadership.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/07/e...
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This is an outrageous policy change. Also, if you’re gonna do this then you gotta do it for drivers, too right? Given those are obviously far far more dangerous vehicles.
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nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/02/p...
Policy Change: NYPD Will Write Criminal Summonses, Not Traffic Tickets, for Cyclists - Streetsblog New York City
Quietly, the NYPD has changed policy and will now make criminal cases against cyclists who go through red lights, a change that will have predictable and unpredictable ramifications.
nyc.streetsblog.org
May 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This is an outrageous policy change. Also, if you’re gonna do this then you gotta do it for drivers, too right? Given those are obviously far far more dangerous vehicles.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/02/p...
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Lincoln Square Road Closure and Accompanying Comments From The Local Facebook Page (April 2025)
April 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Lincoln Square Road Closure and Accompanying Comments From The Local Facebook Page (April 2025)
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I've been biking in Brooklyn for a few years now! It's hard for me to believe it, but I'm one of the people other bicyclists ask questions to now.
Bike Brooklyn! is a zine I made that touches on everything I wish I knew when I started biking in Brooklyn: lizdenys.com/bikebk/
Bike Brooklyn! is a zine I made that touches on everything I wish I knew when I started biking in Brooklyn: lizdenys.com/bikebk/
Liz Denys - Bike Brooklyn!
Bike Brooklyn! is a zine that touches on everything I wish I knew when I started biking in Brooklyn. A lot of this information can be found in other resources, but I wanted to collect it in...
lizdenys.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I've been biking in Brooklyn for a few years now! It's hard for me to believe it, but I'm one of the people other bicyclists ask questions to now.
Bike Brooklyn! is a zine I made that touches on everything I wish I knew when I started biking in Brooklyn: lizdenys.com/bikebk/
Bike Brooklyn! is a zine I made that touches on everything I wish I knew when I started biking in Brooklyn: lizdenys.com/bikebk/