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Continue reading →: Disconnect From Your Phone (please)I’m continually amazed how more of my fellow New Yorkers don’t get mowed down by vehicles or bikes, or fall into open cellar grates. Their eyes are on their phone screens and their ears are listening to music, podcasts or whatever– not to traffic. Clearly, this isn’t a recipe for…
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Continue reading →: Where Did All the Signs Go?There are still a few signs on NYC streets (One Way, for instance, is still there, thank goodness). But other signs (such as those with a speed limit, or advisory about watching for pedestrians) are gone. I recently called the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) and spoke to someone in…
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Continue reading →: “What Did You Say Again?”NYC is just a loud place to live. What with sirens, subways, pile drivers and cars without mufflers, the ambient noise level here is just plain high. Then there are the experiences for which we pay good money but which have incredibly high noise levels associated with them. They include…








