busway. Though his initial claim was denied, after raising at least $1,000 each from a number of his West Village neighbors and co-plaintiffs, he filed a last-minute appeal a week ago. As a result, Manhattan’s first street dedicated primarily to buses remains in limbo, perhaps for as long as six months to a year as the legal process plays out. (He filed another lawsuit last week against the city and MTA regarding the elimination of a handful of bus stops along 14th Street as he piles on complaints against the project.)

Nearly 27,000 New Yorkers ride the buses on 14th Street every day, but the M14 is among the slowest in the city, averaging 4.3 miles per hour as the buses inch across town. Transit advocates estimate that inVoice
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Gujarat Citizen's write to President of India against Intolerance

We, the concerned citizens of Gujarat, stand by the artists, scientists,writers, academicians, intellectuals who oppose the atmosphere of intolerance, hatred and fear; and return their awards. We feel that this is the time when the civil society should rise and resist what is going on in the country. Intolerance as well as communal and caste hatred have been in the country since long. But after the rise of Mr. Narendra Modi and RSS, intolerance, violence and hatred have become the instruments of power and have been politically and deliberately encouraged. The cold blooded murder of the intellectuals, two in Maharashtra and one in Karnataka is its glaring example.

The fanatical propagation of cow slaughter and killing people