Adams Misses Mandated Bike and Bus Lane Mileage, Boasts Hollow Street Safety Achievements
Promises made, promises recycled.
Mayor’s Year-End Self-Praise Neglects the Bus — Because There’s So Little To Praise
Hizzoner fell far short of both legally mandated benchmarks for bus lane mileage and his own promises to bus riders.
Lawyer for NYPD Driver Who Killed 7-Year-Old Blames City for His Client’s Alleged Negligence
The attorney pinned blame for the death on NYPD for failing to enforce parking rules — but did not explain how that should absolve his client of unsafe driving.
In Case You Missed It
MTA’s Queens Bus Redesign: $30M in Service, 8 More Routes, Skepticism from Brooks-Powers
The improvements mean that 200,000 more people will get 10-minute-or-better service, among other things. Who could complain?
City Hall Functionary is Quietly Interfering with Critical Street Safety Initiatives: Sources
"He only was going to raise the concerns that you’re going to hear from car drivers," one official said. "He’s never been on the pro-pedestrianization, pro-bike-lane side.”
Scenic Midtown Greenway Section Opens, But Gap Remains
It's a beautiful greenway, but it still doesn't fill the Midtown gap.
Third Ave. ‘Complete Street’ Adds Wide Bike Lane, But Still Keeps Too Much Space for Cars
The bike lane is a good start, but the city must aim higher for its "complete streets," advocates say.
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Parents Call on Mayor to Restore Crossing Guard Funding After 7-Year-Old’s Death
Parents, teachers, students and NYCHA residents will rally Thursday morning at the Fort Greene corner where an NYPD tow truck driver killed 7-year-old Kamari Hughes.
MTA Reviewing Proposed Upper West Side Delivery Worker Hub Amid Ongoing Pushback
The MTA has yet to give the go-ahead to a proposed Upper West Side delivery worker rest stop as some locals continue to fight the proposal.
Wednesday’s Headlines: Rail News Edition
Our editor is on a train, so let's get right to yesterday's news!
Tuesday’s Headlines: Admit It, You Want To Be On A Community Board Edition
Brooklyn Beep Antonio Reynoso wants you to apply. Plus other news.
Komanoff: MTA’s Three-Day Blitz on Toll Scofflaws is Not Nearly Enough
It’s awesome that a three-day sting nabbed 44 autos that had racked up $922,500 in unpaid bridge tolls and fines, but the agency needs to do more.
MTA: N.J. Slept Through the Entire Congestion Pricing Environmental Review
"New Jersey’s claim that it was deprived of adequate opportunities to consult on the project is revisionist history," the MTA's attorneys wrote.
Investigations
Three NYC Asphalt Trucks Exploded Last Spring, Raising Safety, Environmental Concerns: Records
The explosions raise questions about the city's decision to use a paving material that other cities have phased out because of safety and environmental risks, an official said.
GHOST TAGS: Inside NYC’s Black Market for Temporary License Plates
Read all three parts of Jesse Coburn's award-winning investigation.
‘A Very Dangerous Job’: Dozens of NYC School Crossing Guards Injured by Drivers Since 2012, Records Show
As thousands of guards returned to street corners across the city last week for the reopening of public schools, records obtained by Streetsblog reveal the dangers that guards face on the job.
Talking Headways Podcast: Downtown or Not Downtown
Today's podcast brings you back to Mpact conference in Phoenix for a panel about downtowns and urban development.
New Year, New Opportunity to Pass ‘Sammy’s Law’
Reminder: last year, despite the support of Gov. Hochul, the state Senate, Mayor Adams and the City Council, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) refused to allow the lower house to vote on the bill.
Groups Call on Hochul to Stop City’s ‘Predetermined’ Plan to Keep BQE
"The existing process will only lead to billions of city and state taxpayer dollars spent to simply preserve the failed and dangerous BQE with a Band-Aid," the groups said.
Feds’ Proposed Impaired Driving Rule is a Bigger Deal Than You Think
But can in-car tech make it past the gauntlet of regulatory hurdles and culture wars ahead?
Monday’s Headlines: The Ghosts in the Machine Edition
It's been a busy few days it's been on the ghost car and defaced plate beat. Plus other news (including the world premiere of a new criminal mischief video).
Congestion Pricing
Thursday’s Headlines: What an Historic Day Edition
It was such a big deal that all sorts of strangers in the press corps showed up. Plus other news.
Dynamic! MTA Could Hike Congestion Pricing Toll 25% on Gridlock Alert Days
The MTA said it had that power, and modeled it in its environmental assessment (see footnote 2 below), but no one ever reported it, until Wednesday.
Reporter’s Notebook: Will Eric Adams Ever Publicly Embrace Congestion Pricing?
The governor, the head of the MTA and the city's leading transit thinkers all celebrated congestion pricing on Tuesday as an historic moment while Mayor Adams spent Tuesday failing to live up to it.
Tuesday’s Headlines: Gridlock Alert — And Gridlock Abort — Day Edition
A "Gridlock Alert" day is a perfect day for supporters of congestion pricing to rally in Union Square! Plus other news.
