Before Enrique Peñalosa took over as Mayor of Bogotá, Colombia, this thriving downtown plaza was a decrepit, crime-ridden, traffic-congested slum. Peñalosa cleared out the old shacks, banned private motor vehicles, launched the Transmilenio bus service, created the plaza, and returned this public space to his city's people. Granted, the neighborhood pictured above clearly lacks the First World "vibrancy" that we boast of here in New York City, but it seems pleasant enough, no?
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The price of a yearly Citi Bike membership has grown by 77 percent in inflation-adjusted dollars since the bike-share program launched 2013, the Independent Budget Office said.
And more people bike than drive on the Brooklyn street!
The DOT is once again slow rolling the completion of public charging infrastructure as the city continues to face a battery fire crisis.
The Urban Institute found an overall increase in capital investment in ground transportation — mostly on highways — and flat investment in public transit.
It was horrific, it was depraved, it was predictable. And it will happen again. Plus other news.
Zohran Mamdani likes taking the train and riding a Citi Bike — but the demands of being New York City’s mayor may not be compatible with his transit habit.
