There's still time to tell the Department of Transportation what you want done to improve safety on the "new Boulevard of Death," Northern Boulevard. The agency has set up a handy website so you can log your comments and place them on the map of the strip where more than a half-dozen people have been killed since 2017. And tonight, the agency will host the third of its three community workshops in Long Island City at 6:30 p.m. Streetsblog covered the first one here.
And now, the news:
- The New York Times endorsed Democrat Andrew Gounardes in his race against "affable" State Senator Marty Golden. "Voters should not let [Golden's] good cheer distract from some of his questionable actions in recent years," the paper's editorial board wrote. Meanwhile, the Brooklyn Eagle-owned Home Reporter will endorse Golden in, what Bklyner called, tainted croneyism.
- Street safety opponent Council Member Mark Gjonaj is apparently suing the city using his campaign funds, which is not necessarily legal. (Gotham Gazette)
- ICYMI: The company that runs the boondoggle parking lots at Yankee Stadium owes the city millions — and is claiming it is losing money every year because fewer and fewer fans are driving to the games. (NY Post)
- I was happy to see myself and Streetsblog all over CBS2 reporter Marcia Kramer's report on rogue private carters on the Upper East Side. Her must-see TV report shows how easy it is to write up these drivers...if the NYPD has the will. (CBS2)
- I was also happy to see that Assembly Member Michael DenDekker, who has been inconsistent on street safety, came out in support of congestion pricing — sort of. He put so many conditions on it, that in the end, I'm not sure. (Dendekker via Twitter)
- More bike lanes coming to Staten Island — though none is protected. (Advance) The island still has no on-street protected lanes.
- Queens cyclist Angela Stach clued in the Department of Transportation that it gave a permit to allow a construction company to park a Dumpster in its new protected bike lane on 43rd Ave. in Sunnyside. The good news? It was gone by Sunday night.
- amNY offered a sightseeing guide for next year's L-train refugees.
- Nicole Gelinas investigated the latest on MTA finances. (NY Post)
- @uws_cyclist introduced us all to the 13 train.
- And, finally, my French is a bit rusty, but it seems like Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo won a lawsuit and the city can now use the banks of the Seine for public space instead of parking. (Jarret Walker via Twitter)
