Friday’s Headlines: Just the Headlines Edition
Streetsblog Editor-in-Chief Gersh Kuntzman is away, it’s hot and humid, and there’s plenty of news for you to read on Streetsblog this morning — including a new industry report calling on Mayor Mamdani to encourage more e-micromobility ridership and our review of the new Lafayette Street/Fourth Avenue two-way protected bike lane.
So let’s get right to the headlines:
- DOT will redo another inter-agency notification process for a bike lane project after southern Brooklyn politicians sued. (VINnews)
- Here’s some more coverage of Gov. Hochul’s plans to target tax and insurance fraudsters exposed by the pied-à-terre tax rollout. (Gothamist)
- The MTA will finally allow baby strollers on all buses starting next year. (The City Reporter, Gothamist)
- Our friends at Hell Gate graciously quoted our criticism of City Council Speaker Julie Menin’s sub-contextual framing of e-bike injury and crash stats.
- While Gothamist asked if e-bike policy will be by-product or a casualty of the Menin-Mamdani “rivalry.”
- The Daily News editorial board wants the city to revive the Adams era plan for a Department of Sustainable Delivery to regulate commercial e-micromobility.
- Amazon pledged to comply with Mayor Mamdani’s order that it stop selling illegal e-motos to New Yorkers. (PIX11)
- The City Council may vote down the mayor’s pro-housing pick to run the Board of Standards and Appeals. (Politico)
- An e-bike rider injured in a crash received New Jersey’s first unregistered e-bike ticket. (NJ.com)
- More and more Orthodox Jews are riding non-electric stand-up scooters to synagogue. (Forward)
- Goodbye Flock, hello Axon. (404 Media)
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