Monday’s Headlines: The Mayor is on Vacation Edition

The mayor is on vacation all week, as is Streetsblog’s sage Editor-in-Chief Gersh Kuntzman.

Of course, we wouldn’t be foolish enough to expect it to be particularly quiet in New York City just because a couple of guys are out of town — so keep checking Streetsblog for top-tier transportation news and analysis.

In the meantime, here are the headlines:

• A man died a week after a BMW driver struck him in Washington Heights. (Patch)
• A hit-and-run driver critically injured a pedestrian in Jamaica. (amNY)
• DOT might make Grand Street and Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg one-way. (News 12 Brooklyn)
• Congestion pricing didn’t make pollution better or worse, according to a new study. (Gothamist, Newsday)
• NYPD descended on Dyckman Street in Inwood over the weekend, barricading streets with the goal of preventing a “takeover” like one a week earlier where a man was fatally stabbed. (Gothamist, ABC7)
• The Wall Street Journal‘s editorial board got in on the e-bike hate trend.
• Ever wondered how DOT makes its street signs? (NY Times)
• MTA mechanics are closing out thousands of work orders on buses without any evidence that any actual work has been done. (Daily News)
• A “street takeover” on Long Island ended with 15 arrests and several impounded cars. (Gothamist)
• The City Council wants to end pedicab price gouging. (Gothamist)
• News 12 Brooklyn covered the installation of the final block of the Ashland Place protected bike lane.
• More speed cameras means more “driver backlash,” reports NPR.
• News flash: There are no Flock cameras in New York City. (West Side Rag)
• Automated camera enforcement is coming to more bus routes in the Bronx and Brooklyn. (News 12)
• Read how Somerville, Massachusetts achieved Vision Zero. (CS Monitor)