It’s Official: Mayoral Candidate Adrienne Adams Decimated Outdoor Dining
The city has authorized just 600 restaurants and bars to set up curbside when roadway outdoor dining resumes April 1.
Tuesday’s Headlines: Show Me Your Plate Edition
The city tightened its rules targeting drivers who block their license plates. Plus more news.
Manhattan Community Boards Unite in Call for 34th St. Busway
The leaders of Manhattan Community Boards 4, 5 and 6 want Mayor Adams to put a busway on "the entire length" of 34th Street.
Today's Headlines
Monday’s Headlines: Don’t Kill Congestion Pricing Edition
The Trump administration's faux deadline for New York to turn off congestion pricing is this Friday. Plus more news.
Open Streets Won’t Survive Without More Money From the City, Organizers Warn
Open streets have shrunk significantly — and more cuts could be coming if the city doesn't cough up more funding, volunteer organizers warned.
DOT Report Reveals How Eric Adams Kneecapped Progress on Bus and Bike Lanes
The agency offers an explanation for its shortcomings, even trotting out a "We told you so" from the former mayor's transportation commissioner.
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The mayor's race
Not Another Mayor Adams? Adrienne Adams Has Little To Show On Street Safety
Council Speaker Adrienne Adams's transportation is marked mostly by indifference — and some occasional meddling.
Four Reminders of Andrew Cuomo’s Disastrous Record on City Transportation
The disgraced ex-governor's livable streets agenda isn't clear — but his record as governor speaks volumes. Here are the lowlights.
‘On Day 1’: Lander Vows To Finish McGuinness Safety Redesign that Eric Adams Botched
The mayoral hopeful advances a plan abandoned by the current officeholder.
Cuo-No! Disgraced Ex-Gov Embraces Fever Dream of Anti-Bike, Anti-Safety Cranks
The self-professed "car guy" has embraced a dubious street safety plan being pushed by Council Republicans.
Recent news
Culture of Can’t: What Happened to Mayor Adams’s Promise for Secure Bike Parking?
Will the city's first real safe bike parking project flounder?
Mayor Adams Abruptly Calls Off Planned Queensboro Bridge Pedestrian Path Opening
The Queensboro Bridge's long-awaited pedestrian path was in the works to open this weekend — until Mayor Adams intervened.
Public Grilling: Queens Panel Berates Opponents of Bob Holden’s E-Bike Registration Bill
Queens cyclists who came out to oppose an e-bike registration bill faced hostile questions from their local community board.
Friday’s Headlines: Ms. Hochul Goes to Washington Edition
Gov. Hochul "wants to talk about congestion pricing" when she meets with President Trump on Friday. Plus more news.
Friday Video: Understanding What’s Going on at That Full Citi Bike Rack
Citi Bike racks serve hundreds of people every day. So just because it might be full when you see it, doesn't mean it's not being used.
EXCLUSIVE: City Will Let Mopeds Use Queensboro and Brooklyn Bridge Roadways
DOT hopes to prevent conflicts between moped and bike riders by allowing the former on the main roadways on the Brooklyn Bridge and Queensboro Bridge.
Congestion pricing news
Sean Duffy Makes Propaganda Film In Failed Attempt To Show Congestion Pricing Doesn’t Work
The Secretary is doubling down on the Trump administration's mistaken view that the toll is ineffective and a "cash grab" from "hard-working New Yorkers." Is it too much to ask that he clean off the camera lens?
‘King’ Trump Pulls Approval for Congestion Pricing: Can He Really Do This? (Not Legally!)
On the one hand: no! On the other hand, well, he certainly thinks he can!
Hochul Finally Finds Her Voice in Defending Congestion Pricing From ‘King’ Trump
Gov. Hochul scorned President Trump for killing congestion pricing, finally loudly and proudly standing up for the tolling program.
Chinatown Pols Renew Push for Cars on Park Row, But Residents Say No
Politicians say getting cars back on Park Row is their top priority — but locals don't want that.
Thursday’s Headlines: Sunset on the Capitol Edition
Sometimes on a slow news day in the city, it's worth heading downtown D.C. — where everything is on fire.
Cabbies Call Parking Fines Too Harsh, Demand More Dedicated Curb Space
The TLC hopes to target repeat offenders and make streets safer by increasing penalties for for-hire vehicle parking violations.
U.S. DOT Orders Review of All Grants Related to Green Infrastructure, Bikes
Now U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is coming for our bike lanes!
Pressure’s on Hochul As Legislative Budget Proposals Don’t Fund MTA Capital Plan
"The clock is ticking" for Gov. Hochul to come up with a way to fund the next MTA capital — or start to pay the price in delayed projects.
Investigations
‘Progressives’ Turn Council’s Transportation Policy Over to Republicans
Roadway safety is simply not a priority, a Streetsblog analysis reveals.
Investigation: NYPD Nixed Thousands of Calls at Coney Island Station Before Horrifying Fire Attack
Nearly two-thirds of calls from the station were closed out just seconds after they were assigned to a police unit, evidence that nothing is being done to help troubled people like Debrina Kawam.
How an Ex-Delivery Worker Upended NYC’s Streets
Ou Zhou, a former delivery worker who founded Fly E-Bike, has hit it big selling fast, low-cost electric bikes and mopeds to delivery workers, transforming New York City streets in the process. But with concerns growing about fires from lithium-ion batteries and more scrutiny on the way, can his electric empire survive? Co-published today with Curbed.
SPECIAL REPORT: Fake Chaplains, Faithless Scam
"Park like an animal, but kosher," reads a recent ad for chaplaincy training and placards for "graduates." But it's all fake.
Congestion Pricing
Data: Congestion Pricing is Not Rerouting Traffic to Other Boroughs
Traffic on four outerborough bridges dropped in February — defying MTA forecasts for increased through-traffic around the congestion relief zone.
Siena Poll: Support for Congestion Pricing Keeps Rising
"Are we out of the Valley of Death yet?"
Chinatown Business Owners Who Drive to Work Say That Congestion Pricing is Bad
Shops in Lower Manhattan claim they're losing business in a survey full of hearsay.
Memo to the President: Manhattan Economy Improving, Thanks to Congestion Pricing
Lower Manhattan's economy has gotten an almost billion-dollar boost in just the first month of congestion pricing's existence, the MTA said on Wednesday.
