Postal Truck Driver Kills 83-Year-Old Man on Amsterdam and 95th
A postal truck driver struck and killed an 83-year-old man on Amsterdam Avenue and 95th Street at around 6:00 a.m. this morning. NYPD has yet to determine who had the right-of-way. While Amsterdam Avenue has a protected bike lane at this intersection, there is no pedestrian refuge in the north crosswalk, where the victim was struck.
February 24, 2017
While MTA Waffles on Proven Solutions, New Yorkers Continue to Abandon the Bus
MTA ridership numbers for 2016 are in, and it's clear that New Yorkers continue to abandon slow, unreliable bus service. If the MTA and NYC DOT don't act urgently to improve bus speeds and reliability, warn transit advocates, they risk "a downward spiral of increasing congestion, slower travel speeds, and a slower New York."
February 22, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Streetsblog NYC will be on an abbreviated schedule in observance of Presidents' Day.
February 20, 2017