THE DE BLASIO LEGACY: Eight Years Of Broken Bus Policy
Two terms in office and one big missed opportunity to end the "Tale of Two Cities" for transit.
December 27, 2021
De Blasio Unveils Tiny Digital Placard Pilot in Final Days
Too little? Most likely. Too late? Definitely.
December 23, 2021
Incoming DOT Commissioner Rodriguez Promises To Upgrade Half of the City’s Plastic-Protected Bike Lanes
Call incoming Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez the Man of Steel.
December 21, 2021
Janno To Albany: Fund the MTA Like the Fire Department (Wait, Like Free?)
Could this finally kickstart a discussion of free transit?
December 16, 2021
Revealed: Early Congestion Pricing Study Shows Congestion Pricing Works
An early study on congestion pricing that the MTA was required to give the federal government predicted that the drop in traffic volume attributed to the toll would be larger than previously believed.
December 9, 2021
Pedal Power: City Council Bill Might Speed Up Bike Lane Installation
A new Council bill that could speed up the process of installing bike lanes is in danger of ending up in the dust bin of history if current lawmakers don't get their act together before their term ends on Dec. 31.
December 9, 2021
Ocean Parkway Bike Path Repairs Delayed (Again!) Until Spring 2023
Strap in for another year of bumpy rides.
December 3, 2021
DOT: We Don’t Have the Money to Carry Out Our Own ‘Master Plan’
Three times in the 96 page document, the agency included the same graphic to emphasize (and re-emphasize) that it lacks the resources to meet the benchmark established by the Council when it passed the Streets Master Plan law in 2019.
December 2, 2021
Schumer: NYS Will Get ‘An Effing Lot Of Money’ For Street Safety And Cycling
New York is about to get so much money for safe streets from the federal government that our leaders are almost swearing in amazement.
November 24, 2021
BIKELASH: Powerful Pols Seeking to Block DOT’s East Flatbush Street Safety Plan in Pander to Drivers
"People drive in our community," Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn explained.
November 19, 2021