NYPD Out of MTA: School Safety Agents To Hand Out Masks And Social Distancing Reminders
Transit advocates welcomed the free masks, but said they would prefer if the city found a way to do the job without any kind of police officer being tasked with it.
June 8, 2020
MTA: City Must Create 60 Miles Of Bus Lanes For Phase 1 Reopening
The MTA issued a public request that the city install 60 miles of bus lanes and busways in all five boroughs as the city approaches the first phase of economic reopening.
June 4, 2020
Mayor Refuses To Explain Citi Bike Shutdown As Bike-Share Curfew Now Starts at 6 P.M.
What it Hizzoner — or the top cop? Whoever is to blame, thousands of essential workers have lost another way of getting around during the curfew, which starts at 8 p.m.
June 3, 2020
MTA Announces Return To ‘Regular Service’ During Open Letter War With Mayor
Full service? Only if you consider 20-hour-a-day service "full."
June 3, 2020
Eyes On The Street: The 38th And 39th Street Bike Lanes Are Not Ready For Prime Time
It would be misleading to say Manhattan's newest crosstown bike lanes are unsafe, because that statement would imply that the lanes exist in any recognizable form.
May 29, 2020
West Village To Cuomo: Take a Lane Away from Drivers on the West Side Highway
It's time for drivers to give up something — a lane of the West Side Highway is not too much to ask.
May 27, 2020
Manhattan BP Asks DOT To Take Street Parking For Street Seating
...And 24 City Council members asked the mayor to give restaurants outdoor space.
May 21, 2020
Elected Officials to Mayor: Finish the Brooklyn Greenway
Elected officials want the city fill a hole in Brooklyn's protected bike network as cycling surges — and newbie riders will need safety when all the cars return to the roads.
May 20, 2020
Nature Is Healing: Riders Are Slowly Returning To The Subway
The slight increase is more than statistical noise, but we're nowhere near where we need to be.
May 19, 2020
BIKE SPIKE: Sales Are Up As NYC Embraces Socially Distanced Transportation
Williamsburg bike shop King Kog has reportedly done four years' worth of sales in just the two months since the coronavirus pandemic swamped New York.
May 18, 2020