Even More Data Shows That City’s ‘Car-Ban’ on 14th Street is Making Buses Work
"We've shown what can be done if you have true transit priority, and I'd love to replicate that elsewhere," NYCT President Andy Byford said on Thursday afternoon.
October 17, 2019
Data: No Side Street Trafficopalyse Near 14th Street Busway
"In most instances, a radical change causes havoc until a new ‘normal’ is established, but in this case it did not," a traffic analyst wrote.
October 16, 2019
BLOODY SUNDAY: Cyclist Killed By Driver In Broad Channel Is 25th This Year
The 60-year-old man was killed by the driver of a Ford Explorer. He's the 25th cyclist to die so far this year.
October 13, 2019
OUTRAGE! Queens Pol Suggests Banning Bikes From Some Streets
"I said there are some streets where perhaps, if we are expanding bikes in some streets, we might want to say on a very heavily industrial block, we're not gonna have bike riders," the legislator said, before following up with: "We're not banning bikes."
October 11, 2019
Buspocalypse Nah: Commerce Doing Just Fine On 14th Street As Busway Hits Day 4
"The street looks better, it's nice," one customer at Joe's Pizza said. "It's ridiculous, I don't know any New Yorker who would take a cab just to get a slice of pizza."
October 8, 2019
Cool Job Alert: DOT Seeks Cannon Fodder for ‘Green Wave’
The department is hiring biking evangelists (um, community coordinators) and traffic engineers in its drive to extend the secure bike network. Got the skills and moxie?
October 7, 2019
LIVE FROM THE BUSWAY: Car Drivers Surrender on Day 1
Drivers didn't bother to show up for what the New York Times believes is a "war on cars."
October 3, 2019
The 14th Street Busway Starts Thursday — But Enforcement Won’t Start ‘Til December
Drivers will get several months of grace period before being slapped with tickets for breaking the roadway's car-free rules.
October 2, 2019
EYES ON THE STREET: City Finally Unveils Brooklyn’s First ‘Shared Street’
Chicanes! Slow driving! People parking in loading zones! But In the languid, yearning words of Julian Casablancas: "Is this it?"
September 30, 2019
Cops Blow Off Witnesses To Brooklyn Crash That Injured Cyclist
A police officer who responded to a crash that hospitalized a cyclist got the driver's side of things and ignored a trio of witnesses who tried to tell him what happened, according to one of the outraged witnesses.
September 30, 2019
