David Meyer
A native of Washington, D.C. and Silver Spring, MD, David Meyer has been a reporter for Streetsblog NYC since Fall 2015. A 2013 graduate of the University of Maryland, he now lives in Brooklyn.
Recent Posts
Made in the Shade: First Look at the Broadway Bike Lane By Van Cortlandt Park
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Backed by Council Member Andy Cohen, it's the first protected bike lane in the northwest Bronx.
Eyes on the Street: Signs of Greenway Progress on Flushing Avenue
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Construction on the two-way protected bikeway is underway, three years behind schedule.
Trauma Doctors vs. The New York State Senate
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Staten Island trauma doctors are calling on the State Senate to renew and expand New York City's speed camera program.
Crankiness About Car Storage Can’t Stop the Queens Boulevard Redesign
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It's an example of what the de Blasio administration can accomplish when it decides to take its public safety mandate seriously.
Eyes on the Street: Start the Countdown for Midtown’s Crosstown Protected Bike Lanes
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DOT crews were out installing preliminary markings on 26th Street today.
London’s Slow Zones Save Lives and New York’s Don’t. Here’s Why.
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In New York's slow zones, speed humps are the only physical traffic calming measure. London uses a greater variety of traffic calming measures, installed more intensively.
There Is No “Placard Crackdown” and That’s How NYPD Wants It
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The City Council wants to track placard abuse so it can evaluate the extent of the problem. NYPD refuses to help.
Laurie Cumbo Removes Safe Streets Advocate From Brooklyn CB 2 After Just Three Years
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Hilda Cohen was not reappointed, ostensibly to ensure turnover, but several CB 2 members who've served much longer than her were still given seats by Council Member Laurie Cumbo and Borough President Eric Adams.
Bay Ridge Community Board Presses DOT for Better East-West Bike Connections
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DOT's plan for southern Brooklyn is mostly sharrows, and people who bike in the area say that's not good enough.
Ignorance Reigns as Queens CB 2 Votes Against Protected Bike Lanes for 43rd and Skillman
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Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer and U.S. Representative Joe Crowley have indulged an atmosphere of hysteria that was on full display last night.
Cuomo Gets on Board With Speed Camera Expansion
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The governor's support could break through the inertia in the State Senate, where speed camera expansion has enough votes to pass but is stalled in committee by Brooklyn's Simcha Felder.
U.S. Rep Joe Crowley Goes Full NIMBY on Skillman and 43rd Avenue Bike Lanes
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Crowley claims to be listening to the “community,” but plenty of his Sunnyside constituents want to see the redesign happen.