Can DOT Build a Plaza By Grand Central Faster Than DDC?
Two new public spaces connected to the rezoning of Midtown East will be built out by DOT, not the Department of Design and Construction.
February 16, 2018
Two Community Boards Have Endorsed DOT’s Crosstown Bikeway Plan. The Only Holdout Is CB 5.
Will one holdout community board delay the first crosstown protected bike lanes in Midtown?
February 15, 2018
There’s No Reasoning With the NIMBYs Opposed to a 14th Street Busway
Unless DOT and the MTA carve out street space for the most spatially efficient modes of travel, the impending L train shutdown is going to unleash a traffic tsunami on the neighborhoods around 14th Street. Just try telling that to the West Village residents who turned up at open house on the agencies' L train shutdown plans last night.
February 15, 2018
NYC Bus Service Isn’t Getting Better, and de Blasio’s Not Doing Much to Fix It
NYC buses are still slowing down and ridership is in free fall, but Mayor de Blasio hasn't picked up the pace of projects that improve bus service.
February 14, 2018
In Its Third Year, Car-Free Day Isn’t Getting Any Bigger
Car-Free Day is a fine event that suffers from being something of a political orphan. Mayor de Blasio has never embraced it and made it his own, and without mayoral backing it hasn't attained the scale of more notable car-free events around the world.
February 13, 2018
Placard Abuse, Construction Dysfunction, and Hit-and-Runs May End Up in the Crosshairs of a Ritchie Torres Investigation
Torres chairs the City Council's new investigative committee, and he's bristling with ideas to put it to good use.
February 13, 2018
The People Sworn to Uphold the Law Are NYC’s Biggest Bus Lane Violators
Any effort to solve NYC's transportation challenges has to involve dedicating a lot more street space to transit, biking, and walking. But across the five boroughs, the city's attempts to prioritize space-efficient modes of travel are sabotaged... by people who work for the city. And police are the worst offenders.
February 12, 2018
Deborah Glick Still Doesn’t Have a Position on Congestion Pricing
For 10 years, Glick has stood on the sidelines without getting behind any of the major proposals to cut car traffic in her Lower Manhattan district.
February 9, 2018
De Blasio’s Zeal for Fare Enforcement Doesn’t Extend to People Who Steal Street Space to Park Illegally
The mayor says repeat turnstile jumpers should be arrested to prevent widespread fare evasion. But you can steal curb space or abuse a parking placard repeatedly and never go to jail.
February 9, 2018
Jo Anne Simon on Congestion Pricing: We Can Do This
Simon's presence in Albany is one reason to believe a congestion pricing vote might play out differently this time. Her predecessor, Joan Millman, sat on the fence during the public debate over congestion pricing in 2008 before expressing her support when it was too late to matter.
February 8, 2018
