Advocates to MTA: No More Waffling on Citywide All-Door Bus Boarding
The MTA should roll out all-door boarding concurrently with its new fare payment system, advocates testified at an MTA Board hearing today.
December 13, 2017
Brooklyn CB 7 Committee Unanimously Endorses Protected Bike Lanes for Fourth Avenue
A full board vote is set for next Wednesday, with the first phase of implementation on track for the spring.
December 12, 2017
Clinton Street Bike Lane Still MIA Ten Days After DOT Repaving
Maintaining streets is one of NYC DOT's core functions. But once fresh asphalt is down, the wait for new markings can drag on, and for streets in the bike network, that can mean the loss of protection for weeks at a time.
December 11, 2017
DOT Might Widen Brooklyn Bridge Promenade, But Rules Out Claiming a Car Lane for Bikes
Sixteen months after DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg announced a study of expanding the Brooklyn Bridge's narrow path for walking and biking, the results are finally here. But a wider path is still at least several years away, if it proves feasible at all.
December 8, 2017
Manhattan CB 9 Transpo Chair Insists Car Lanes, Not Safety, Should Come First on Amsterdam Avenue
DOT watered down a standard road diet to appease Community Board 9, but transportation chair Carolyn Thompson still didn't allow a vote on the project.
December 8, 2017
Manhattan CB 7 to DOT: Make Broadway a Safe Neighborhood Street Instead of a Speedway
Broadway still feels like a highway where it cuts through one of the most densely populated neighborhoods in the city.
December 7, 2017
Hit-and-Run Driver Critically Injures Woman Jogging in Prospect Park
A hit-and-run driver struck and critically injured a woman jogging in Prospect Park at around 5 a.m. this morning. The 51-year-old woman was running on the West Drive just north of the tennis courts when the driver of a black vehicle hit her from behind, according to police.
December 7, 2017
Tonight: Speak Up for Safer Walking and Biking on Upper Amsterdam Avenue
DOT will present an update on its redesign for Amsterdam between 113th and 162nd streets, which it first showed to Community Board 9 in March.
December 7, 2017
Plan to Replace Car Storage With Affordable Housing Clears Community Board 7
The vote means that several hundred car storage slots on West 108th Street will almost certainly give way to hundreds of subsidized apartments.
December 6, 2017
Brooklyn Electeds Press DOT and MTA to Give L Train Riders the Transit They Need
North Brooklyn leaders are worried that the L train shutdown plan won't include the transit-priority treatments that commuters and local businesses are counting on.
December 5, 2017
