Kevin Duggan

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New Yorkers enjoyed Summer Streets in Manhattan last year, but Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso wants just as much as his neighboring borough. Photo: DOT

Bigger and Better: Brooklyn BP Wants Summer Streets Longer Than Manhattan

By Kevin Duggan | Nov 29, 2022 | No Comments

Spread Summer Streets, it's the Brooklyn way.

What society would look like if the QueensLink was built. Photo: QueensLink

Queens Pols Revive Push for MTA to Study QueensLink, As QueensWay Linear Park Surges

By Kevin Duggan | Nov 28, 2022 | No Comments

Transit with a park or just a park? That is the question.

A bike lane snow plow at DSNY's Spring Street garage. Photo: Kevin Duggan

SNOW PROBLEM? Sanitation Has Bigger Fleet of Bike Lane Plows, But Same Old Car-First Cleanup Plan

By Kevin Duggan | Nov 23, 2022 | No Comments

New York's Strongest are gearing up to clear bike lanes of snow this winter — but they must still wait for car lanes first.

Mayor Adams stood next to a selection of Sanitation compost bins at the recent announcement that universal composting pickup will start in Queens. Photo: Mayor's Office

Citywide Composting Would Require $75M to Buy 170 Trucks: Commish

By Kevin Duggan | Nov 21, 2022 | No Comments

The Department of Sanitation will have to spend around $75 million to buy roughly 170 trucks if it has any chance of growing the Queens universal curbside organics collection into a robust citywide program, Commissioner Jessica Tisch told the Council last week.

Looking down the highway-like 10th Avenue. File photo: Dave Colon

DOT Unveils Long-Awaited 10th Ave. Bike Lane; Locals Say Plan Doesn’t Go Far Enough

By Kevin Duggan | Nov 21, 2022 | No Comments

Manhattan's Community Board 4 Transportation committee unanimously voted in favor of the proposal, but the panel pushed DOT to go further and add more physical barriers to shield cyclists and walkers from cars.

Coming through! Cyclists navigate the tight space left as stored construction block much of the bike path on the Manhattan Bridge. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Manhattan Bridge Squeeze: Construction Narrows Tight Bike Paths for Months

By Kevin Duggan | Nov 18, 2022 | No Comments

The Manhattan Bridge's popular bike path has become a dangerous bottleneck because of construction materials stored there for months — and cyclists are calling on the city to make more room on the span.

A Department of Sanitation electric collection truck. Photo: DSNY

DSNY’s Electric Trucks ‘Conk Out’ Too Quickly During Snow Plowing, Says Commish

By Kevin Duggan | Nov 18, 2022 | No Comments

Electric garbage trucks that the Department of Sanitation has been testing for the past two years are not up to the task of removing snow from the streets of the Big Apple, according to the agency's commissioner.