Teen Cyclist Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver in Queens; 11th to Die this Year
A hit-and-run driver fatally struck a teenage cyclist in Queens on Monday night — severing the electric Citi Bike virtually in half — the latest horrifying death in a year with the highest number of killed bike riders at the start of any year in the modern record.
April 11, 2023
Stats Show That a Narrower BQE is Safer, Yet City is Considering Widening the Highway
Collisions on the Queens-bound side of the cantilever have dropped 65 percent compared to 2019, according to a DOT analysis obtained by Streetsblog.
April 10, 2023
Cyclist Deaths Soared in the First Three Months of 2023, On Pace for Worst Year in History
"We're alarmed by the increase in bike riders killed in traffic violence so far this year," said Transportation Alternatives.
April 10, 2023
Wider BQE Could Be ‘Intrusion’ on Brooklyn Bridge Park, Ex-Transportation Leaders Warn
The city says it is only considering whether to widen the crumbling triple-cantilever section of the BQE between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street into three, 12-foot lanes in each direction, with additional shoulders — a configuration that would require the roadway to be widened from roughly 34 feet to 56.
April 5, 2023
What About the Rest? MTA Still Has No Schedule to Reopen Most Bathrooms
The MTA has hired subway station maintenance staff back to above pre-Covid levels, but the agency still has no schedule to reopen the vast majority of the bathrooms that were shuttered during the pandemic.
April 3, 2023
Chinatown Pol, Business Leaders Want Cars Back on Park Row — And May Prevail
The NYPD set up flashing screens on Friday alerting residents that Park Row — which has been inaccessible to thru car traffic since the massive security escalation in Lower Manhattan after 9/11 — would once again become a shortcut for drivers, though by later in the day, City Hall said the cops had made a mistake.
April 3, 2023
MTA Boss Casts Doubt on All-Door Bus Boarding ‘Hypothesis’ Despite Proven Speed Boost
The MTA’s leader on Wednesday dismissed the well-established benefits of all-door bus boarding as a mere "hypothesis."
March 30, 2023
Vanderbilt Avenue Open Street Could Be Model for Trash Containerization: Report
The Vanderbilt Avenue open street in Brooklyn could become a blueprint for how the city can finally containerize its trash for collection, a new analysis reveals.
March 28, 2023
March (Parking) Madness: The Manhattan Borough Final Pits Midtown vs. Uptown
Which Manhattan precinct has what it takes to advance to face the Bronx borough champions in the Western Regional?
March 24, 2023
20-20 Vision Zero: Mayor Adams Wants to Create a Harlem River Greenway
Mayor Adams wants to build a seven-mile greenway along the Harlem River in the Bronx, turning the borough's wasteland western waterfront into a safe route for Boogie Down bicyclists and pedestrians from Van Cortlandt Park to Randalls Island.
March 22, 2023
