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
March (Parking) Madness: It’s Time for the Bronx Borough Final
The battle for Boogie Down bragging rights is on as the 43rd Precinct takes on the 47th in a Soundview vs. Wakefield battle that evokes Holyfield and Tyson. Don't forget to vote!
March 22, 2023
More is More: City Unveils Painted ‘Super Sidewalks’ Expansions in Hells Kitchen
A recently completed, decade-long overhaul of the sewers and water mains on Ninth Avenue in Manhattan gave city officials the chance to expand pedestrian space on the strip — a design feature DOT on Tuesday pledged to roll out to other parts of the city.
March 22, 2023
Analysis: City Ignored BQE Panel Recs To Ease Local Traffic From Two-Lane Conversion
The city has failed to adopt key recommendations by its own appointed experts to curb congestion near the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway after officials reduced the highway from six to four lanes — and the Adams administration may be now using that same congestion as a justification for building a wider highway.
March 20, 2023
