DOT: ‘We’re Still Talking’ About a ‘Bus Lane’ (But Not a Busway!) on Fifth Avenue
To be clear: the current design is not the car-free busway as promised by the mayor in June.
August 28, 2020
NOT JUST DELAYED: The Fifth Avenue Busway Looks Completely Dead
Update! New drawings were shared with Streetsblog after we published our initial story that the busway had merely been delayed. It's worse than delayed...
August 27, 2020
Revel Returns Thursday Following Month-Long ‘Suspension’ — With Added Safety Features
“We are trying to change behavior,” said Revel CEO and co-founder Frank Reig.
August 26, 2020
Fifth Avenue Busway Delay: DOT Puts Luxury Retailers’ Revenue Over Riders’ Interests
Favoring the needs of Rolex and Armani over those of 110,000 straphangers.
August 26, 2020
Streetsblog Gets Action: NYPD Restores Missing Bike Injury Data From TrafficStat
They're back ... in all their disgusting clarity.
August 21, 2020
SEE NO EVIL? NYPD Inexplicably Removes Bike Injury Data From TrafficStat
The NYPD has mysteriously removed statistics on bike injuries from its online database even as cycling — and cycling injuries from car drivers — are a key side-effect of the COVID-19 pandemic.
August 20, 2020
Revel Adds Safety Quiz — And a Mandatory Helmet Selfie — But New York Must Wait for Reboot
A new "safety course" includes a 20-minute multiple choice test, plus that hard-headed picture.
August 18, 2020
Port Authority Must Reopen Crucial Bus Lane, Riders And Advocates Say
Public transit riders get screwed as car drivers reclaim a dedicated bus lane on the Manhattan-bound Lincoln Tunnel approach road.
August 18, 2020
ANATOMY OF A BUSWAY FAILURE: ‘Business Lives Matter’ Protesters Had Some ‘Good Ideas,’ DOT Commish Says
An anti-transit group has once again sent Polly Trottenberg's agency scurrying back to its drawing boards in unwarranted shame.
August 6, 2020
Electeds to City Hall: Protect Cyclists on Fifth Avenue
To paraphrase Rahm Emanuel: Never let a busway go to waste.
August 6, 2020
