Today’s Headlines
Isabel Rodriguez, 88, Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver on Brownsville’s Stone Avenue (Post) Five Dead in Van Wyck Traffic Crash, Including Two Children (NYT, News) Bike-Share Software Glitch Affects Locking, Delaying Chattanooga Roll-Out Until Fall (News) Skelos and Silver Oppose Thruway Toll Hike, and Cuomo May Back Down (Post) A Close Look at the Thruway Authority’s Shaky … Continued
July 23, 2012
Cyclist Gets Retaliatory Ticket For Telling Cop to Stop Blocking Bike Lane
Here's an argument for using cameras to enforce traffic laws: getting cops like this off of the traffic beat.
July 20, 2012
MTA Partially Restores Transit Service and Adds Some New Bus Routes
The MTA is starting to repair some of the damage done by 2010's devastating round of service cuts. The transit agency has announced a new set of transit service improvements worth $29 million a year, making up roughly a third of what was cut in 2010. Riders will also get a two-month reprieve from next year's planned fare hike, with the higher prices now set to kick in on March 1.
July 19, 2012
DOT Plans Nine Miles of Bike Lanes For LIC, Sunnyside, With More to Come
Bike lane mileage in Long Island City and Sunnyside, Queens, is set to double next year, under a preliminary plan from the Department of Transportation, with significant expansions to follow in subsequent years. The nine miles of new routes -- along 11th Street, Skillman Avenue, 47th Avenue and 39th Street -- were selected in a community planning process convened earlier this year by Community Board 2 and City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer.
July 19, 2012
Hit-and-Run Killing Is Second Cyclist Fatality on Greenpoint Ave Since April
A motorist struck and killed a cyclist in Sunnyside Queens last night, then fled the scene, according to the NYPD. The cyclist, a 37-year-old Hispanic man whose name is being withheld until his family can be notified, died at the scene.
July 19, 2012
Despite Cuomo Admin Claims, Westchester Is Interested in On-Street BRT
The Cuomo administration keeps finding obstacles to Tappan Zee Bridge transit that don't exist. Chief among them is a phony $5 billion price tag, but there are others as well.
July 18, 2012
Cuomo to Co-Host Tappan Zee Public Meetings With Anti-Transit Ideologues
Up to now, the Cuomo administration hasn't shown a great regard for public input when it comes to the new Tappan Zee Bridge. The administration dismissed five stakeholder advisory groups, which had been set up to let interested parties dig deep into the details of the project, and shuttered the public outreach offices located on each side of the Hudson.
July 17, 2012
Citi Bike Launch Pushed Back From July to August
The city's bike-share system will launch in August, not the previously announced start date of July, according to the Citi Bike Twitter feed.
July 16, 2012