STREETSBLOG GETS ACTION (Well, Not Really): City Bans Teacher Parking on Play Street (But Then Does Nothing)
Lesson one, students: Lie to the media.
January 17, 2020
Bike Group to Feds: Helmet Laws are Bad
The Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals has come out against mandatory helmet laws in a letter this week to the NTSB. We publish it in full.
January 17, 2020
Friday’s Headlines: Cuomo’s E-Bike Deal Edition
It looks like Gov. Cuomo has abandoned his worst instinct and may not make cycling in New York City even unsafer. Plus all the other headlines for a cold Friday.
January 17, 2020
Thursday’s Headlines: Pigs are Aloft Edition
The city's two tabloids finally agree on something: Streetsblog (and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) was right about the LGA AirTrain. Plus the rest of the day's news.
January 16, 2020
Wednesday’s Headlines: Live from the Bronx Edition
Before our old man editor heads up to the eastern end of Pelham Parkway (yes, it's a long ride!) for an appearance on BronxTalk, here's the news from a slow news day.
January 15, 2020
A Round and a Roundy: Think Different on the BQE
It's time to turn the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway into something more useful.
January 14, 2020
Tuesday’s Headlines: Tactical Urbanism vs. Placard Abuse Edition
Wait till you see what someone did to one of Borough President Adams's workers' cars! Plus the other headlines.
January 14, 2020
Monday’s Headlines: The Return of (Sort-Of) Winter Edition
The nip in the air will mercifully return today, setting aside for at least a day that the planet is superheating (cherry blossoms in January? Don't blame Mother Nature). That plus the rest of the weekend headlines.
January 13, 2020
Another Cyclist Injured Along Dangerous Flushing Avenue in Williamsburg
This is what happens when city officials ignore unsafe streets right in their faces.
January 10, 2020
Friday’s Headlines: Just Slow the F Down Edition
There was some horrifying video out of Borough Park yesterday — plus some non-news from a mayoral panel. Click above for all the headlines!
January 10, 2020