Mayor Under Fire for Quickly Killing His Ill-Conceived, Over-Policed ‘Open-Streets’ Plan
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The Council Speaker said the mayor was not "smart" about his initial pilot program, which is now dead.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about DOT
NYPD Gives a Few Details of New ‘No Report’ Crash Policy
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The NYPD says its plan to stop sending cops to the scene of minor car crashes will free up officers for more important work and reduce congestion — all “without sacrificing safety,” the agency claims. On Friday, the NYPD finally issued some limited information about its plan — first reported earlier this week by Streetsblog […]
Hey, Empire State Building, Maybe You Can Sound the Alert About How Dangerous Brooklyn is For Cyclists
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Cyclists are still being injured in Southern Brooklyn at a disproportionate rate.
Don’t Let Coronavirus Prevent NYC from Buying Small Snowplows (…Wait, Wut?)
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That's a bizarre headline, but it makes sense when you consider what Council Member Ben Kallos is hoping to do on the Upper East Side and, eventually, all of Manhattan!
EYES ON THE STREET: Temporary Bike Lane on Smith Street is Great …
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The temporary protected bike lane on Smith Street in Downtown Brooklyn is an unmitigated (well, almost entirely unmitigated*) success — a quick solution to a long-dangerous gap in the bike network that was undertaken efficiently by a strapped Department of Transportation.
… But Second Avenue’s Temporary PBL Has DISAPPEARED!
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The Department of Transportation has not maintained its own temporary protected bike lane at the notoriously dangerous Second Avenue gap near the Queens Midtown Tunnel in Manhattan, forcing cyclists to ride with drivers racing to turn left into the tunnel.