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Not Again: Queensboro Bridge Pedestrian Path Delayed Til ‘Mid-2024’
A city plan to give both pedestrians and cyclists their own space on the crowded Queensboro Bridge won’t be done until at least the middle of next year, the DOT now says.
May 23, 2023
Council Transportation Committee Chair Says City Needs More Parking
The city should provide motorists with more parking spaces citywide in order to clear bus and bike lanes of illegal parking, the chair of the City Council’s Transportation Committee apparently said on Friday.
May 22, 2023
Widowed Husband of Slain Cyclist Says Ninth Street Redesign ’Falls Short’
The city's proposed changes to a dangerous stretch of Ninth Street in Gowanus do not go far enough to make the street safer, the widowed husband of a cyclist killed there earlier this year charged on Wednesday.
May 19, 2023
Council Moves Final Outdoor Dining Bill as Seasonal Program
The City Council will finally move forward with plans for a permanent outdoor dining program that would restrict "streeteries" in the roadway to eight months out of the year while, according to new legislation released on Thursday.
May 19, 2023
A Bridge Too Far: City Seeks Authority to Ban Sellers From Spans
DOT wants to officially ban street vendors from its bridges after NYPD temporarily ejected sellers from the Brooklyn Bridge promenade in January — raising the alarm for merchants who say they have fewer and fewer places to hawk their wares.
May 18, 2023
Advocates: City Must Make E-Mobility Safer and More Widespread — And Here’s How To Do It
The bike boom is now going vroom, vroom.
May 17, 2023
HOOPLA: City Adds $30M for Managing Open Streets, Public Space in Needy Nabes
The Department of Transportation will bring in managers to help with day-to-day operations and management for pedestrian-friendly spaces, including open streets, plazas, shared streets, slow streets, street furniture and bike corrals.
May 16, 2023
Two-Way Busway Proposed For Brooklyn’s Placard-Ridden Livingston St.
A bus priority project would convert Livingston into a one-way westbound for cars alongside the new two-way busway that serves 50,000 bus riders daily.
May 15, 2023
No Green: Meeker Bike Lane Delayed; DOT Blames Traffic Light Contractor
The upgrades — which promise to improve a mile-long stretch that is now a dangerous sluice between the Kosciuszko Bridge and Metropolitan Avenue — were slated to be done by the end of last year, but the DOT will only be part of the way done by the end of this year.
May 12, 2023
Thursday’s Headlines: Honoring Adam Uster Edition
A dispatch from a vigil where family and friends of 39-year-old Adam Uster gathered. Plus other news.
May 11, 2023
