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Why Won’t Carl Heastie Back Expanded Camera Enforcement to Take On Bus Stop Blockers?
A bill to expand use of bus-mounted and on-street enforcement cameras — and allow the tech in bike lanes — has run up against opposition from the state Assembly.
March 24, 2023
Adams Administration Teases ‘Exploration’ of Wider Bike Lanes to Ease E-Bike Revolution
The crush for space in New York City's bike lanes has intensified in recent years with the growing popularity of e-bikes, but relief may finally be on the way.
March 23, 2023
20-20 Vision Zero: Mayor Adams Wants to Create a Harlem River Greenway
Mayor Adams wants to build a seven-mile greenway along the Harlem River in the Bronx, turning the borough's wasteland western waterfront into a safe route for Boogie Down bicyclists and pedestrians from Van Cortlandt Park to Randalls Island.
March 22, 2023
Activists Want a Protected Bike Lane on an Unsafe Stretch of Bedford Avenue
The Department of Transportation must add a protected bike lane on the dangerous stretch of Bedford Avenue between Flushing and Flatbush avenues, a major north-south spine that spans multiple neighborhoods in Brooklyn, a group of advocates led by a Black-run bike club is demanding.
March 22, 2023
More is More: City Unveils Painted ‘Super Sidewalks’ Expansions in Hells Kitchen
A recently completed, decade-long overhaul of the sewers and water mains on Ninth Avenue in Manhattan gave city officials the chance to expand pedestrian space on the strip — a design feature DOT on Tuesday pledged to roll out to other parts of the city.
March 22, 2023
DOT Shows Off Ways to ‘Reconnect’ Communities Harmed by BQE, But Questions Remain
On Tuesday night, the Adams administration offered a glimpse of some changes it hopes to make along the BQE corridor.
March 21, 2023
City Begins Long Process of Making it Harder to Evade Speed Cameras
Scores of online vendors are still selling egregious plate obscurers, and even a brick-and-mortar retailer that had been warned by the city was still hawking an illegal cover.
March 21, 2023
After a Child’s Death, Can Newtown Road Be Reimagined?
Is this really the best the city can do?
March 20, 2023
Analysis: City Ignored BQE Panel Recs To Ease Local Traffic From Two-Lane Conversion
The city has failed to adopt key recommendations by its own appointed experts to curb congestion near the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway after officials reduced the highway from six to four lanes — and the Adams administration may be now using that same congestion as a justification for building a wider highway.
March 20, 2023
Delay Ahead: Queensboro Bridge Pedestrian Path Now Put Off Til ‘Early 2024’
The Department of Transportation quietly revealed at a Council hearing this week that it has once again pushed back the timeline on transforming the south outer road of the Queensboro Bridge into exclusive space for pedestrians — with the lane now slated to open in 2024.
March 17, 2023
