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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
DOUBLE THE FUN: Brooklyn Pol Wants 100 Miles of New Protected Bike Lanes Every Year
The city should build 100 miles of protected bike lanes a year, doubling the number that it already is required to build under the Streets Plan.
March 17, 2023
Albany’s Residential Parking Program Won’t Be Good for New York City: Analysis
A Senate proposal to encourage New York City to create a Residential Parking Permit system won't help break the city's car culture, multiple studies show.
March 16, 2023
Oonee’s Next Goal? Make Secure Bike Parking As Common As Bus Shelters
It's one bike parking unit, one giant leap for bike parking.
March 15, 2023
EYES ON THE STREET: Hochul’s Plan for LaGuardia-Bound Buses Will Need Lots of Help
Gov. Hochul's proposed bus to LaGuardia Airport has the chance to work — if planners get cars out of the way.
March 15, 2023
Upper West Side Panel Backs Crosstown Protected Bike Lanes
The vote by CB7's Transportation Committee follwed a parade of residents who spoke overwhelmingly for cycling and pedestrian safety.
March 15, 2023
Eyes on the Street: Church Street’s Amazing (And Unwitting) Bike Lane
Unprotected lanes suck. But the bike lane on Church Street has become one of the best in New York.
March 9, 2023
March (Parking) Madness: The Battle for the Boogie Down Starts in the East Bronx
These two precincts each have their fair share of parking and driving abuse their officers have wrought on their neighbors in two blue-collar sections of the East Bronx.
March 9, 2023
New Prospect Park Road Redesign Paves the Way for Central Park
Under the new design, people on bikes will share a 16-to-18 foot lane with "authorized vehicles," flanked by two separate pedestrian lanes — one 13-to-14 feet wide, the other six-to-eight feet wide.
March 8, 2023
