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‘The Permanence Agenda’: Paint and Plastic Won’t Deliver Real Street Safety
DOT’s quick-build approach to redesigning streets with paint and other temporary materials has worked well enough — but Mayor-elect Mamdani should aim for permanence.
NIMBY-Mania: Middle Village Has a Love-Hate Relationship with the IBX
The idea of making it easier to reach Middle Village clearly put some Middle Villagers on edge.
Speaker Adams and DOT Are Eviscerating Daylighting Bill
Some are looking to the next mayor and Council to pass the life-saving measure.
Tisch Will Stay On — So Is That a Good Thing?
So the mayor-elect says he'll keep Jessica Tisch as his police commissioner. What do we think of that?
Upstate Transit Agencies are Starving As State Slows Funding
Advocates are hoping for better luck next year as local transit authorities warn of service reductions, and the funding ask may have an ingenious solution.
Most People Don’t Drive To Court Street: DOT
And more people bike than drive on the Brooklyn street!
DOT Crawls Towards Safe Battery Charging Infrastructure As Fires Rage On
The DOT is once again slow rolling the completion of public charging infrastructure as the city continues to face a battery fire crisis.
Wednesday’s Headlines: The People v. Yarimi Edition
It was horrific, it was depraved, it was predictable. And it will happen again. Plus other news.
Security Blanket: Will NYPD Smother Mamdani’s Love of Transit and Bikes?
Zohran Mamdani likes taking the train and riding a Citi Bike — but the demands of being New York City’s mayor may not be compatible with his transit habit.
Gov. Hochul Vague on Free Bus Plans As Her Open Budget Salvo Nears
Hochul has said she would neither support a plan that would deprive the MTA of a key revenue stream — fares — nor would she raise taxes to make up for the missing swipes.
