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Experts: Senate Bill’s $25B for Transit Won’t Be Enough
Yet Congress must do much more to stave off long-term damage, officials and advocates say.
March 25, 2020
Friday’s Headlines: Virtual De Blasio Edition
The mayor did a conference call with reporters instead of his usual in-person avail — but it did prompt yet another classic exchange between Hizzoner and his regular whipping boy, our editor. Plus the other news.
March 20, 2020
Citi Bike Ridership is Back to ‘Normal’ — Even as Millions are Not Commuting
The Citi Bike surge has ended — but with millions of New Yorkers no longer commuting, the fact that the Lyft-owned bike share network is still serving tens of thousands of people a day suggests that people are still choosing bicycles to get around.
March 19, 2020
Thursday’s Headlines: No News is Not Good News Edition
The world's on fire (you knew that), but there was very little coming out of the livable streets world yesterday. Here's the best we can offer for a rainy Thursday.
March 19, 2020
Street Vendors Call on Elected Officials to Provide Benefits for These Frontline Workers
The largely immigrant community of street vendors isn't eligible for sick leave, unemployment insurance or small business loans, the group added.
March 18, 2020
City To Open Drive-Through Testing Sites — But What About Those Without A Car?
The city announced plans to roll out drive-through coronavirus testing centers at five locations across the city, but offered no plan for those without access to a private vehicle.
March 18, 2020
A Round and a Roundy: This is Why You Close the Bars
Our editorial cartoonist is a legendary fan of bars — and a Brooklynite. So if he is urging social distancing, you better listen.
March 16, 2020
Friday’s Headlines: End of Days Edition
It's officially a state (well, more accurately, a city) of emergency. Plus all the other news.
March 13, 2020
City Has Spent Half-a-BILLION Because of Reckless Driving by Workers
The City of New York has spent more than $500 million since 2013 in payouts to the victims of road violence caused by employees of just five key agencies crashing their city-owned vehicles, Streetsblog has learned.
November 21, 2019
EXCLUSIVE: City Will Restore Protected Lanes on Dyckman Street
The city will restore a protected bike route on Dyckman Street in Upper Manhattan — almost one year after the Department of Transportation hastily removed the vital life-saving roadway design.
July 25, 2019
