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RIVERDALE REBATE! Bronx Drivers Get Free Ride Over Henry Hudson Bridge In Congestion Pricing Carveout
Crossing the Henry Hudson Bridge will be free for Bronx drivers, Assembly Member Jeff Dinowitz announced.
April 17, 2019
$ix Questions About the Massive Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Plan$
Question 1: Isn't there a better use for $4 billion than to enshrine one of Robert Moses's most disastrous legacies?
April 8, 2019
De Blasio, Channeling Cuomo, Creates his Own ‘Expert Panel’ for BQE Repairs
Perhaps the process will result in a better plan — but it will definitely insulate the mayor from the political fallout of his DOT's initial plan.
April 3, 2019
Planning Group: Cut Two Lanes When BQE is Rebuilt
But the Regional Plan Association stopped short of calling for the roadway to be fully torn down.
April 3, 2019
Enough is Enough: Five Ways to Fix the Brooklyn Bridge Right Now
Here are some easy fixes for DOT officials, from their friends at Streetsblog.
March 20, 2019
Group Calls for Amsterdaming Most of Lower Manhattan
Crowded streets in Lower Manhattan must give more space to throngs of tourists and other pedestrians with new designs that would bring motorists to a crawl, says a neighborhood group.
March 19, 2019
Comptroller Scott Stringer Wants the BQE for Trucks Only
Step 1: Ban cars. Step 2: Build a new (and long) park from Dumbo to Carroll Gardens.
March 14, 2019
Council Speaker Johnson Joins Calls for Knocking Down the BQE
Other cities have done it — and broken the car culture at the same time — so the possible future mayor says we should dream, too.
March 5, 2019
Pol: State Legislature Can Mandate Now-Scrubbed L-Pocalypse Improvements
A senior lawmaker threatens unilateral action if the MTA and DOT don't heed community calls for better transit mitigations during upcoming tunnel rehabilitation.
March 1, 2019
Ocean Parkway Bike Path to Get Long Overdue Fix
The city's first bike lane will no longer be the city's worst bike lane.
February 12, 2019