Brad Lander

Council Speaker Corey Johnson told the crowd "we will do everything we can within our power" to prevent the loss of life.

DOT may not start the northern section of the project until 2021. Council Member Brad Lander wants a version done in low-cost materials before then.

Parents and children biked through Prospect Park this morning, calling on the city to get cars off the park loop all year round.

NYPD has increased tickets for speeding and texting while driving 50 percent so far in 2017 compared to the same period last year, Commissioner James O’Neill testified at a City Council budget hearing last week. Speeding and distracted driving are two of the most common factors in fatal and injurious crashes in NYC, so it stands to reason that this shift in enforcement is reducing the incidence of dangerous driving. But there's no way to actually tell if those summonses are changing driver behavior.

NYC currently has the slowest bus service in the U.S., and ridership has declined 16 percent since 2002. DOT is looking to turn those trends around, speed up buses, improve walking access to transit, and plan service to meet future demand.

While the city's buses and subways are run by the MTA, DOT can make a big difference for surface transit through its management of streets, sidewalks, and traffic signals.

The hellacious walking environment at the intersection of Flatbush, Atlantic, and Fourth Avenues is awaiting safety improvements four months after DOT presented its plan.

Last night's Brooklyn Community Board 6 bike-share forum lacked the fireworks of previous meetings -- no physical threats this time. While the tone was civil, the demands from the anti-bike-share crowd weren't exactly reasonable.

City Council Member Brad Lander released a pitch-perfect response to complaints about bike-share and curbside parking today. Other NYC pols should take note.

About a dozen people braved the cold Saturday morning to call for pedestrian safety improvements at Brooklyn's Times Plaza and along the whole Atlantic Avenue corridor.