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NYPD Opposes Watered-Down Citizen Enforcement Bill, But DOT is Now ‘Open’ to It
"Traffic agents are getting assaulted dozens of times a year, so we are certainly concerned with the potential for violence of everyday citizens using this program," a police official testified on a bill by Lincoln Restler (photo).
April 25, 2023
SMILE! Bus Lane Cameras Reduce Collisions, Speed Commutes, MTA Says
The MTA’s arsenal of bus-mounted bus lane enforcement cameras have not only sped up buses — but also reduced traffic crashes, a top transit official said.
April 25, 2023
Top Cop Claims NYPD’s Parking Sins Not ‘A Joke’ To Him (And Confirms He Reads Streetsblog)
Council Member Lincoln Restler was very very dubious about the first claim.
April 24, 2023
AND THE WINNER LOSER IS: The 75th Precinct is the Most Disrespectful of All!
Inspector Rohan Griffith's precinct has won Streetsblog's March (Parking) Madness tournament — and serves as a model for everything a station house should not do.
April 12, 2023
Stats Show That a Narrower BQE is Safer, Yet City is Considering Widening the Highway
Collisions on the Queens-bound side of the cantilever have dropped 65 percent compared to 2019, according to a DOT analysis obtained by Streetsblog.
April 10, 2023
Discipline for Recklessly Driving DOT Employee — But What Discipline?
The Department of Transportation has told a Queens Council member that it has taken "action" against an employee whom the pol spotted driving recklessly and aggressively in Midtown last month — but the agency declined several opportunities to reveal "action" it took.
April 6, 2023
Wider BQE Could Be ‘Intrusion’ on Brooklyn Bridge Park, Ex-Transportation Leaders Warn
The city says it is only considering whether to widen the crumbling triple-cantilever section of the BQE between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street into three, 12-foot lanes in each direction, with additional shoulders — a configuration that would require the roadway to be widened from roughly 34 feet to 56.
April 5, 2023
TRUMP ARRAIGNMENT SPECIAL: Bad Day for a President, Great Day for Cyclist in Lower Manhattan
All it took was the historic arraignment of a former President of the United States to get the NYPD and the state court system to keep the Centre Street bike lane clear.
April 4, 2023
What About the Rest? MTA Still Has No Schedule to Reopen Most Bathrooms
The MTA has hired subway station maintenance staff back to above pre-Covid levels, but the agency still has no schedule to reopen the vast majority of the bathrooms that were shuttered during the pandemic.
April 3, 2023
Chinatown Pol, Business Leaders Want Cars Back on Park Row — And May Prevail
The NYPD set up flashing screens on Friday alerting residents that Park Row — which has been inaccessible to thru car traffic since the massive security escalation in Lower Manhattan after 9/11 — would once again become a shortcut for drivers, though by later in the day, City Hall said the cops had made a mistake.
April 3, 2023
