Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Polly Trottenberg

Cyclists and drivers mix in the traffic circle atop the Riverside Park Rotunda. Photo: Eve Kessler

Controversial Rotunda Project Proceeds Despite COVID Budget Woes

By Eve Kessler | Aug 11, 2020 | No Comments

The reconstruction of the Riverside Park Rotunda and traffic circle forges ahead — without the cycling safety measures the community demanded. Cue the complaints.

DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg today defended her agency postponing a Flushing Main Street busway. Photo: Dave Colon

ANATOMY OF A BUSWAY FAILURE: ‘Business Lives Matter’ Protesters Had Some ‘Good Ideas,’ DOT Commish Says

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 6, 2020 | No Comments

An anti-transit group has once again sent Polly Trottenberg's agency scurrying back to its drawing boards in unwarranted shame.

This is as good as it gets. File photo: Lincoln Anderson

Opinion: Why is DOT Commissioner Trottenberg Happy with Half-Measures from a Middling Mayor?

By Doug Gordon | Aug 3, 2020 | No Comments

What is the last 17 months of the de Blasio administration going to be like? That's up to the DOT Commissioner, who can go bold or go home.

The new face of the NYPD. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

It’s Official: NYPD Just Stole Streets by Station Houses

By Eve Kessler | Jun 18, 2020 | No Comments

Trottenberg cops to the fact that security agency stole the public right of way — but neither she nor the mayor offer any remedy.

Yes, we know "Dear Prudence" was on the "White Album," but that cover is so boring.

‘DEAR POLLY’: Commissioner’s Council Appearance Prompts Latest Parody by Streetsblog’s In-House Satire Crew

By Streetsblog | Apr 27, 2020 | No Comments

"The greatest mind in DOT, can't be sidelined, or playing D," our singers lament.

Four cops at one intersection. No wonder the NYPD's open-streets plan failed. Photo: Angela Stach

Council to De Blasio: ‘Open Streets’ Are NOT an NYPD Enforcement Issue

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 26, 2020 | No Comments

"If the mayor won’t open streets to New Yorkers, the Council will look to Gov. Cuomo for leadership on this issue," Corey Johnson tweeted on Sunday.

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