Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Polly Trottenberg

Council Speaker Corey Johnson wears a helmet, but that doesn't mean he would mandate them.

City Officials All over the U.S. to Feds: Don’t Mandate Helmet Laws!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 8, 2019 | No Comments

NACTO, a group of city transportation officials from all over America, urged the National Transportation Safety Board to pull back from its recommendation earlier this week that all states require adults to wear helmets.

Fordham Road looking west from the southeast corner of Webster Avenue. The packed road and bollixed buses are typical of the morning, evening and midday rush. Photo: Eve Kessler

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Op-Ed: Fordham Road is the Busway We Need Next

By Cecil Brooks and John Halpin | Nov 5, 2019 | No Comments

In the city's third-largest shopping district, buses crawl, drivers kill and fumes endanger people and the environment. Time for a new busway.

DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg being grilled by reporters, including Vin Barone at left. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

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Friday’s Headlines: Ivy Day in the Committee Room Edition

By Streetsblog | Oct 25, 2019 | No Comments

It was a long day's journey into afternoon at the City Council on Thursday. Plus the other news of the day.

Drivers will complain — to the New York Times and CBS2 — but they are not inconvenienced by the city's "Green Wave" light timing on Hoyt Street in Brooklyn. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

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The ‘Green Wave’ is a Ripple — But Trottenberg Battles Car Entitlement

By Dave Colon | Oct 23, 2019 | No Comments

City officials hyped their latest effort to help city cyclists on Wednesday.

Get ready for more of this, Bushwick. And Ridgewood. Photo: ##http://www.flickr.com/photos/planetgordon/8685263248/##Planetgordon/Flickr##

Citi Bike Expansion Begins Next Week into Ridgewood and Deeper into Bushwick

By Dave Colon | Sep 18, 2019 | 4 Comments

Citi Bike will stretch from Williamsburg all the way to Broadway Junction by the time this phase of the expansion is finished.

Big wheels keep on turning, big blue bikes keep on rolling. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Citi Bike Ridership Hits New Record — So When Will the City Subsidize This Vital Form of Transit?

By Dave Colon | Sep 17, 2019 | 24 Comments

Over 19 million people rode the big blue bikes between July 2018 and June 2019, an increase of 11 percent.

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