The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Our top story is good news for the city Department of Transportation, in the form of big bucks from the Mamdani City Hall to execute the Streets Master Plan.
And from Albany, bureau chief Austin C. Jefferson looks at the worst drivers — and how Gov. Hochul’s insurance scheme won’t change a thing with them.
In headlines, the LIRR strike is over, and David Meyer picks through the tea leaves.
And below that, a breaking story from Monday that you might have missed: Once again, Streetsblog gets action on the Cross Bronx Expressway.
President Trump sort of inadvertently made an argument for banning horse carriages from Central Park on Thursday when he critiicized the City Council’s 40-7-2 vote to end the Central Park horse carriage industry with an ill-conceived analogy to cars.
The city’s much-anticipated program to require speed-limiting devices inside the cars of repeatedly reckless drivers will launch next year, though questions remain.