The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
We’ve been mourning Robyn Hightman ever since they were killed by a truck driver in 2019, so we’re obviously outraged that the ghost bike memorial to them was heartlessly trashed last week by workers for the Flatiron NoMad Partnership. Max White has the story.
And don’t miss our recap of the most-photographed snowball fight in history — and its very predictable aftermath — in today’s headlines.
The Mamdani administration will extend the Livingston Street busway west of its current terminal at Smith Street, freeing an existing bus lane from a morass of placard abuse.
And about half of trade waste trucks in the city have been exempted because “the design or operation of the vehicle” makes it too challenging to install the after-market safety feature. Huh?
Two decades after a major rezoning, the city should continue to emphasize pedestrians, cyclists and bus riders in Downtown Brooklyn in order to make the best possible version of the neighborhood as a residential and job center.