The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
The big news as we return from the long weekend is pedestrianization of Lower Manhattan. You want it. Small businesses want it. Tourist attractions want it. And even the local politicians want it. But will Big Business support it? Kevin Duggan looks long and hard.
We also have a review of … Review Avenue, as Summer Specialist Emily Smith puts her eyes on the street.
Plus today’s headlines and a couple of things from last week that you might have missed.
People have lots of opinions about what should happen to the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, but the only opinion that will end up mattering is the one belonging to the Transportation commissioner. So here it is.
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.