The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Our lead story today: Sophia Lebowitz talks to the mayor of Bogota, Colombia, who had no idea that haters of Mayor Mamdani mocked the Andes city — because anyone who knows transit, knows Bogota!
In other news, the push continues for a safer Third Avenue in Brooklyn (take that, Randy Peers) and for the passage of Gov. Hochul’s proposal to slow down super speeders (times two).
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.