The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
After the Daily News reported on a single abandoned bike that was evidence that its owner had been seized by ICE, our Summer Specialist Matthew Sage found four more chained-up two-wheelers likely brought to lower Manhattan by immigrant workers who thought they were merely making a regular court appearance only to never come out.
It’s a gripping story, and it won’t be the last.
In other news, our other amazing Summer Specialist Yoshi Omi-Jarrett journeyed to the base of the Williamsburg Bridge to watch cops entrap cyclists at a badly-designed entrance/exit. It’s a great Friday video.
Plus headlines and more news below. Have a great weekend.
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.
The Teamsters are fighting anti-union Amazon and the battleground is New York City streets.
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.
“I’m not willing to keep our teams active in the field,” Lieber said on Thursday morning.
Streetsblog interviewed the president and public relations director of the Century Road Club Association.
The devices — called Intelligent Speed Assistance — prevent drivers from exceeding the speed limit
New Yorkers can vote to stop those endless anti-bike lane lawsuits.
