The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Since NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch began her war on bikes on April 28, no outlet has covered the story like Streetsblog. We have additional coverage today (of course), plus we take a breath to celebrate the video work of Engagement Editor Emily Lipstein and her team, who won a Deadline Club award at a posh ceremony last night at the Harvard Club.
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.
Cyclists frequently get hit by truckers on Rust Street, but the city has not made good on its promise to solve the problem.
The horses are being banished to be replaced by … electric cars?! Plus other news.
“I’d say automated trains are the future, but I’d actually argue automated trains are very much the present,” one report author said.
