The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
What if they held a bus oversight hearing and all we heard was complaints from drivers? Welcome to the New York City Council, where no one holds city and state officials accountable for slow bus speeds, but everyone wants to complain about getting tickets for parking in bus lanes.
Also in today’s newsletter, Double Duty Duggan covered a late meeting at which Queens community board members begged the Parks Department to let them drive inside Forest Park, even though a roadway is much safer without them.
Congressional negotiations over America’s next big transportation law hit some speed bumps this summer — but that doesn’t mean there isn’t work to be done.
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.
This year’s shortfall again underscores the Collision Investigation Squad’s limited safety role compared to peer cities such as Chicago.
Congressional negotiations over America’s next big transportation law hit some speed bumps this summer — but that doesn’t mean there isn’t work to be done.
Our lives are defined by cars, even if we neither own nor drive them. Plus other news.
“When you make it easier for people to ride, they’re going to ride,” one advocate said.
Advocates called it a “no-brainer.”
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.
DoorDash finally pays the piper (Streetsblog gets action). Plus other news.
