The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
The top story today is our latest memo to Mayor-elect Mamdani, this time centering on how the progressive mayor should toss aside his predecessor’s timidity and make Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue a great strip for buses and bikes.
Meanwhile, across the river in Jersey City, the mayor’s race is heading up as former Gov. Jim McGreevey pulls a Cuomo and campaigns against street safety.
Oh, and don’t forget that Mamdani will be in Washington today to meet with President Trump. Whoo-boy!
Troopers based in NYC routinely blew off their duties to chill, sleep with their girlfriends and, in one notorious case, drive to a strip club in New Jersey, get drunk and get arrested for assault, Streetsblog has learned.
MTA fare enforcement “EAGLE teams” will trial fare inspections on moving buses instead of holding up riders, officials said.
Troopers based in NYC routinely blew off their duties to chill, sleep with their girlfriends and, in one notorious case, drive to a strip club in New Jersey, get drunk and get arrested for assault, Streetsblog has learned.
It’s time to celebrate Streetsblog’s 20th anniversary. Plus other news.
The project had been announced under Mayor Eric Adams, but never implemented.
Mamdani could make the World’s Borough the “envy of the world.”
The good news? It could have been worse. The bad news? It’s still pretty bad.
So what’s the deal with that exploding car? Plus other news.
