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!
Here’s how two adjoining neighborhoods — Sunset Park and Bay Ridge — ended up looking so different on the Department of Transportation’s new truck map.
The small expansion of e-car charging stations is a small down payment on the city’s larger plan to permanently allocate more public space for the automobile.
The administration offers a 104-page vision statement that’s a bit hazy on the specifics.
Here’s how two adjoining neighborhoods — Sunset Park and Bay Ridge — ended up looking so different on the Department of Transportation’s new truck map.
The small expansion of e-car charging stations is a small down payment on the city’s larger plan to permanently allocate more public space for the automobile.
Paul Vogel, a prolific advocate for livable streets who posted under the handle @D00RZ0NE, has died. Plus more news.
Amazon is constantly touting its e-quad deliveries — but now the company is threatening to pull its bikes off the streets if it can’t get its way.
The NYPD’s reasons for shielding the records were nonsensical, one attorney said.
In kicking its redesign of “Canal Street East” to 2027, Mamdani’s DOT chose political ease over safety. Plus the news.
