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!
The NYPD and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection have cracked down on stores that sell illegal electric two-wheelers, but the city isn’t doing anything about online sales.
Commercial passenger aviation has nearly zero passenger deaths per year compared to about 40,000 roadway deaths. That’s not a function of driving being inherently riskier — it is a function of what our leaders decide is “safe enough.”
One year ago, Streetsblog said the bike lanes in Blissville, in the southwesternmost corner of Queens, earned our “chef’s kiss,” but now we’re not so sure.
The NYPD and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection have cracked down on stores that sell illegal electric two-wheelers, but the city isn’t doing anything about online sales.
American manufacturers have failed to create top-notch plug-in buses.
We asked Hizzoner about the citizen idling program, and it wasn’t clear he knew all the details. Plus other news.
Lower Manhattan merchants see green in proposals to pedestrianize the Financial District.
Commercial passenger aviation has nearly zero passenger deaths per year compared to about 40,000 roadway deaths. That’s not a function of driving being inherently riskier — it is a function of what our leaders decide is “safe enough.”
One year ago, Streetsblog said the bike lanes in Blissville, in the southwesternmost corner of Queens, earned our “chef’s kiss,” but now we’re not so sure.
Another blocked bike lane, another hit-and-run, another dead cyclist. Plus other news.
