The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
The NYPD installed a haywire speed alert sign in Central Park in an attempt to educate cyclists on the eve of next week’s 15-mile-per-hour speed limit. But as Nolan Hicks found out, the sign only spewed misinformation.
Plus, make sure you don’t miss Dave Colon’s latest piece about $33 million in anti-crime funding that the Trump administration tried to claw back from the MTA. On Thursday, a judge told the president, “Not so fast.”
Plus other news. Have a great weekend. And don’t forget to join our editor on Saturday at the monthly “Power Joker” show (a fun parody of Robert Moses) at Caveat on the Lower East Side. Info here.
Pedestrianizing FiDi, or making it a “Low-Traffic Neighborhood,” would be a model for the world, says the area’s Council member.
The Council leader is not buying the city’s excuses for paring back the crucial upgrades.
There is a lot of sadness to go around. Plus the news.
“This will be the embodiment of the dream to have more transit-oriented development,” the governor said.
Cops said a “person of interest” was taken into custody.
