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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.
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.
The Mamdani administration will extend the Livingston Street busway west of its current terminal at Smith Street, freeing an existing bus lane from a morass of placard abuse.
“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.
The Mamdani administration will extend the Livingston Street busway west of its current terminal at Smith Street, freeing an existing bus lane from a morass of placard abuse.
