The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Today, for the second time in as many weeks, Charles Komanoff leads our website with another exclusive data analysis that shows that the South Bronx is not being inundated with cars and trucks, as congestion pricing opponents speciously predicted.
Does that mean we should ignore The Bronx? No, thonx! We love the Boogie Down and the MTA and city and state departments of Transportation need to do more to build livable, safe and pollution-free streets there.
But for now, at least, congestion pricing is one less worry.
Plus other news. Have a great weekend, let’s go, Mets, and wish our editor luck with his latest bout with Covid.
“Better street design” is not “some kind of mystery,” says best friend of cyclist Dmytro Stechenko, who was killed in head-on collision with an illegal stand up scooter rider in the May 28 crash.
“Better street design” is not “some kind of mystery,” says best friend of cyclist Dmytro Stechenko, who was killed in head-on collision with an illegal stand up scooter rider in the May 28 crash.
In Jersey City, Mayor James Solomon will install 100 quick-build safety measures, giving a new meaning to the term, “Safety first.”
Mayor Mamdani’s budget baselines $6.4 million per year through 2030 for Open Streets.
A great day for a long-suffering city (though a bad day for some buses). Plus other news.
A celebration with a history rooted in pushing back on police abuse won’t be subject to it this year.
