The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
TGIF and welcome to the Friday newsletter!
Today’s top story from Sophia Lebowitz exposes how food-delivery app HungryPanda pressured workers to make dangerous bike deliveries during last month’s blizzard, according to deliverymen who accused the company of dispatching them to closed businesses — then not paying them accordingly.
Plus: Two ways the NYPD disappointed us this week — the real impact of placard corruption AND victim-blaming a child for their death.
Our op-ed writer believes that pro-cycling forces and anti-e-bike advocates can be allies on some basic safety measures.
Streetsblog runs down and corrects five street safety myths heard this week on the community board circuit.
Nassau County will be voiceless on the MTA board after the state Senate decided it was tired of David Mack’s act.
The one-off legislative tweak will let the MTA keep its tunnel boring machine underground between subway expansion phases.
Across the globe, bike lanes are at the center of the culture war. Let’s take a breath and take stock.
