The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
The governor takes her car insurance reduction scheme to the friendliest audience yet — car freaks — as she heads to the New York International Auto Show to claim that fraud is driving up the cost of insurance. Um, you sure it’s not the 400,000 crashes that happen every year in New York State? Or all the drivers who don’t register their cars in New York even though they live her? Or the fact that Uber and Lyft put 100,000 more cars on the roads of New York City?
See, we can play this game, too. That’s why Kevin Duggan’s latest story — about how Gov. Hochul is merely following Uber’s playlist to make New York more like Florida — is so crucial to your understanding of how the most powerful and wealthy forces in our society are seeking to change state law for their benefit.
Beyond that, we have the great “Gridlock” Sam Schwartz and Kelly McGuinness discussing the future of autonomous vehicles, a look at the rise of low-traffic neighborhoods, plus today’s headlines.
And check back at 5 a.m. for another Mamdani administration exclusive.
The top cop’s decision came even though the NYPD’s patrol guide prohibits both excessive force and bars officers from parking on the sidewalk.
The urbanist journalist doesn’t think QueensWay will prevent the city and state from installing rail in the future.
Intercity bus companies already pay to use city curbs. A modest increase could help give passengers a better place to wait.
The mayor faces heat from Streetsblog-reading reporters. Plus other news.
The administration offers a 104-page vision statement that’s a bit hazy on the specifics.
