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 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.
And about half of trade waste trucks in the city have been exempted because “the design or operation of the vehicle” makes it too challenging to install the after-market safety feature. Huh?
Two decades after a major rezoning, the city should continue to emphasize pedestrians, cyclists and bus riders in Downtown Brooklyn in order to make the best possible version of the neighborhood as a residential and job center.
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.
Local lawmakers in New York state are all over the map when it comes to addressing unsafe and illegal e-motos in their communities.
President Trump at Gracie Mansion (he’s not moving in … yet). Plus other news.
And about half of trade waste trucks in the city have been exempted because “the design or operation of the vehicle” makes it too challenging to install the after-market safety feature. Huh?
Two decades after a major rezoning, the city should continue to emphasize pedestrians, cyclists and bus riders in Downtown Brooklyn in order to make the best possible version of the neighborhood as a residential and job center.
