The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
As many readers know, Streetsblog reporters Austin C. Jefferson and Kevin Duggan have been laser-focused on covering Gov. Hochul’s effort to reduce supposedly high car insurance costs by making it harder for some crash victims to get proper compensation for their life-changing injuries.
Well, after three months, it appears that the state legislature has blinked and gone along with most of Hochul’s Uber-backed effort — though it’s not even clear if auto insurance premiums will even drop.
Jefferson has the Day 1 pass — but believe us, more coverage is coming.
Also in today’s newsletter, a move to expand Fair Fares, a move to expand green space on Park Avenue, and a move to un-expand Nassau County’s e-bike ban.
Senior FDNY officials are throwing their weight around to kill a proposed protected bike lane in the Bronx, in defiance of DOT and Mayor Mamdani’s agenda.
New from Third Place News: the hope that someday, the ceremonial arch will be part of Prospect Park — a true third place for open-space-craving Brooklynites.
The new bike paths on Boogie Down’s iconic thoroughfare will feature a standard curb mid-block, but still allow illegal parking via sloped curbs at the beginning and ends of a block.