The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
There’s so much news in today’s newsletter, but the lead stories are out of Albany, where Austin C. Jefferson did a deep dive on Gov. Hochul’s victory over the legislature on her attempt to make driving cheaper.
And Editor Gersh Kuntzman tossed in an analysis of the “Stop Super Speeders” proposal — and how it could easily fail if the details aren’t nailed down.
We also have coverage of the Dean and Bergen bike boulevards and, of course, today’s headlines.
Check back for a breaking story at 8 am, too, but shhhh! we can’t tell you about it yet.
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.