The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
We’ll obviously have more full-team coverage today on the massive snowfall, but only so much that you don’t get bored. Don’t miss our other coverage today, including a point-counterpoint on the City Council’s Delivery Protection Act that’s worthy of Shana Alexander and James Kirkpatrick (OK, that’s an old reference even for our Old Man Editor).
And don’t miss Max White’s dive into another way Gov. Hochul could lower car insurance rates without screwing everything up: Just look north, governor!
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.
Treating the arrival of United Nations diplomats to our world-class city as a burden rather than asset shows the dearth of quality public space in New York — and shows we are not the envy of the world.
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.
More Astroturf: Top politicos are on board with Waymo’s pitch.
It’s a four-way clusterfuck because … cars.
Mayor Mamdani set met with Paris’s new mayor, Emmanuel Grégoire. Plus other news.
One teenager on a bike was killed, and another injured, by a truck driver making a right turn at a busy intersection in the East Village, cops said.
Treating the arrival of United Nations diplomats to our world-class city as a burden rather than asset shows the dearth of quality public space in New York — and shows we are not the envy of the world.
Not every concrete bike lane project should require tearing up the street, Mamdani DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn said.
