The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
One thing we learned earlier this month is that if we post even a fairly tepid op-ed about autonomous vehicles, we get a lot of hate from the techy wing of urbanism. For the record: Streetsblog is not anti-AV — we’re anti-car.
So the promise that AVs will fix one of the automobile’s greatest failings — i.e. how dangerous are car is to people outside the vehicle — doesn’t strike us enough.
But we have open minds! That’s why we headed to Hunter College last week to hear multiple panels of experts debate “The Future of Transportation.” We got a real earful — so hopefully you’ll enjoy our coverage below.
We also look at how Attorney General Letitia James declined to charge Lip Gloss Cop Lavonje Devone even though she ran over a man with her squad car … while she was applying makeup!
And we’ll hear from “War on Cars” co-host Doug Gordon about his opinion on the city’s Grand Army Plaza plans. They’re not perfect, but the Mamdani-O-Meter continues to roll forward.
“This will be the embodiment of the dream to have more transit-oriented development,” the governor said.
Cops said a “person of interest” was taken into custody.
Becoming a dad inspired Greenpointer Chris Roberti to push for street changes to make the area around his home and his kids’ school safer, he writes.
Public school kids are heading back to school today. Here’s a perspective on road safety from one of them.
Queens leaders say a bike lane would improve safety on both the six-lane commercial roadway and the parallel Paseo Park.
The city will pedestrianize parts of Borough Park for Rosh Hashanah for the first time. Plus more news.
Parents hope “long overdue” traffic diverters will keep cut-through traffic off Driggs Avenue and away from P.S. 110.
