The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
The big news yesterday was Mayor Mamdani’s appearance at the Transportation Alternatives’ annual gala on the Upper West Side, a rare showing by a sitting executive. But it couldn’t have been more fitting, given his support for a safety redesign of W. 72nd Street that a handful of NIMBYs protested about outside.
In other news, the FDNY says it really does support bike lanes. And our 20th anniversary street fair has been canceled because our editor dislocated his shoulder (more below).
People have lots of opinions about what should happen to the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, but the only opinion that will end up mattering is the one belonging to the Transportation commissioner. So here it is.
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.