The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
US DOT Secretary Sean Duffy says that federal law requires congestion pricing to include a non-toll route into the central business district. But memos obtained by Streetsblog show that no one was saying that during the first Trump administration.
In addition, don’t miss Nolan Hicks’s DEEP DIVE into Duffy’s attempt to fix the Penn Station mess. We wish him good luck!
Plus all the other news you need, including on today’s big daylighting hearing.
The section of Flatbush Avenue between Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and Midwood is plagued by double-parking and slow buses, but city planners have very little room to work with on the physical streets themselves.
If Summer Streets’ new security measures are here to stay, the city should replace NYPD vehicles with physical barriers, cut police staffing costs and use the investment to make the event last all weekend.