The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
You’ve seen it all the time: A car with an orange ticket on the windshield. But have you ever wondered if cops know anything about that car — like has its owner completely ignored the tickets? Turns out, cops don’t care — they just keep slapping tickets on cars and only tow if the car is an immediate threat.
Kevin Duggan’s story on the city’s towing problem will open your eyes (and maybe encourage Mayor-in-Waiting Zohran Mamdani to make some changes on Jan. 1.
And don’t miss our other stories today, plus our daily headlines roundup by David Meyer.
President Trump sort of inadvertently made an argument for banning horse carriages from Central Park on Thursday when he critiicized the City Council’s 40-7-2 vote to end the Central Park horse carriage industry with an ill-conceived analogy to cars.
The city’s much-anticipated program to require speed-limiting devices inside the cars of repeatedly reckless drivers will launch next year, though questions remain.
The Teamsters are fighting anti-union Amazon and the battleground is New York City streets.
President Trump sort of inadvertently made an argument for banning horse carriages from Central Park on Thursday when he critiicized the City Council’s 40-7-2 vote to end the Central Park horse carriage industry with an ill-conceived analogy to cars.
The city’s much-anticipated program to require speed-limiting devices inside the cars of repeatedly reckless drivers will launch next year, though questions remain.
“I’m not willing to keep our teams active in the field,” Lieber said on Thursday morning.
Streetsblog interviewed the president and public relations director of the Century Road Club Association.
The devices — called Intelligent Speed Assistance — prevent drivers from exceeding the speed limit
New Yorkers can vote to stop those endless anti-bike lane lawsuits.
