The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Welcome to the working week! It’s going to be a clear, hot day today, so why not start your day with all the news from over the weekend? Remember, you can always reach our editor by clicking here.
The NYPD and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection have cracked down on stores that sell illegal electric two-wheelers, but the city isn’t doing anything about online sales.
Commercial passenger aviation has nearly zero passenger deaths per year compared to about 40,000 roadway deaths. That’s not a function of driving being inherently riskier — it is a function of what our leaders decide is “safe enough.”
One year ago, Streetsblog said the bike lanes in Blissville, in the southwesternmost corner of Queens, earned our “chef’s kiss,” but now we’re not so sure.
The NYPD and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection have cracked down on stores that sell illegal electric two-wheelers, but the city isn’t doing anything about online sales.
American manufacturers have failed to create top-notch plug-in buses.
We asked Hizzoner about the citizen idling program, and it wasn’t clear he knew all the details. Plus other news.
Lower Manhattan merchants see green in proposals to pedestrianize the Financial District.
Commercial passenger aviation has nearly zero passenger deaths per year compared to about 40,000 roadway deaths. That’s not a function of driving being inherently riskier — it is a function of what our leaders decide is “safe enough.”
One year ago, Streetsblog said the bike lanes in Blissville, in the southwesternmost corner of Queens, earned our “chef’s kiss,” but now we’re not so sure.
