The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
The last real workday before the New Year is always a weird one. But we’ll be working today, the better to help make sense of the week when politicians (and Citi Bike!) always try to slip stuff past us.
Cyclists are voting with their feet, but the politicians aren’t yet on board.
Yes, it’s “complicated,” but complicated cannot be an excuse for inaction. What exists now is a failure of basic public space.
The city will extend Lexington Avenue’s offset bus lanes eight blocks south. Plus more news.
Comptroller Mark Levine called on Mayor Mamdani to unclog the backlog — but didn’t say how.
“We want more shoppers. We want more people to spend money, not drive through,” said one Flatbush business leader.
