The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Welcome to the working week! We expect you’ll have smoother rides no matter what method you pick, given that drivers are seeing less traffic, bus rides appear to be faster and cyclist and pedestrians are enjoying not being harassed by car drivers.
It’s an extra long menu of stories in our newsletter today because there were some items from Friday that you might have missed.
Treating the arrival of United Nations diplomats to our world-class city as a burden rather than asset shows the dearth of quality public space in New York — and shows we are not the envy of the world.
One teenager on a bike was killed, and another injured, by a truck driver making a right turn at a busy intersection in the East Village, cops said.
Treating the arrival of United Nations diplomats to our world-class city as a burden rather than asset shows the dearth of quality public space in New York — and shows we are not the envy of the world.
Not every concrete bike lane project should require tearing up the street, Mamdani DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn said.
The cost of doing car business. Plus other news.
Community boards recommended improvements to put more park in Park Avenue — and the Mamdani administration responded.
“This is the busiest bus route in the entire United States,” one community board member explained.
State lawmakers want to close a loophole that puts illegal, fast e-motos on the streets and in city bike lanes.
