The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Every outlet is going to be covering the one-year anniversary of congestion pricing today (who says the papers don’t print “good news” stories anymore?!), but Streetsblog gives you three ways to celebrate:
David Meyer looks at all the positive things that have happened in town as a result of the toll.
Dave Colon picks through the lingering court paperwork challenging the tolls (don’t worry; opposition is in its death throes).
And today’s headlines leads with other outlets’ birthday parties.
Plus don’t miss our big news from the weekend: Mayor Mamdani will make McGuinness safe! And don’t miss Nolan Hicks’s report on ways to help homeless people in the subway.
Two decades after a major rezoning, the city should continue to emphasize pedestrians, cyclists and bus riders in Downtown Brooklyn in order to make the best possible version of the neighborhood as a residential and job center.
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.
Two decades after a major rezoning, the city should continue to emphasize pedestrians, cyclists and bus riders in Downtown Brooklyn in order to make the best possible version of the neighborhood as a residential and job center.
More Astroturf: Top politicos are on board with Waymo’s pitch.
It’s a four-way clusterfuck because … cars.
Mayor Mamdani set met with Paris’s new mayor, Emmanuel Grégoire. Plus other news.
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.
