The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Mayor Adams’s signature achievement, the City of Yes for Housing Opportunities, is only as good as its implementation. So for starters, Streetsblog came up with a rating system to encourage developers to get busy picking the low-hanging fruit: low-density neighborhoods that could take a bit more density.
Meanwhile, Dave Colon took a lot at one of the Adams administration’s signature disgraces: its effort to get ride of a protected bike lane on Bedford Avenue.
“Better street design” is not “some kind of mystery,” says best friend of cyclist Dmytro Stechenko, who was killed in head-on collision with an illegal stand up scooter rider in the May 28 crash.
“Better street design” is not “some kind of mystery,” says best friend of cyclist Dmytro Stechenko, who was killed in head-on collision with an illegal stand up scooter rider in the May 28 crash.
In Jersey City, Mayor James Solomon will install 100 quick-build safety measures, giving a new meaning to the term, “Safety first.”
Mayor Mamdani’s budget baselines $6.4 million per year through 2030 for Open Streets.
A great day for a long-suffering city (though a bad day for some buses). Plus other news.
A celebration with a history rooted in pushing back on police abuse won’t be subject to it this year.
