The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Earlier this year, the city Department of Transportation put out a flawed report on daylighting — so flawed that its flaws were, in fact, cited as flaws in the flawed report! — so we were obviously excited to cover a new report, this time from the City Council, that corrects the record on this well-known safety feature.
In addition, we have an exclusive post from former DOT Commissioner “Hammerin'” Hank Gutman offering advice for Mayor-Elect Mamdani on what kind of person he should pick for the most-important job in town.
And newcomer J.K. Trotter offers his take on Elise Stefanik’s transit-snubbing run for governor.
Plus make sure to scroll down for lots more coverage you might have missed last week.
Troopers based in NYC routinely blew off their duties to chill, sleep with their girlfriends and, in one notorious case, drive to a strip club in New Jersey, get drunk and get arrested for assault, Streetsblog has learned.
MTA fare enforcement “EAGLE teams” will trial fare inspections on moving buses instead of holding up riders, officials said.
Troopers based in NYC routinely blew off their duties to chill, sleep with their girlfriends and, in one notorious case, drive to a strip club in New Jersey, get drunk and get arrested for assault, Streetsblog has learned.
It’s time to celebrate Streetsblog’s 20th anniversary. Plus other news.
The project had been announced under Mayor Eric Adams, but never implemented.
Mamdani could make the World’s Borough the “envy of the world.”
The good news? It could have been worse. The bad news? It’s still pretty bad.
So what’s the deal with that exploding car? Plus other news.
