The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Talk about hedging your bets! Uber, through its political action committee, has been spending big on both Council Member Julie Menin and Council Member Crystal Hudson, both of whom want to be Speaker. Sophia Lebowitz has the story.
Meanwhile, Lebowitz has a second story about how a state lawmaker from Brooklyn, who once told Streetsblog that reckless driving wasn’t such a big deal, finally signed onto a key street safety bill after killer driver Miriam Yarimi got such a low prison sentence.
Plus we have the Mam and Donny show in headlines, and a great op-ed from Annie Weinstock. And even a Sunday story from Dave Colon.
“We’re working quickly to make ‘Crashland’ a distant memory with a redesign that delivers long-overdue cycling connections by closing gaps in the Brooklyn Bike Network,” said DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn.
Our op-ed writer believes that pro-cycling forces and anti-e-bike advocates can be allies on some basic safety measures.
Streetsblog runs down and corrects five street safety myths heard this week on the community board circuit.
Nassau County will be voiceless on the MTA board after the state Senate decided it was tired of David Mack’s act.
The one-off legislative tweak will let the MTA keep its tunnel boring machine underground between subway expansion phases.
Across the globe, bike lanes are at the center of the culture war. Let’s take a breath and take stock.
It’s not even We Outside Summer yet, but New Yorkers know where to celebrate. Plus other news.
“We’re working quickly to make ‘Crashland’ a distant memory with a redesign that delivers long-overdue cycling connections by closing gaps in the Brooklyn Bike Network,” said DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn.
