The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Today is the Labor Day farewell to the summer, so we here at Streetsblog will take one last day to recharge our e-bike batteries before hitting the fall like an early season hurricane. We’ll have full coverage of the mayoral election, full coverage of the current mayor’s ongoing ethical challenges, full coverage of the fight to protect delivery workers from exploitive work in the app salt mines and, of course, full coverage of everything the city DOT can and can’t accomplish before a new mayor comes in with a broom.
For now, here are a few stories you might have missed from last week, including the violent arrest of a Citi Bike rider, a long-overdue plan to pedestrianize Lower Manhattan, and full team coverage of how the Adams administration has allegedly traded street safety for bribes.
A first full fleet inventory led to 70 fewer vehicles, fewer take-home cars and new accountability for crashes. Experts say New York’s deficit-ridden cities should audit their own.
He was struck and badly injured by a car driver. But his injuries weren’t sufficient to trigger a real police investigation. And therein lies the problem.
DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn declined to make any firm commitments on Tuesday when pressed on the program’s start date.
“The federal government is using subterfuge to waste the judge’s and MTA attorneys’ time and all of our money,” one attorney and advocate fumed.
A Staten Island judge ruled against the city’s Victory Boulevard bus lane project. Plus other news.
A first full fleet inventory led to 70 fewer vehicles, fewer take-home cars and new accountability for crashes. Experts say New York’s deficit-ridden cities should audit their own.
DOT should revoke parking placards issued to non-profits that rack up excessive speed-camera or red-light violations.
There’s nothing “Grand” about this bike lane, and now everyone’s upset.
Find out why a state Senator wants to eliminate bus lane enforcement cameras in Harlem. Plus other news.
He was struck and badly injured by a car driver. But his injuries weren’t sufficient to trigger a real police investigation. And therein lies the problem.
Cops got this crash wrong — and we have the video.
