The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
In Hoboken, Mayor Ravi Bhalla is showing what leadership on street safety is. Starting on Oct. 1, the Mile Square City will use cameras to keep bike lanes clear on its main commercial strip. We sent Kevin Duggan out there for a “before” story (and a great sandwich at Vito’s).
Also in today’s newsletter: Two views on the Brooklyn Maritime Terminal “vision plan” — from one supporter and one foe on the task force that recently advanced Mayor Adams’s vision.
Oh, speaking of the mayor — he’s now officially “soon-to-be-former Mayor Adams,” thanks to Sunday’s announcement that he’s bailed from his crippled re-election plane (see graphic below!).
And, in tragic news, another cyclist was killed by a hit-and-run driver. We’ll be following that story today.
President Trump sort of inadvertently made an argument for banning horse carriages from Central Park on Thursday when he critiicized the City Council’s 40-7-2 vote to end the Central Park horse carriage industry with an ill-conceived analogy to cars.
The city’s much-anticipated program to require speed-limiting devices inside the cars of repeatedly reckless drivers will launch next year, though questions remain.
The Teamsters are fighting anti-union Amazon and the battleground is New York City streets.
President Trump sort of inadvertently made an argument for banning horse carriages from Central Park on Thursday when he critiicized the City Council’s 40-7-2 vote to end the Central Park horse carriage industry with an ill-conceived analogy to cars.
The city’s much-anticipated program to require speed-limiting devices inside the cars of repeatedly reckless drivers will launch next year, though questions remain.
“I’m not willing to keep our teams active in the field,” Lieber said on Thursday morning.
Streetsblog interviewed the president and public relations director of the Century Road Club Association.
