The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Sure, this newsletter leads with a great story about an artist whose muse is the lousy Manhattan entrance to the Williamsburg Bridge bike path, but the main news was from Friday, when a judge cleared the way for Gov. Hochul’s decision to pause congestion pricing to be put to a trial.
The NYPD and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection have cracked down on stores that sell illegal electric two-wheelers, but the city isn’t doing anything about online sales.
Commercial passenger aviation has nearly zero passenger deaths per year compared to about 40,000 roadway deaths. That’s not a function of driving being inherently riskier — it is a function of what our leaders decide is “safe enough.”