The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
One of the big stories yesterday: The Mamdani administration admitted at a Council hearing that it hasn’t put aside enough money to enforce the Council’s worker protection laws.
That’s concerning to anyone who cares about safe streets because delivery workers often feel rushed when their app overlords threaten to deactivate them.
As always, Sophia Lebowitz has the story.
Not to be outdone, Dave Colon looked at a nascent effort to get the NYPD out of the DOT’s business (or at least what once was the DOT’s business) of traffic enforcement.
Plus other news, and today’s headlines. We really set you up for the weekend, don’t we?
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.”
One year ago, Streetsblog said the bike lanes in Blissville, in the southwesternmost corner of Queens, earned our “chef’s kiss,” but now we’re not so sure.
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.
American manufacturers have failed to create top-notch plug-in buses.
We asked Hizzoner about the citizen idling program, and it wasn’t clear he knew all the details. Plus other news.
Lower Manhattan merchants see green in proposals to pedestrianize the Financial District.
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.”
One year ago, Streetsblog said the bike lanes in Blissville, in the southwesternmost corner of Queens, earned our “chef’s kiss,” but now we’re not so sure.
Another blocked bike lane, another hit-and-run, another dead cyclist. Plus other news.
