The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
At Streetsblog, we gotta hand it to Council Speaker Julie Menin. In her first month on the job, she’s already made good on a major promise: to restore outdoor dining to the full-year program is must be.
As Kevin Duggan details below (way below), she made the news early on Wednesday: to make it easier for restaurateurs, the program will no longer be seasonal, requiring eateries to set up, break down and store their outdoor dining areas for four months a year.
We also have other news, including a look at whether Mayor Mamdani will expand Fair Fares, and Austin C. Jefferson’s look at the AV problem in Albany.
Senior FDNY officials are throwing their weight around to kill a proposed protected bike lane in the Bronx, in defiance of DOT and Mayor Mamdani’s agenda.
New from Third Place News: the hope that someday, the ceremonial arch will be part of Prospect Park — a true third place for open-space-craving Brooklynites.
Officer James Giovansanti can’t drive an NYPD squad car — at least for now.
Senior FDNY officials are throwing their weight around to kill a proposed protected bike lane in the Bronx, in defiance of DOT and Mayor Mamdani’s agenda.
DOT’s redesign will put 24/7 bus lanes in both directions on the crosstown corridor from Fifth Avenue to Pleasant Avenue.
New from Third Place News: the hope that someday, the ceremonial arch will be part of Prospect Park — a true third place for open-space-craving Brooklynites.
A lawsuit to force Mayor Mamdani to reinstate criminal summonses for low-level e-bike violations got a lot of press. Plus the news.
