The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Again, we have so many stories for you today:
1. The DOT is adding a lot more truck routes, which the agency says will make it easier to monitor where trucks are, but some critics say isn’t solving the problem of trucks in residential areas.
2. We also have two great upstate stories out of Albany Bureau Chief Austin C. Jefferson: First, he looked at how the only county in the state without transit service is setting out to change that. And second, he gets the word out about a terrible bill that Reinvent Albany hopes Gov. Hochul will veto.
3. Nolan Hicks looks at an Upper West Side philanthropist who was run down and killed by a van driver on Sunday.
4. And don’t miss our stories from yesterday, including an op-ed from two Council members who are upset at Speaker Adrienne Adams for killing the daylighting bill.
And, finally, we will always remember where we were when we heard Pete Alonso had signed with the Orioles (at our desks throwing our computers across the freakin’ room).
The Mamdani administration will extend the Livingston Street busway west of its current terminal at Smith Street, freeing an existing bus lane from a morass of placard abuse.
And about half of trade waste trucks in the city have been exempted because “the design or operation of the vehicle” makes it too challenging to install the after-market safety feature. Huh?
Two decades after a major rezoning, the city should continue to emphasize pedestrians, cyclists and bus riders in Downtown Brooklyn in order to make the best possible version of the neighborhood as a residential and job center.
The Mamdani administration will extend the Livingston Street busway west of its current terminal at Smith Street, freeing an existing bus lane from a morass of placard abuse.
Local lawmakers in New York state are all over the map when it comes to addressing unsafe and illegal e-motos in their communities.
President Trump at Gracie Mansion (he’s not moving in … yet). Plus other news.
And about half of trade waste trucks in the city have been exempted because “the design or operation of the vehicle” makes it too challenging to install the after-market safety feature. Huh?
Two decades after a major rezoning, the city should continue to emphasize pedestrians, cyclists and bus riders in Downtown Brooklyn in order to make the best possible version of the neighborhood as a residential and job center.
More Astroturf: Top politicos are on board with Waymo’s pitch.
It’s a four-way clusterfuck because … cars.
