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).
He was struck and badly injured by a car driver. But his injuries weren’t sufficient to trigger a real police investigation. And therein lies the problem.
Toronto advocates are putting their bodies on the line to protect a bike lane the province wants to rip out — and and to fight a wave of anti-bike lane sentiment that this writer warns is sweeping the whole continent.
DOT should revoke parking placards issued to non-profits that rack up excessive speed-camera or red-light violations.
There’s nothing “Grand” about this bike lane, and now everyone’s upset.
Find out why a state Senator wants to eliminate bus lane enforcement cameras in Harlem. Plus other news.
He was struck and badly injured by a car driver. But his injuries weren’t sufficient to trigger a real police investigation. And therein lies the problem.
Cops got this crash wrong — and we have the video.
Two new stories about the city’s slow installation of speed humps. Plus other news.
Toronto advocates are putting their bodies on the line to protect a bike lane the province wants to rip out — and and to fight a wave of anti-bike lane sentiment that this writer warns is sweeping the whole continent.
