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Yes, Streetsblog’s “Car-Free Carolers” are back for another holiday season of joy, mirth and ho-ho-hope that livable streets will form the backbone of Mayor Mamdani’s administration. Listen to our four Christmas carols below, and make sure to catch us on NY1 on Friday morning at around 7:30 a.m.
In other news:
-> The City Council is going to pass a key delivery worker protection bill that is actually a crucial street safety bill.
–> Transportation Alternatives noticed that serious crash injuries were significantly higher in the third-quarter of 2025 than they were in previous third-quarters (the summer months tend to have the highest number of injuries.
–> In today’s headlines, several groups are calling for the Mamdani administration to put more money in the Parks Department budget.
–> And don’t miss the incoming mayor’s pledge to appeal a judge’s ruling requiring DOT to remove a bike lane. He has until Jan. 4 …
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.
President Trump sort of inadvertently made an argument for banning horse carriages from Central Park on Thursday when he critiicized the City Council’s 40-7-2 vote to end the Central Park horse carriage industry with an ill-conceived analogy to cars.
The city’s much-anticipated program to require speed-limiting devices inside the cars of repeatedly reckless drivers will launch next year, though questions remain.
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.
The Teamsters are fighting anti-union Amazon and the battleground is New York City streets.
President Trump sort of inadvertently made an argument for banning horse carriages from Central Park on Thursday when he critiicized the City Council’s 40-7-2 vote to end the Central Park horse carriage industry with an ill-conceived analogy to cars.
The city’s much-anticipated program to require speed-limiting devices inside the cars of repeatedly reckless drivers will launch next year, though questions remain.
