The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
The big story today is that Streetsblog is giving Mayor Mamdani a big opportunity to make good on his campaign promise to restore full protections for cyclists on the stretch of Bedford Avenue that Mayor Adams made less safe, thanks to our report that cycling is way up on the protected portion.
We’re waiting with baited breath, especially given that we once again reset our Mamdani Disappointment-O-Meter yesterday because of the mayor’s embrace of lower payouts to victims of car drivers and cheaper auto insurance, which will increase suffering and increase driving.
And speaking of suffering, we also covered a horrific crash yesterday that reminds us all that cyclists and pedestrians are still vulnerable on our city’s streets.
Enjoy the rest of our newsletter. And don’t forget to dress warmly today!
Mayor Mamdani’s bike lane projects keep running into the same foe: a retirement-aged Manhattan lawyer and convicted securities fraudster who has sued NYC DOT five times in three boroughs, to little success.
Parents hope “long overdue” traffic diverters will keep cut-through traffic off Driggs Avenue and away from P.S. 110.
Mayor Mamdani is starting the school year off in safe fashion by slapping a permanent gate on a Tribeca car-free school street, a true French treat.
As a result, thousands of crashes are not showing up on independent and user-friendly websites like Crashmapper.
The War on Cars podcast weighed into the helmet discourse that Mayor Mamdani ignited last month. Plus the news.
Mayor Mamdani’s bike lane projects keep running into the same foe: a retirement-aged Manhattan lawyer and convicted securities fraudster who has sued NYC DOT five times in three boroughs, to little success.
We’re back with an epic “ICYMI” list, except the “Y” is a “W” and it stands for we.
“Strong reforms are necessary if we’re going to have public transit agencies that are successful,” says this week’s guest.
A cop drove recklessly, struck a woman, lied about it, and got his friends to lie about it, Queens prosecutors say.
