The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
There’s a lot going on on this day before July 4th weekend, especially when we missed sending out yesterday’s newsletter. So it’s time to grab your cup of coffee and dig into the news from the past two days.
Why don’t you start it off with this video of DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez answering a question from Streetsblog’s own Sophia Lebowitz about his celebration of safety wins from design projects while the mayoral administration he works for continues to fight in court to rip one of them out…
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.
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.
“I’m not willing to keep our teams active in the field,” Lieber said on Thursday morning.
Streetsblog interviewed the president and public relations director of the Century Road Club Association.
The devices — called Intelligent Speed Assistance — prevent drivers from exceeding the speed limit
New Yorkers can vote to stop those endless anti-bike lane lawsuits.
Cyclists frequently get hit by truckers on Rust Street, but the city has not made good on its promise to solve the problem.
