The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Today’s news will be dominated by Mayor Adams’s announcement that he would put speed limits on electric bikes, which comes after a monthlong crackdown on cycling by Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
It’s a fast-moving story and we’ll have all the angles covered, starting with today’s headlines:
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.
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.
The latest victim? Nurse Jiaya Zheng, who was struck mere blocks from the medical center where she worked … and was taken before she died.
Here’s important information for readers while Streetsblog’s staff undertake four days of professional development and cocktails.
Plenty of money to fix the BQE, but not to fix a vital greenway on the East Side.
