The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Since April 28, when NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch launched her criminal crackdown on e-bike riders who commit regular traffic violations, Streetsblog has been doubling and tripling down on its coverage. We’ve hit every angle — except for getting Tisch on the record to defend a policy that is built on the lie that electric bikes are causing disproportionate danger on our streets.
We had prepped two more stories about her war on bikes — one about how she never informed the Department of Transportation about her crackdown, and another about how the ticketing blitz has led to a 4,000-percent increase in criminal summonses — when Tisch broke her silence in a NY Post op-ed.
That sent us back to the newsroom to fact-check the piece, which is our lead story for this newsletter. But remember our new motto: “Streetsblog: Your Source For Every Last Detail of Jessie Tisch’s War on Bikes.” (OK, it’s a bit clunky…)
Troopers based in NYC routinely blew off their duties to chill, sleep with their girlfriends and, in one notorious case, drive to a strip club in New Jersey, get drunk and get arrested for assault, Streetsblog has learned.
The Department of Transportation is poised to get tens of millions dollars per year in new funding specifically to execute Mayor Mamdani’s vision for bus lanes and bike lanes around the city.
MTA fare enforcement “EAGLE teams” will trial fare inspections on moving buses instead of holding up riders, officials said.
Troopers based in NYC routinely blew off their duties to chill, sleep with their girlfriends and, in one notorious case, drive to a strip club in New Jersey, get drunk and get arrested for assault, Streetsblog has learned.
It’s time to celebrate Streetsblog’s 20th anniversary. Plus other news.
The project had been announced under Mayor Eric Adams, but never implemented.
Mamdani could make the World’s Borough the “envy of the world.”
The good news? It could have been worse. The bad news? It’s still pretty bad.
So what’s the deal with that exploding car? Plus other news.
The Department of Transportation is poised to get tens of millions dollars per year in new funding specifically to execute Mayor Mamdani’s vision for bus lanes and bike lanes around the city.
