The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
We sent our Summer Specialist Jonah Schwarz to the big state DOT public planning session about making the West Side Highway less of a highway and more of a neighborhood street.
Plus, Kevin Duggan continued his award-nominated assault on the underpinnings of Commissioner Jessica Tisch’s cop crackdown on cycling.
And in headlines, David Meyer looks at Mayor Adams’s much-criticized plan for Fifth Avenue (ah, busway, we hardly knew ye!).
“Better street design” is not “some kind of mystery,” says best friend of cyclist Dmytro Stechenko, who was killed in head-on collision with an illegal stand up scooter rider in the May 28 Queensboro Bridge crash.
“Better street design” is not “some kind of mystery,” says best friend of cyclist Dmytro Stechenko, who was killed in head-on collision with an illegal stand up scooter rider in the May 28 Queensboro Bridge crash.
In Jersey City, Mayor James Solomon will install 100 quick-build safety measures, giving a new meaning to the term, “Safety first.”
Mayor Mamdani’s budget baselines $6.4 million per year through 2030 for Open Streets.
A great day for a long-suffering city (though a bad day for some buses). Plus other news.
A celebration with a history rooted in pushing back on police abuse won’t be subject to it this year.
The city is moving full speed ahead on truck routes as safety redesigns remain a distant dream.
Transit riders deserve better than the subpar shuttle bus service the MTA provides to fill the gap during recurring G train disruptions.
