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!).
“We’re working quickly to make ‘Crashland’ a distant memory with a redesign that delivers long-overdue cycling connections by closing gaps in the Brooklyn Bike Network,” said DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn.
Our op-ed writer believes that pro-cycling forces and anti-e-bike advocates can be allies on some basic safety measures.
Streetsblog runs down and corrects five street safety myths heard this week on the community board circuit.
Nassau County will be voiceless on the MTA board after the state Senate decided it was tired of David Mack’s act.
The one-off legislative tweak will let the MTA keep its tunnel boring machine underground between subway expansion phases.
Across the globe, bike lanes are at the center of the culture war. Let’s take a breath and take stock.
It’s not even We Outside Summer yet, but New Yorkers know where to celebrate. Plus other news.
“We’re working quickly to make ‘Crashland’ a distant memory with a redesign that delivers long-overdue cycling connections by closing gaps in the Brooklyn Bike Network,” said DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn.
