The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
New Jersey-based Academy Bus wants an exemption from New York City’s idling law so it can pollute the air and be rid of those pesky citizen enforcers. The city DEP is hoping there are experts out there who can testify and stop this madness.
Also, don’t miss Dave Colon’s piece on how the trucking industry is defending the city in its fight with the Trump administration over the 34th Street busway.
And scroll all the way down because a lot of stories broke during the day yesterday and you might have missed them!
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.
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.
