The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Our top story today: DOT ignores the public in its possibly illegal bid to enforce a 15-mile-per-hour e-bike speed limit.
To be clear, Streetsblog has not taken an editorial position against a speed limit for motorized bikes. But we have opined at great length that the Adams administration is going about it all wrong. And the experts agree!
Also in the newsletter today, our editor in chief spews more expletives than Earl Weaver yelling at an umpire after a German tourist is decapitated by a reckless driver with a fake plate in Midtown. Enough is enough, people.
New York City needs to prepare for the next hot day, not just the next storm.
We were cheering “Tow New York, tow New York, tow!” as Lower Manhattan went car-free for the Knicks ticker-tape parade. Plus the news.
According to the NYPD, starting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, towing crews will remove any car that is parked south of Canal Street.
A longtime foe of congestion pricing has found another clean-air fix to hate. Oh, and he takes donations from bus companies.
Advocates are pushing the mayor to make good on his campaign promise to fund and create universal open streets in front of schools.
The NYPD Big Brother approach to public space is excessive. Plus other news.
Will Mamdani cap soaring Citi Bike costs?
