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.
Congressional negotiations over America’s next big transportation law hit some speed bumps this summer — but that doesn’t mean there isn’t work to be done.
People have lots of opinions about what should happen to the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, but the only opinion that will end up mattering is the one belonging to the Transportation commissioner. So here it is.
This year’s shortfall again underscores the Collision Investigation Squad’s limited safety role compared to peer cities such as Chicago.
Congressional negotiations over America’s next big transportation law hit some speed bumps this summer — but that doesn’t mean there isn’t work to be done.
Our lives are defined by cars, even if we neither own nor drive them. Plus other news.
“When you make it easier for people to ride, they’re going to ride,” one advocate said.
Advocates called it a “no-brainer.”
People have lots of opinions about what should happen to the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, but the only opinion that will end up mattering is the one belonging to the Transportation commissioner. So here it is.
DoorDash finally pays the piper (Streetsblog gets action). Plus other news.
