The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
We don’t know about you, but we’re still working hard to get out the news to our beloved (and generous?) readers. And though it is just one day before Christmas Eve, we are still pounding our laptops furiously at our desks.
Case in point: Today’s newsletter. Read all about:
–> Gov. Phil Murphy’s New Jersey Turnpike boondoggle.
–> A new labor advocate with a big chair in the Mamdani City Hall.
–> The latest installment of this year’s Streetsies, focusing on the fatal crashes that horrified the city (or at least those of us who pay attention).
–> Today’s headlines.
–> And even a nice story about some very solid detective work by the NYPD to collar a killer hit-and-run driver.
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.
