The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Today is the State of the State address in Albany — and Gov. Hochul is going to make lots of news, we’re told:
1. She’ll announce that the Second Avenue Subway will not end in East Harlem, but will indeed turn left and go west along 125th Street all the way to Broadway.
2. And she’ll also announce that the city will get to implement some version of the “Stop Super Speeders” bill to rein in the worst of the worst reckless drivers.
That latter scoop comes to us via our newest Streetsblog — Streetsblog Empire State, where Albany Bureau Chief Austin C. Jefferson is already kicking ass and taking names.
In other news from today’s newsletter, don’t miss Sophia Lebowitz’s report on the latest shenanigans by the delivery app companies, Kevin Duggan’s quick take on a judge’s decision yesterday to allow the city to keep the Court Street bike lane in place, and Dave Colon’s second story of the day, his take on automated bus lane enforcement.
What a day. And don’t forget to sign up for the Streetsblog Empire State newsletter, which you can do on the Empire homepage.
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.
The Department of Transportation is poised to get tens of millions dollars per year in new funding specifically to execute Mayor Mamdani’s vision for bus lanes and bike lanes around the city.
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.
The Department of Transportation is poised to get tens of millions dollars per year in new funding specifically to execute Mayor Mamdani’s vision for bus lanes and bike lanes around the city.
State lawmakers still have work to do on car insurance, even if they’d like to leave Albany thinking they’ve made New Yorkers’ lives better.
