The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Better late than never on today’s newsletter (blame whoever hacked into our account and triggered a lockout!). Don’t miss all our big stories, including Sophia Lebowitz’s deep dive into why Speaker Adrienne Adams’s Council is so obsessed with parking (and not with street safety).
The Mamdani administration will extend the Livingston Street busway west of its current terminal at Smith Street, freeing an existing bus lane from a morass of placard abuse.
And about half of trade waste trucks in the city have been exempted because “the design or operation of the vehicle” makes it too challenging to install the after-market safety feature. Huh?
Two decades after a major rezoning, the city should continue to emphasize pedestrians, cyclists and bus riders in Downtown Brooklyn in order to make the best possible version of the neighborhood as a residential and job center.