The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
If you’re reading this on Tuesday morning, you’re probably still dealing with the mess of Sunday’s storm. Now, some inconvenience is to be expected, but if Streetsblog stands for anything, it stands for pedestrians — and, frankly, Monday was a shitshow for people on foot or in wheelchairs.
And that’s not right in the greatest walkable city in North America. So we expect more news as Mayor Mamdani faces questions from the press this morning.
But today’s newsletter isn’t only about the snow. We also have great stories from Kevin Duggan, John Surico and Brent Shearer.
A single unmarked NYPD car has been nabbed by city speeding cameras hundreds of times over the past three years — but there’s no paperwork disputing the tickets as essential to police work.
The NYPD and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection have cracked down on stores that sell illegal electric two-wheelers, but the city isn’t doing anything about online sales.
A huge sweep for the kind of candidates that Streetsblog readers like. Plus other news.
Will Senate Democrats leverage the proposed Build America 250 Act to end President Trump’s meddling in transportation funding?
A single unmarked NYPD car has been nabbed by city speeding cameras hundreds of times over the past three years — but there’s no paperwork disputing the tickets as essential to police work.
Memo of agreement? To Janno Lieber, the Amtrak offer sounds more like a memo of disagreement!
The NYPD and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection have cracked down on stores that sell illegal electric two-wheelers, but the city isn’t doing anything about online sales.
American manufacturers have failed to create top-notch plug-in buses.
We asked Hizzoner about the citizen idling program, and it wasn’t clear he knew all the details. Plus other news.
