The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Our top story today: A Council bill to bar parking at the very edge of intersections — a safety design called “daylighting” — lost the support of supposed progressive Upper West Sider Gale Brewer after the latest scare- and parking-reduction mongering by the Department of Transportation.
It’s a story you’ll only read in Streetsblog.
In addition, Dave Colon has good news about cycling on Brooklyn’s Vanderbilt Avenue — it’s up (but that also shows the need for a safer design).
And make sure you see today’s news roundup, plus our other stories.
Treating the arrival of United Nations diplomats to our world-class city as a burden rather than asset shows the dearth of quality public space in New York — and shows we are not the envy of the world.
One teenager on a bike was killed, and another injured, by a truck driver making a right turn at a busy intersection in the East Village, cops said.
Treating the arrival of United Nations diplomats to our world-class city as a burden rather than asset shows the dearth of quality public space in New York — and shows we are not the envy of the world.
Not every concrete bike lane project should require tearing up the street, Mamdani DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn said.
The cost of doing car business. Plus other news.
Community boards recommended improvements to put more park in Park Avenue — and the Mamdani administration responded.
