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.
Pedestrianizing FiDi, or making it a “Low-Traffic Neighborhood,” would be a model for the world, says the area’s Council member.
The Council leader is not buying the city’s excuses for paring back the crucial upgrades.
There is a lot of sadness to go around. Plus the news.
“This will be the embodiment of the dream to have more transit-oriented development,” the governor said.
Cops said a “person of interest” was taken into custody.
