The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Our top story is some surprising not surprising at all news from city DOT: The redesign of Third Avenue in Manhattan from a seven-lane car sewer into a more livable street has been a huge success for safety. Plus other news in today’s daily digest.
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.