The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Mark our words: Kevin Duggan’s story today about how the Parks Department closed out scores of street tree requests on Earth Day is so good that you’ll see a ripoff version in the Times by week’s end.
But that’s not all we have for you today, friends. Check out Sophie Lebowitz’s interview with Council Member Yusef Salaam about his support for the state’s “speed governor” bill.
“Too many New Yorkers know someone who never made it home. I am tired of learning the names of New Yorkers only after they were killed in preventable crashes.”
A first full fleet inventory led to 70 fewer vehicles, fewer take-home cars and new accountability for crashes. Experts say New York’s deficit-ridden cities should audit their own.
“Too many New Yorkers know someone who never made it home. I am tired of learning the names of New Yorkers only after they were killed in preventable crashes.”
The deaths and injuries “cannot continue” on Brooklyn’s Third Avenue, Mayor Mamdani said.
DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn declined to make any firm commitments on Tuesday when pressed on the program’s start date.
“The federal government is using subterfuge to waste the judge’s and MTA attorneys’ time and all of our money,” one attorney and advocate fumed.
A Staten Island judge ruled against the city’s Victory Boulevard bus lane project. Plus other news.
A first full fleet inventory led to 70 fewer vehicles, fewer take-home cars and new accountability for crashes. Experts say New York’s deficit-ridden cities should audit their own.
