The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
It’s Christmas Eve Day — so we’re still cranking out important stories and rolling out all our end-of-year Streetsies Awards. All our coverage is archived here, but today’s entries are our two favorites: The best projects and worst failures of city government.
And you get to vote!
Meanwhile, we also have a data crunch on how many car drivers are likely committing insurance fraud — is anyone in Albany or Hartford listening?
Plus today’s headlines and other news as you gear up for the holiday.
Congressional negotiations over America’s next big transportation law hit some speed bumps this summer — but that doesn’t mean there isn’t work to be done.
People have lots of opinions about what should happen to the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, but the only opinion that will end up mattering is the one belonging to the Transportation commissioner. So here it is.
This year’s shortfall again underscores the Collision Investigation Squad’s limited safety role compared to peer cities such as Chicago.
Congressional negotiations over America’s next big transportation law hit some speed bumps this summer — but that doesn’t mean there isn’t work to be done.
Our lives are defined by cars, even if we neither own nor drive them. Plus other news.
“When you make it easier for people to ride, they’re going to ride,” one advocate said.
Advocates called it a “no-brainer.”
People have lots of opinions about what should happen to the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, but the only opinion that will end up mattering is the one belonging to the Transportation commissioner. So here it is.
