The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
We don’t like to be the subject of one of our stories, but in today’s headlines, you’ll learn that we had no choice, thanks to Queens Republican Vickie Paladino. Plus other news in a jam-packed newsletter.
Mayor Mamdani is giving the Jay Street busway a new life by adding a pair of bus boarding islands to a chaotic area of the bus-first thoroughfare where cyclists, pedestrians and buses all compete for space.
All trucks should have side guards! Yet the city only mandates some trucks get the life-saving, easy-to-install barriers.
DeKalb and Lafayette Avenues are getting makeovers that will give bus and bike riders their fair share of the road.
Another Central Park tragedy. Plus more news.
The 71-year-old bicyclist was riding on the East Drive near 84th Street at around 8:20 a.m. when he “collided with a dog that ran onto the roadway.”
The Hochul administration is slow-walking safety on the West Side Highway as more and more people suffer injuries or worse on the corridor.
Mayor Mamdani is giving the Jay Street busway a new life by adding a pair of bus boarding islands to a chaotic area of the bus-first thoroughfare where cyclists, pedestrians and buses all compete for space.
