The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Our editor is in Washington, D.C. for the annual League of American Bicyclists’ “Bike Summit,” so we’ll obviously be posting lots of his videos where he tries to find people who cover their plate … or tear up Black Lives Matter murals.
The Mamdani administration will extend the Livingston Street busway west of its current terminal at Smith Street, freeing an existing bus lane from a morass of placard abuse.
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.