The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
There is so much news this week: The City Council is deciding whether to help reduce the housing crisis, GOP lawmakers with car-brain are trying to stop congestion pricing (again!) and the overseers of Central Park are finally going to help cyclists stay safe. Don’t miss a word!
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.
Good design is great, but if you can’t afford it, you can’t have babies. A very special edition of the podcast with the always provocative Blaine Brownell.
Streetsblog sat down with Dheraj Ganjikunta and Alex Morano to talk about the group’s new transit organizing effort, bus lanes, MTA funding and the fight for fare-free service.