The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
The streets around our offices in Lower Manhattan were filled on Tuesday with federal agents seeking to arrest illegal vendors in a crackdown that had nothing to do with violent crime and everything to do with intimidation.
We were there in a special edition of today’s headlines.
But please leave room for desert, in the form of our other stories.
This year, both chambers in the state legislature have lots of open seats with brisk competition. So now, more than ever, you need StreetsPAC’s endorsements.
Students at Hunter College asked for a new hangout spot and the school’s administration, the Department of Transportation and the local community said yes. Plus, it’s bringing pedestrian space to a spot where cars are parking illegally.
The city plans to deprive eastern Queens of greenway safety upgrades it’s bringing to the western parts of the borough.
This year, both chambers in the state legislature have lots of open seats with brisk competition. So now, more than ever, you need StreetsPAC’s endorsements.
Students at Hunter College asked for a new hangout spot and the school’s administration, the Department of Transportation and the local community said yes. Plus, it’s bringing pedestrian space to a spot where cars are parking illegally.
Sure, we spend a lot of time patting ourselves on the back, but there are two more reasons. Plus other news.
How much will this thing cost, and who’s paying?
Trucks are cutting through residential blocks to avoid traffic, sowing chaos on otherwise quiet streets.
