The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Streetsblog gets action: After our story earlier this week about how red tape at the FDNY had stalled the installation of safe e-bike battery charging stations, the agency changed its strategy (after trashing our reporting, of course).
Plus, we have more on the latest lawsuit to stop a bike lane. And more carnage on the streets.
Oh, and our editor is up to his old drug tricks in hopes of getting federal enforcement agents to stop parking in a bike lane!
“Better street design” is not “some kind of mystery,” says best friend of cyclist Dmytro Stechenko, who was killed in head-on collision with an illegal stand up scooter rider in the May 28 crash.
“Better street design” is not “some kind of mystery,” says best friend of cyclist Dmytro Stechenko, who was killed in head-on collision with an illegal stand up scooter rider in the May 28 crash.
In Jersey City, Mayor James Solomon will install 100 quick-build safety measures, giving a new meaning to the term, “Safety first.”
Mayor Mamdani’s budget baselines $6.4 million per year through 2030 for Open Streets.
A great day for a long-suffering city (though a bad day for some buses). Plus other news.
A celebration with a history rooted in pushing back on police abuse won’t be subject to it this year.
The city is moving full speed ahead on truck routes as safety redesigns remain a distant dream.
