The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
We-a culpa! We failed to send out yesterday’s newsletter, which goes to show that when you don’t automate basic tasks, an editor with a 60-year-old brain will occasionally forget to push a few buttons at 11:59 p.m.
To make it up to you, we’ll add in some extra stories at the bottom. Read ’em all! And, of course, “Let’s go, Mets!” (or, if you’re the mayor, “Let’s go, Metkees!”)
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.
So who has the right positions to fill these big shoes? Click to find out.
On Quay Street in Greenpoint, the MTA has a chance to create housing and boost transit at the same time.
