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!”)
Commercial passenger aviation has nearly zero passenger deaths per year compared to about 40,000 roadway deaths. That’s not a function of driving being inherently riskier — it is a function of what our leaders decide is “safe enough.”
One year ago, Streetsblog said the bike lanes in Blissville, in the southwesternmost corner of Queens, earned our “chef’s kiss,” but now we’re not so sure.
Lower Manhattan merchants see green in proposals to pedestrianize the Financial District.
Commercial passenger aviation has nearly zero passenger deaths per year compared to about 40,000 roadway deaths. That’s not a function of driving being inherently riskier — it is a function of what our leaders decide is “safe enough.”
One year ago, Streetsblog said the bike lanes in Blissville, in the southwesternmost corner of Queens, earned our “chef’s kiss,” but now we’re not so sure.
Another blocked bike lane, another hit-and-run, another dead cyclist. Plus other news.
The Knick parade showed again that car-free streets are care-free streets! Plus other news.
New York City needs to prepare for the next hot day, not just the next storm.
We were cheering “Tow New York, tow New York, tow!” as Lower Manhattan went car-free for the Knicks ticker-tape parade. Plus the news.
According to the NYPD, starting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, towing crews will remove any car that is parked south of Canal Street.
