The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
President Trump’s hold on funding for the Second Avenue Subway will mean that work will have to stop in March unless he calms down from his tantrum. Doesn’t he realize that the only people who can kill the Second Avenue Subway are New Yorkers themselves?! Seriously, they don’t call it the Lazarus line for nothing.
But that’s not all we have for you in today’s newsletter. But let’s let the copy speak for itself.
He was struck and badly injured by a car driver. But his injuries weren’t sufficient to trigger a real police investigation. And therein lies the problem.
Toronto advocates are putting their bodies on the line to protect a bike lane the province wants to rip out — and and to fight a wave of anti-bike lane sentiment that this writer warns is sweeping the whole continent.
He was struck and badly injured by a car driver. But his injuries weren’t sufficient to trigger a real police investigation. And therein lies the problem.
Cops got this crash wrong — and we have the video.
Two new stories about the city’s slow installation of speed humps. Plus other news.
Toronto advocates are putting their bodies on the line to protect a bike lane the province wants to rip out — and and to fight a wave of anti-bike lane sentiment that this writer warns is sweeping the whole continent.
The Teamsters are fighting anti-union Amazon and the battleground is New York City streets.
