The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Our top story today looks at whether Mayor Mamdani is going to continue the policy of his predecessor when it comes to boasting the QueensWay (that’s the park) over the QueensLink (that’s the revived LIRR branch).
But wait, there’s more! We have a dispatch from our Washington, D.C. bureau about the bike lane that President Trump wants to remove — and another story closer to home, where our administration wants to bolster cycling with a southbound route from Union Square to Chinatown!
Treating the arrival of United Nations diplomats to our world-class city as a burden rather than asset shows the dearth of quality public space in New York — and shows we are not the envy of the world.
One teenager on a bike was killed, and another injured, by a truck driver making a right turn at a busy intersection in the East Village, cops said.
Treating the arrival of United Nations diplomats to our world-class city as a burden rather than asset shows the dearth of quality public space in New York — and shows we are not the envy of the world.
Not every concrete bike lane project should require tearing up the street, Mamdani DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn said.
The cost of doing car business. Plus other news.
Community boards recommended improvements to put more park in Park Avenue — and the Mamdani administration responded.
“This is the busiest bus route in the entire United States,” one community board member explained.
State lawmakers want to close a loophole that puts illegal, fast e-motos on the streets and in city bike lanes.
