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!
Motoclick admitted to paying workers between $3.67 and $4.67 per hour in May — less than a quarter of the city’s minimum pay rate of $22.13, the city said.
A single unmarked NYPD car has been nabbed by city speeding cameras hundreds of times over the past three years — but there’s no paperwork disputing the tickets as essential to police work.
The NYPD and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection have cracked down on stores that sell illegal electric two-wheelers, but the city isn’t doing anything about online sales.