The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Everyone in town is focused on a possible property tax hike in Mayor Mamdani’s first budget proposal, but we spent the day looking into the couch cushions to see if Hizzoner could scare up more money for the Department of Transportation to do life-saving work.
There’s a lot of news and views into day’s newsletter, and don’t miss Sophia Lebowitz’s exclusive on the demise of Relay, the delivery app you probably never realized you were using.
People have lots of opinions about what should happen to the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, but the only opinion that will end up mattering is the one belonging to the Transportation commissioner. So here it is.
The Mamdani administration will extend the Livingston Street busway west of its current terminal at Smith Street, freeing an existing bus lane from a morass of placard abuse.
“When you make it easier for people to ride, they’re going to ride,” one advocate said.
Advocates called it a “no-brainer.”
People have lots of opinions about what should happen to the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, but the only opinion that will end up mattering is the one belonging to the Transportation commissioner. So here it is.
DoorDash finally pays the piper (Streetsblog gets action). Plus other news.
The Mamdani administration will extend the Livingston Street busway west of its current terminal at Smith Street, freeing an existing bus lane from a morass of placard abuse.
Local lawmakers in New York state are all over the map when it comes to addressing unsafe and illegal e-motos in their communities.
