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THE BRAKE: Are Would-Be Planners and Engineers on Board With Transportation Reform?
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It's Streetsblog USA's weekly podcast! Let's talk about whether planning and engineering students agree with sustainable transportation advocates about what that future should look like.
Wednesday’s Headlines: Primary School Edition
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Election Day came and went and everything was pretty predictable: Gov. Hochul, a Democrat, and Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Long Island) won their respective primaries. And there were few upsets in the Assembly, as the Times reported. So let's get to the important news from yesterday:
Transit Advocates to MTA: Queens Bus Redesign Needs Some Key Tweaks
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The MTA's proposed Queens bus redesign needs more service, and the implementation of all-door boarding, if it will realize its potential "to significantly improve the lives of riders," a coalition of transit supporters will tell the MTA.
DOT Pushes Back at Calls for Office of ‘Public Space Management’
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"We have decades of experience and expertise," Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez told the Council at a Tuesday hearing.
DOT ‘Welcomes’ Council Bill to Build and Maintain City Greenways
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No fuss, no fight, more greenways. Apparently.
ANALYSIS: So Should We All Be Deflating Our Neighbors’ SUV Tires?
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Secretive activists are deflating SUV tires to physically force their drivers to find less dangerous and polluting ways to get around — and it's prompting a conversation about the role of illegal direct action in the movement to end car dependence.