Feds Won’t Rule Out Transit-Free Tappan Zee Loan; Schumer, Gillibrand: Fingers Crossed (LoHud) Ward: To Keep New York Working, Top Priority of Next Mayor “Has to Be the MTA” (Capital) Gridlock Sam and Brian Lehrer Wonder If Cuomo Understands Toll Propo... »
NYPD Detective Turns Self in Nine Days After Queens Hit-And-Run Crash (Post) Rather Than Build Support for Congestion Pricing, Cuomo Says There Is None (Transpo Nation) Unlike 27 Percent Of His Constituents, NY Governor Hasn’t Ridden Transit (Capital) ... »
NYC DOT presented plans last night for an un-protected two-way bike lane on Plaza Street, which would enhance a critical hub in the Brooklyn bike network by defining space for contraflow riding, but fall short of providing safe cycling infrastructure f... »
Stringer’s MTA Funding Plan: Tax NYC Workers Who Don’t Live in NYC (NYT, NY1) How About This: Tax NYC Visitors Who Live Nowhere Near NYC (David King) Road Pricing Also on Stringer’s Radar (Transpo Nation) NY Mag: Can Snohetta’s Plaza Design Make Times ... »
There aren't many reasons to drive on this section of South Elliott Place. Image: Google Maps In a meeting Wednesday evening, Brooklyn Community Board 2 endorsed plans to try out a new pedestrian plaza at Fort Greene’s Fowler Square. A short, lightly-t... »
In less than six months, toward the end of September, the Barclays Center will open and throngs of visitors will descend on the streets of Prospect Heights and nearby Brooklyn neighborhoods. While numerous concerts and sports events have already been b... »
Occupy Wall Street is getting active in the transit discussion, but sometimes its efforts can seem a little misdirected. There was last week’s fare-jumping incident in New York, something that didn’t win them a lot of friends in the transit industry. O... »
Just over a year into his mayoralty, Chicago’s Rahm Emanuel continues to show impressive leadership on transportation issues. His latest initiative is a $7 billion infrastructure plan that includes funds for everything from sewers to surface transit to... »
This week’s calendar is packed with events concerning street safety, including cross-town bike lanes for 29th and 30th Streets in Midtown, improvements on Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard in Harlem, and hazardous conditions in Grymes Hill. A Saturday... »
Community boards in Manhattan and Brooklyn will host three bike-share planning workshops this week, and will take up traffic calming and pedestrian safety in Soho. Staten Island SBS and NYMTC long-range bike-ped planning are also on the agenda. The wee... »
Last week we reported how the botched NYPD investigation into the death of Brooklyn cyclist Stefanos Tsigrimanis was initially compromised due to a department policy that keeps the Accident Investigation Squad from working cases unless the victim is be... »
It’s a bike-centric week on the Streetsblog calendar, with the latest planning workshop for bike-share locations in central Brooklyn and a community board discussion of new crosstown bike lanes in Midtown Manhattan. This weekend, you can help make ghos... »
Interest continues to grow in the Department of Transportation’s slow speed zones, which place 20 mph speed limits on residential streets. One month after the application deadline for the program, community boards across the city continue to pass resol... »
Brooklynites: Let’s Get the Cars Out of Prospect Park (News, Post) The Times‘ Tappan Zee Commentary Fawns Over Cuomo’s Greenwashing While the Post Lays Out Why a Transit-Free Bridge Is Unacceptable Lappin’s Fine for Riding an E-Bike: $1,000; Fine for K... »
A Whole Foods slated for a site on Third Avenue in Brooklyn will include a 248-space surface parking lot. New research shows the surface lot will discourage local residents from walking to the supermarket. Image: #Crain's The proposed Gowanus Whole Foo... »
