Dave Colon

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Pedestrians and cyclists going east and west on the Queensboro Bridge share a narrow path. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

STREETSBLOG GETS ACTION: DOT Chief Accepts Council Offer of Queensboro Bridge Fix Cash

By Dave Colon | Aug 28, 2020 | No Comments

DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg said she welcomes a recent City Council offer to pay for turning the South Outer Roadway on the Queensboro Bridge into a badly needed pedestrian lane on the jammed up bridge.

Yes, it's sometimes crowded, but the subway is the solution.

MTA: 40% Service Cuts Could Happen Without Federal Aid

By Dave Colon | Aug 26, 2020 | No Comments

Did somebody say “death spiral”?

Damn, you're telling me scenes like this have almost bankrupted the MTA? Photo: Kate Hinds

State Senators Admit They Don’t Understand The MTA’s Enormous Deficit

By Dave Colon | Aug 26, 2020 | No Comments

Legislators, including State Senator John Liu, displayed a stunning lack of insight into where the MTA's money comes from and the long-term financial state of the hobbled transit agency.

Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit

New Evasions Underscore 24/7 Subway Service Has Become a Political Hot Potato

By Dave Colon | Aug 25, 2020 | No Comments

Cuomo, Foye pass the buck on when the trains will begin running full time again. Paging Dr. Zucker!

A Brooklyn Bad Boy parks in a bus stop on Jay Street, demonstrating why the Busway is needed there. Photo: Dave Colon

Good News: The Jay Street Busway Starts On Aug. 31

By Dave Colon | Aug 25, 2020 | No Comments

The Age of Cars on Jay Street is coming to a close. The Age of Buses is set to begin.

The comptroller wants more than just aerobics in front of high schools. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Mayor Gives Principals a Week To Register Outdoor-Learning Plans

By Dave Colon | Aug 24, 2020 | No Comments

Deadline for schools looms on Aug. 28. How many will seek to open streets?

Beryl founder Emily Brooke on one of her company's rentable bikes, the kind of bike that will no longer debut on Staten Island.

Staten Island Won’t Get Bike Share Until 2021 At The Earliest

By Dave Colon | Aug 17, 2020 | No Comments

Beryl Bikes? More like Bummer Bikes.

The proposed, and currently unnamed, Penn Station South. Area residents have some notes. Image: Governor's Office

Hells Kitchen Has No Use For Cuomo’s Master Plan for Penn Station

By Dave Colon | Aug 14, 2020 | No Comments

Holy Moses, Gov. Cuomo's expansion plan for Penn Station stinks.

A rendering of what a pedestrianized Financial District could look like. © 2017 Massengale & Co LLC, rendering by Gabriele Stroik Johnson.

FiDi Commuting Habits Make Strong Case for Full Pedestrianization

By Dave Colon | Aug 12, 2020 | No Comments

Lower Manhattan residents are voting with their feet for an aggressive pedestrianization program in their neighborhood.

That was then...

From ‘Thousands,’ Citi Bike Now Promises ‘Hundreds’ Of New E-Bikes This Summer

By Dave Colon | Aug 10, 2020 | No Comments

Where's the e-bike Lyftbowski?

Coming to Washington Heights this spring! File photo: Dave Colon

Bus-Mounted Cameras Have Issued 40,000 Tix Since October

By Dave Colon | Aug 7, 2020 | No Comments

And cameras will be added to the M23 SBS, M34 SBS and M86 SBS on Monday.

Curbside space turned into dining on Mott Street. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Pedestrianize ‘Main Street’ To Save It, Says Comptroller (and Mayoral Hopeful) Scott Stringer

By Dave Colon | Aug 7, 2020 | No Comments

The future of the city's economic recovery could be determined by our own two feet, according to a series of proposals from the city's top money man.

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