David Meyer
Born and raised in Washington, D.C. and Maryland, David fell in love with journalism as a kid accompanying his reporter dad on stories while school was out. A reporter at Streetsblog from 2015 to 2019, David returned as Streetsblog Deputy Editor in 2023 after a three-year stint at the New York Post. A graduate of Montgomery Blair High School and the University of Maryland, he lives in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
Recent Posts
GM Should Pay By the Mile to Test Its Robocars in Manhattan
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If Governor Cuomo is going to allow autonomous car prototypes to operate in real city conditions, he needs to insist on a prototype for how these vehicles will pay for access to public streets.
Eyes on the Street: Meet the 7th Avenue Protected Bike Lane
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Markings are in place for at least several blocks of the Seventh Avenue protected bike lane, which will extend from 30th Street in Chelsea to Clarkson Street in the West Village when complete.
Tell Your Assembly Member to Get Behind Move New York Toll Reform
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Assembly Democrats are meeting today to discuss their priorities for next year's legislation session, and StreetsPAC is asking New Yorkers to call their legislators and urge them to sign on to the Move NY toll reform plan.
Tell State DOT Hunts Point Doesn’t Need Another Highway Blocking Access to the Bronx River
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The public has until Wednesday, October 18, to tell the New York State Department of Transportation to alter a plan for new Bruckner Expressway ramps that would cut Hunts Point off from the Bronx River.
Council Members Press for Investigation of High MTA Construction Costs
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City Council members are speaking up about the runaway price tag of subway infrastructure in New York City, pressing the MTA to rein in capital construction costs that outstrip those of peer cities across the globe.
Manhattan Community Board 5 Endorses DOT’s Fifth Ave Redesign Without a Bike Lane
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Dozens of people urged board members to make their support for DOT's project conditional on a specific commitment from the agency to add a protected bike lane on Fifth.
People Biking and Walking on the QBoro Bridge Outnumber Cars on Its South Outer Roadway
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Volunteers did the counts as they build a case for converting the South Outer Roadway to pedestrians and cyclists.
TransAlt to DOT: Street Redesigns Aren’t a Zero-Sum Game
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The redesign of Fifth Avenue isn't "a zero sum game" where better transit has to take priority over safe bicycling, or vice versa.
Hundreds of Volunteers Made Fifth Ave Safe for Biking Last Night. DOT Can Do It Permanently.
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More than 300 volunteers organized by Transportation Alternatives formed a six block-long "human-protected bike lane" on Fifth Avenue last night, calling on the de Blasio administration to extend the protected bike lane network through Midtown's busiest streets.
Tonight: Tell the Mayor NYC’s Busiest Avenues Need Protected Bike Lanes
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You can tell City Hall to make Midtown avenues safe for biking at what Transportation Alternatives is billing as the world's longest "human-protected bike lane."
DOT Tests Out New Intersection Design for Protected Bike Lanes
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DOT is starting to test out bikeway intersection designs that could replace the "mixing zone" treatment the agency has favored for the past several years.
Parents and Kids Ride for a Car-Free Prospect Park
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Parents and children biked through Prospect Park this morning, calling on the city to get cars off the park loop all year round.