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
How the MTA Can Improve Access-a-Ride Service While Cutting Costs
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For customers, the price of a trip on Access-A-Ride, the MTA’s service for New Yorkers with disabilities, is the same as a subway fare. But for the MTA, the cost of providing the service is much higher. At $72.65 per trip (the cost has risen since 2014, when the figures for the above table were compiled), Access-A-Ride is […]
Brooklyn CB 1 Wants to Delay Metropolitan Ave Bridge Bike Lane Some More
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On Wednesday night, Brooklyn Community Board 1 voted 18 to 8 against a DOT plan to add a bike lane connecting Bushwick and Ridgewood via the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge. Technically, the board voted against making a recommendation on the project, but after two years of deliberation already, the decision to withhold an endorsement is tantamount to opposition. The Metropolitan […]
People on Bikes Take Over Fifth Ave to Demand Safe Streets From de Blasio
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New Yorkers on bikes took over Fifth Avenue yesterday evening to demand stronger action from Mayor de Blasio to implement life-saving street redesigns essential to achieving his goal of zero traffic deaths by 2024. Organizers estimate that more than a thousand people participated. As they rode from Grand Army Plaza at 59th Street to Washington Square Park, demonstrators from across […]
Three Bills Enhancing Bike Access to Buildings Get Council Approval
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This afternoon the City Council voted in favor of a package of bills aimed to improve bike access to commercial and residential buildings. The bills augment the 2009 Bicycle Access to Buildings Law, which required office building owners and managers to create bicycle access plans when tenants request them. That law had a number of limitations. For one, it only required access to freight […]
City Council Unanimously Passes Bill to Expand Pedestrians’ Right of Way
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The City Council voted to expand pedestrians’ right of way today, unanimously supporting Intro 997-A, Public Advocate Letitia James’ proposal to bolster legal protections for people in crosswalks. The legislation is expected to be enacted by the mayor, with DOT and NYPD having both endorsed it. Currently, pedestrians who cross the street when signals are flashing a red […]
De Blasio Doesn’t Need to Defend His Bike Policies, He Needs to Take Action
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Two days before a mass demonstration and bike ride to demand more action from the de Blasio administration to prevent cyclist deaths, the mayor and DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg made a media play that seems designed to deflect pressure, announcing that the city is on track to build a record 18 miles of protected bike lanes this year. With bicyclist deaths […]
Fill Out the BikeNYC 2020 Survey and Help Shape the Future of Cycling in NYC
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Transportation Alternatives is setting out create a vision for the future of biking in NYC, and it wants your help. Over the next six months, TA will be collecting ideas from thousands of New Yorkers, starting with an online survey launched last week. The BikeNYC 2020 campaign aims to understand the bike infrastructure priorities of the 778,000 New Yorkers who say they bike regularly — as […]
De Blasio Promises “More Visible Impact” on Reducing Traffic Deaths
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Appearing with WNYC’s Brian Lehrer for his weekly “Ask the Mayor” segment this morning, Mayor de Blasio said the city’s Vision Zero effort is “still in its infancy” and that “there’s a lot more to do.” The remarks come at a time when the city’s two-year run of reducing traffic deaths seems increasingly unlikely to continue in […]
The Campaign for a Safer Bike Connection to Joe Michaels Mile
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When 78-year-old Michael Schenkman was killed by a speeding motorist on Northern Boulevard last month, he was on his daily ride to Joe Michaels Mile, a bike path that runs for two and a half miles along the Cross Island Parkway. Now business owners and residents in Little Neck and Douglaston are reiterating calls for safe bike access to […]
NYPD Forced Cyclists Off Greenway and Onto West Side Highway at Rush Hour
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For four and a half hours last night, NYPD shut off bike access to the Hudson River Greenway between 44th Street and 55th Street, a major bike transportation artery used by several thousand people each day. The greenway closure was billed as a “safety/security measure” for the televised Clinton/Trump Q & A with Matt Lauer held […]
A Closer Look at How the L Train Shutdown Will Disrupt Transit Trips
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The 18-month shutdown of the L train between North Brooklyn and Eighth Avenue may be three years away, but officials still have to move quickly to help hundreds of thousands of L passengers get where they need to go. So far, city officials and the MTA have yet to provide much in the way of specifics. To get a better […]
Reynoso Tells DOT: Grand Street Needs a Safer Bike Lane ASAP
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Council Member Antonio Reynoso today urged DOT to upgrade the bike lanes on the Grand Street in North Brooklyn. The existing painted lanes did not protect Matthew von Ohlen, who was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in July. In a letter sent this afternoon to DOT Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Keith Bray, Reynoso calls for “the immediate installation of safety mitigations […]