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

The Legislature shouldn't decide the speed limits on our roads. Above, the Albany State House. Photo: Wally Gobetz/Flickr

Congestion Pricing Has More Positive Momentum But Remains Uphill Battle in Albany

By David Meyer | Jan 14, 2019 | 30 Comments

Legislators are increasingly attune to the urgent need to fund and fix the city's transit system. Whether they're up to the task remains an open question.

Photo: Edwin J. Torres/Mayoral Photography Office

TODAY: Mayor de Blasio Vows to Fix City’s Broken Bus System

By David Meyer | Jan 10, 2019 | 11 Comments

Finally! Progress on snail-like buses.

Across NYC, only Times Square outpaces Flushing's Main Street in terms of pedestrian traffic. So why does it look like this? Photo: Flickr/LunchboxLarry

Flushing is Most Dangerous Place to Walk in Queens — So Where is Council Member Peter Koo?

By David Meyer | Jan 10, 2019 | 3 Comments

Flushing residents are clamoring for safer streets. If only their city council member cared.

The Final Crash Victim of 2018 Died Just After the New Year Began [Updated]

By David Meyer | Jan 9, 2019 | 2 Comments

Cops say he was crossing outside the crosswalk — but there is no crosswalk at that dangerous location.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo (center with interim MTA board chairman Freddy Ferrer and Mary Boyce, Dean of Columbia Engineering) announced Thursday that he had decided that the L train didn't need to be repaired after all. Photo: NY Governor's Office

Council: Cuomo’s L-Train Bombshell Should Not Also Kill Bus and Bike Improvements

By David Meyer | Jan 3, 2019 | 2 Comments

Just because the governor bigfooted Andy Byford doesn't mean Brooklyn and Manhattan shouldn't get their bike lanes and their bus improvements!

Two cops check out a Bird scooter at an event over the summer. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Council Speaker Johnson: E-Bikes and E-Scooters Need State OK (But He May Be Wrong!)

By David Meyer | Jan 3, 2019 | 5 Comments

Oops — suddenly New York City's big dreams of an e-scooter revolution may need Albany's OK.

Madison Lyden's ghost bike, commemorating where she was killed by a driver in 2018. Photo: David Meyer

In Memoriam: The Lives We Lost to Road Violence in 2018 [UPDATED]

By David Meyer | Dec 31, 2018 | 11 Comments

To honor the dead, even if local prosecutors do not bring their killers to justice, we present our annual tribute to the people lost this year to violent drivers.