Monday’s Headlines: Day of Remembrance (In More Ways Than One) Edition
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One day, the city mourns its traffic victims. The next day, an Upper West Side community board moves to create more of them. Plus all the other news.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Community Organizations
Manhattan Bridge Squeeze: Construction Narrows Tight Bike Paths for Months
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The Manhattan Bridge's popular bike path has become a dangerous bottleneck because of construction materials stored there for months — and cyclists are calling on the city to make more room on the span.
A Grove Grows In Brooklyn: Finally, New York Has a Memorial to Road Violence Victims
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There are almost no other specific memorials for one of the world's leading causes of preventable death: car crashes, which kill roughly 1.2 million people annually.
Legislators and Advocates Press Case For MTA Rescue And Six-Minute Service
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With an eye on next year's budget process starting in January, state legislators and transit advocates began their push for more money for the MTA so the agency doesn't fly off the fiscal cliff and cut service and raise fares.
DOT Kicks Off Outreach on New Grand Army Plaza Fix: ‘Dream Big’
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The journey of a thousand meetings begins with a single tabling. But the DOT is definitely talking about serious changes.
Gillibrand Proposal Would Help Protect Transit From Climate Apocalypse
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Rising waters need rising funds.