Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Alternatives

DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg during a press conference over the summer. Photo: Dave Colon

ANATOMY OF A BUSWAY FAILURE: ‘Business Lives Matter’ Protesters Had Some ‘Good Ideas,’ DOT Commish Says

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 6, 2020 | No Comments

An anti-transit group has once again sent Polly Trottenberg's agency scurrying back to its drawing boards in unwarranted shame.

Council Member Peter Koo during the DOT press conference in July. Photo provided by a source

Busway Boosters to City Hall: Do Your Job. We’re Your Constituents, Too

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 5, 2020 | No Comments

Flushing busway advocates are railing against the Department of Transportation for what appears to be its acquiescence to a small contingent of busway opponents.

Mayor to School Kids: You’re Expendable During a Pandemic

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 3, 2020 | No Comments

Mayor de Blasio said on Monday that he's willing to sacrifice school-bound kids to more road carnage — temporarily, of course, because, you know, the pandemic.

Queens Pol Chants ‘Business Lives Matter!’ In Opposing Flushing Busway

By Julianne Cuba | Jul 30, 2020 | No Comments

Council Member Peter Koo appropriated the Black Lives Matter movement on Thursday.

Revel users will be required to upload a selfie before riding

POST-MORTEM: Revel Didn’t Move Quickly Enough to Calm Safety Fears

By Dave Colon | Jul 29, 2020 | No Comments

They knew they had a problem, and didn't act quickly enough.

Here's Prospect Park West at the start of the open streets program. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Mayor’s ‘Open Streets’ Are In Wealthier Neighborhoods, Data Show

By Julianne Cuba | Jul 27, 2020 | No Comments

Mayor de Blasio’s Open Streets program — meant to give New Yorkers socially distanced recreation space during the COVID-19 crisis — caters to the rich, a Streetsblog analysis shows.

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