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Success has many parents: Officials cut the ribbon on the new Schermerhorn bike lane. File photo: Julianne Cuba

Wednesday’s Headlines: Lots to Digest Edition

By Streetsblog Editorial Board | Dec 21, 2022 | No Comments

The pre-Happy Hour portion of the day ended with a late-afternoon doorstop of a press release from the Department of Transportation about the agency's work in 2022. We'll have more tomorrow, but first, the news.

Albany has been stealing hundreds of millions from the MTA.

Revealed: State Pols Underfund Transit With Underhanded Move

By Dave Colon | Dec 20, 2022 | No Comments

Stop the steal! New York State has been underfunding the MTA by hundreds of millions of dollars for decades, quietly reclassifying dedicated county taxes as its own contribution to the transit agency's operating budget.

The mayor is now touting a plan for Fifth Avenue that was presented by the local business group two years ago.

Fifth Time’s the Charm? Advocates Wary of City’s Latest Talk of Redesigning the Ritzy Avenue

By Julianne Cuba | Dec 20, 2022 | No Comments

More than two years since the city first proposed a redesign of Fifth Avenue that included a car-free busway, Mayor Adams on Sunday announced a “major new visioning process to reimagine” the world-famous Manhattan corridor with improved pedestrian and cycling space, and expanded sidewalks. Huh.

Mayor Adams and Rep. Ritchie Torres hailed the fact that the Cross Bronx Expressway (insets) might really have a deck over it someday. Photo: Mayor's Press Office

City Wins Biden Bucks to Begin the Process of Studying the Capping of the Cross Bronx Expwy

By Dave Colon | Dec 19, 2022 | No Comments

"There is no initiative that would do more to improve the public health of the Bronx [and] improve the air quality and life expectancy than the transformation of the Cross Bronx Expressway," Rep. Ritchie Torres said on Monday.

Officers Evan Siegel (left) and Orkhan Mamedov killed Ronald Anthony Smith. Mamedov was driving. Photos: NYPD body cameras

Video Shows Cop Speeding in NYPD Van — And May Have Been Watching a Soccer Game Before Fatal Crash

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 19, 2022 | No Comments

On video, a cop pulls out his phone to make a call — and the phone is still playing a soccer game, suggesting that he was watching the match as he was driving.

Cars block Livingston Street up and down its bus lanes. Photos: @NYCBikeLanes via Twitter

DOT Promises Bus Improvements on Livingston St., Downtown Brooklyn’s Placard Abuse Epicenter

By Kevin Duggan | Dec 19, 2022 | No Comments

Bus speeds for the four routes going through that stretch are as low as 5.7 miles-per-hour, slower than the borough-wide average.

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