Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Coronavirus Crisis

The MTA wants to see a lot more of this. Photo: Dave Colon

MTA: City Must Create 60 Miles Of Bus Lanes For Phase 1 Reopening

By Dave Colon | Jun 4, 2020 | No Comments

The MTA issued a public request that the city install 60 miles of bus lanes and busways in all five boroughs as the city approaches the first phase of economic reopening.

The police charged a largely peaceful crowd in Brooklyn. Photo: Kel Bush

Op-Ed: More Bus Lanes, Fewer Police Cars!

By Betsy Plum | Jun 3, 2020 | No Comments

The violent response to the protests has thrown a harsh light on the city's budget priorities. They must change.

Yes, it's sometimes crowded, but the subway is the solution.

MTA Announces Return To ‘Regular Service’ During Open Letter War With Mayor

By Dave Colon | Jun 3, 2020 | No Comments

Full service? Only if you consider 20-hour-a-day service "full."

Ubers and yellows appear to be banished under the NYPD order. Photo: Max Pixel

IT’S ON: Manhattan Below 96th to Be Car-Free During Curfew (Not How Activists Wanted It, Though)

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 2, 2020 | No Comments

The city's curfew — which Mayor de Blasio extended today by three hours and multiple days — now includes a ban on vehicular traffic in Manhattan below 96th Street, the NYPD just announced.

What we get when we subsidize cars: More of them.

Improv Everything: What Is The Plan To Move People as the Economy Reopens?

By Dave Colon | Jun 1, 2020 | No Comments

Will the city be shut down by gridlock on June 8 and beyond? Here's our exhaustive preview.

Gov. Cuomo chatted with Mayor de Blasio (background on screen) on Friday. Photo: Governor's office

Feds Recommend More Driving — And de Blasio and Cuomo Shrug Off the Carpocalyse

By Kea Wilson and Gersh Kuntzman | May 29, 2020 | No Comments

The Centers for Disease and Control wants urban Americans to drive more in the short term. Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo seem to be all right with that for now.

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