Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Policy

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams on a Citi Bike . File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Here’s One Way to Fix Citi Bike So It Doesn’t Only Serve Rich People Who Already Live Near Subways

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 10, 2019 | 26 Comments

Citi Bike serves mostly rich white people. All you need to do is look at the coverage map to see that. So where should it expand next to change that dynamic?

Gov. Cuomo loves cars. Can he do what it takes to rein them in, as the new climate-change bill requires? Photo: Governor's office

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Op-Ed: To Meet New York’s New Climate Law, We’ll Have To Break the Car Culture

By Julie Tighe | Jun 25, 2019 | 45 Comments

Transportation is the number-one source of greenhouse-gas emissions in New York State, and the number-one offender is the internal-combustion engine. It will be a huge challenge, but we need to reduce the use of cars.

A DOT rendering from the second phase of the Atlantic Avenue rebuild shows bike lanes along the median. Image: DOT

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Op-Ed: The Atlantic Avenue Rebuild Is Taking Too Long

By David Herman | Jun 24, 2019 | 11 Comments

The next chapter of the Department of Transportation’s long-awaited rebuild of Atlantic Avenue — one of the city’s deadliest corridors — won’t likely start until 2021.

DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg and her now former boss. Photo: Rob Bennett for the Office of Mayor Bill de Blasio

Anatomy of a Resignation: Why Polly Trottenberg Quit the MTA Board

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 6, 2019 | 5 Comments

Of course Polly Trottenberg quit the MTA board — it's a fake, no-power, fig-leaf body that ultimately has no place for an intelligent, committed professional person whose own boss let her down repeatedly.

With the congestion charge, more people are traveling to central London by bus, and fewer by car. Photo: Dun.can/Twitter

London’s Experience With Congestion Pricing: It’s Working!

By Bobby Cuza | May 31, 2019 | 43 Comments

London’s experience may provide some useful guideposts. But it also lays bare some of the challenges facing New York.

State Sen. Jessica Ramos. Photo Konstantin Sergeyev for TransAlt

Meet State Senator Jessica Ramos — Fighting for Safety and Against de Blasio’s E-Bike Crackdown

By Jessie Singer/Transportation Alternatives | May 13, 2019 | 10 Comments

A new State Senator weighs in on e-bikes, car culture and improving transit. After all, this is "New York fucking City," she says.

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