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Council Member Alexa Aviles, with Rep. Dan Goldman behind her, demanding the city crack down on last-mile trucking facilities during a rally outside City Hall back in February. Aviles says the city must also redesign its truck routes. Photo: New York City Council

Pols and Advocates Demand City Crack Down on Last-Mile Facilities

By Julianne Cuba | Feb 16, 2023 | No Comments

Pols and advocates seeking to rein in the “last-mile” distribution facilities that are proliferating in low-income communities of color demanded — again — on Thursday that the city crack down on the gas-guzzling trucks ruining their neighborhoods.

From the Assignment Desk: Open Plans Helps Get You Ready for Tuesday’s Council ‘Vision Zero’ Hearing

By Streetsblog | Feb 13, 2023 | No Comments

Tuesday's first Council hearing on Vision Zero under a new mayor may show the direction into which the Council wants to head. As such, we're previewing the hearing by allowing our colleagues at Open Plans to offer the group's ask.

DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez is running late. File photo NYC DOT.

Adams Administration Misses Key Street Safety Reporting Deadline

By Kevin Duggan | Feb 10, 2023 | No Comments

The Adams administration blew past its deadline to give a required progress update on a five-year plan to build hundreds of miles of new bike and bus lanes — heightening advocate concerns after the city failed to meet the plan's benchmarks in 2022.

We Were Right: Mayor’s Management Report Confirms Streetsblog Reporting Previously Criticized by City Officials

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 2, 2023 | No Comments

A series of articles in Streetsblog last year that was highly criticized by City Hall because it outlined failures of the Department of Transportation to meet bus and bike lane mileage requirements due to staffing shortages and political waffling has just been confirmed — by City Hall.

‘It’s So Hard to Park’: Entitled Drivers Have Been Whining for 100 Years!

By Henry Beers Shenk | Jan 31, 2023 | No Comments

It's time for a walk through history. It was never easy to park, so don't listen to today's whiners.

Monday’s Headlines: Empire State Shill-ding Edition

By Streetsblog Editorial Board | Jan 30, 2023 | No Comments

Philadelphia is not the Sixth Borough. Plus other news.

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