Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bill de Blasio

The mayor loves his trolley. Image: Friends of the BQX

It’s Time to Move On From the Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar

By David Meyer | Apr 14, 2017 | 101 Comments

The sooner City Hall pulls staff off the BQX, the faster de Blasio can make progress on streets and transit improvements that will make life better for many more New Yorkers.

City Council finance chair Julissa Ferreras-Copeland and Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito at budget hearings last month. Photo: William Alatriste for NYC Council

City Council Calls for de Blasio to Fund Bike-Share Expansion and Fair Fares

By David Meyer | Apr 4, 2017 | 2 Comments

The City Council is calling for two major transportation-related changes to Mayor de Blasio's budget: discount subway fares and Citi Bike expansion.

Dyckman Street at Broadway, looking east: 2007 (above) and 2016. Some storefronts have changed, but the street is as hostile and dysfunctional as ever. Images: Google Maps

DOT Should Bypass CB 12 and Build Out the Dyckman Bike Lane Project

By Brad Aaron | Mar 30, 2017 | 5 Comments

More than 300 people have been injured on Dyckman in the nine years since Inwood residents asked CB 12 and DOT for a street redesign.

Mayor de Blasio and Council Member Julissa Ferreras-Copeland in Corona last night. Photo: NYC Mayor's Office/Flickr

Mayor Advances 111th Street Safety Plan: "The Right Thing to Do"

By David Meyer | Mar 30, 2017 | 10 Comments

Mayor de Blasio gave the go-ahead to DOT's plan for a road diet, wider pedestrian medians, and a two-way protected bike lanes on 111th Street in Corona. The mayor made the announcement last night at a neighborhood town hall in response to a question from Vero Ramirez of Mujeres en Movimiento.

The current design of 111th Street forces Corona residents to run for their lives to get to the biggest park in Queens. Photo: NYC DOT

De Blasio Must Fix 111th Street Before Someone Gets Killed

By Brad Aaron | Mar 23, 2017 | 3 Comments

It's springtime. As the weather warms there will be more children, with and without their parents, crossing 111th Street to get to Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. The mayor must direct DOT to fix 111th Street now -- before, not after, someone gets killed.

De Blasio Previews His 2017 Street Safety Agenda

By David Meyer | Mar 21, 2017 | 16 Comments

To ring in the spring construction season, Mayor de Blasio previewed City Hall's street safety priorities in the year ahead. De Blasio noted that to date, the city has relied on $100 million in federal funds for Vision Zero projects, and that the Trump administration's federal budget outline could slow the pace of street redesigns.

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