Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Donald Trump

A screenshot of the Staten Island Speed Cameras Facebook page. Image: Streetsblog

INFILTRATED! Staten Island Anti-Camera Facebook Group Celebrates Speeders, Trump

By Streetsblog | Mar 4, 2020 | No Comments

The Facebook group that serves as the voice of the Yellow Ribbon Vigilante Movement on Staten Island is dominated by unrepentant violent Trumpist lawbreakers.

File photo: Kevin Coughlin / Governor's Office

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Friday’s Headlines: Gov. Cuomo Comes Up Short Edition

By Streetsblog | Feb 21, 2020 | No Comments

The local papers took great pains to avoid blaming Gov. Cuomo for the slow-rolling debacle that will likely lead to the Trump administration to delay and perhaps kill congestion pricing. Plus the other news.

President Trump's retaliation against New York City, Portland, and Seattle could threaten those city's public transportation and Covid-19 recovery.

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Monday’s Headlines: Presidents Day Edition

By Streetsblog | Feb 17, 2020 | No Comments

It's Presidents Day, so let's think about our one-term presidents. Plus all the other weekend headlines.

Congestion on Canal Street, which turns out to be part of the National Highway System. Photo: giggel/Wikimedia Commons

Have No Fear, Trump Won’t Kill Congestion Pricing (Experts Hope!)

By Dave Colon | Feb 11, 2020 | No Comments

But you have to wonder if congestion pricing is hanging on the whim of the Tweeter in Chief.

A new "ticker" from Transportation for America shows how long U.S. DOT has refused to award funding Congress granted it for transit projects.

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Trump Administration Withholding $1.4 Billion in Transit Funds Authorized by Congress

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 13, 2018 | No Comments

The money is ready and waiting. Yet only one transit project has received funding this fiscal year, putting more than a dozen others in jeopardy.

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Will Democrats Fall for Trump’s Fake Infrastructure Plan?

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 10, 2018 | No Comments

Democrats in the Senate have a lot of leverage in this process. But if party leaders don't even try to drive a hard bargain, their constituents will lose.

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