Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Mark Treyger

Mark Treyger highlighted the ineffectiveness of traffic lights while speaking to Bensonhurst seniors in June. Photo: David Meyer

STOP RIGHT THERE: Sorry, But A Traffic Light Wouldn’t Have Saved Emur Shavkator

By David Meyer | May 3, 2019 | 8 Comments

Why would DOT ignore Council Member Mark Treyger's pleas for a traffic light at the deadly intersection? Treyger himself has a good answer: because traffic lights encourage speeding!

It's two more years of this cracked pavement on your bike ride. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Ocean Parkway Bike Path to Get Long Overdue Fix

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 12, 2019 | 12 Comments

The city's first bike lane will no longer be the city's worst bike lane.

Jane Martin-Lavaud lost her daughter to a crash in Gravesend in 2015. She lives in Marty Golden's district and teaches music in NYC schools. Photo: David Meyer

Less Than Three Weeks Until Drivers Can Speed in NYC School Zones With Total Impunity

By David Meyer | Jul 5, 2018 | 8 Comments

Unless Marty Golden and Senate Republicans act, New York's 140 speed cameras will cease to function on July 25.

Council Member Mark Treyger addressing the crowd. Photo: John McCarten/City Council

Mark Treyger and Families for Safe Streets Bring the Fight for Speed Cameras to Marty Golden’s Turf

By David Meyer | Jun 27, 2018 | 4 Comments

At a Bensonhurst senior center, Treyger urged residents to call Golden and tell him to renew the speed camera program.

Anti-transit NIMBYs protesting better B82 bus service take a moment to wish Council Member Mark Treyger a happy birthday. Photo: @KalmanYeger

Will DOT and the MTA Prioritize Parking Over Tens of Thousands of B82 Riders?

By Brad Aaron | Apr 16, 2018 | 3 Comments

It looks like the MTA and DOT are altering the plan for B82 Select Bus Service to appease electeds who don't want room for bus riders on Kings Highway.

Marty Golden and 5 Democrats Want to Block Better Bus Service on Kings Highway

By David Meyer | Mar 22, 2018 | 74 Comments

The Southern Brooklyn pols are trying to nix bus lanes planned for the B82, one of the slowest bus routes in the borough.

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