Thursday’s Headlines: Bloomberg Backtrack Edition
| | No Comments
The media company that bears the former mayor's name issued a terrible "QuickTake" on congestion pricing that simply took our breath away yesterday. Plus all the other news.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Michael Bloomberg
Study: Asphalt Art Decreases Vulnerable Road User Crashes By 50 Percent
| | No Comments
Turns out, paint can be protection, at least when it's done right.
OPINION: Citi Bike’s Lessons for Open Streets
| | No Comments
Mayor de Blasio — who has it much easier than his predecessor when it comes to urban amenities — should follow the bike-share playbook, says a co-host of the "War on Cars" podcast.
DOT Lost Millions in Federal Funds for Staten Island Ferry
| | No Comments
The city blames the feds. The feds blame the city. But the bottom line? We lost out on more than $2 million in funding to make a Staten Island Ferry boat cleaner.
Bloomberg’s Infrastructure Plan: Save Lives, Boost Transit, Stop Building Roads
| | No Comments
Would-be president Mike Bloomberg would focus mostly on maintaining roads and bridges we already have, rather than building new ones, while also investing three times more money in transit.
Bill Bratton Rolls Back Internal NYPD Parking Reform
| | 24 Comments
On Monday the Times published an in-depth piece on how Police Commissioner Bill Bratton is aiming to boost NYPD morale, in part by giving officers more latitude to skirt departmental rules. The Times said such infractions might include “misplacing a memo book or being late for court.” According to the story, Bratton is also lightening up […]