Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Today’s Headlines

Lhota Says He’s Working to Rein in MTA Construction Costs (Crain’s) New York’s Transport Leadership Vacuum Is Playing Havoc With People’s Lives (NYT, Post) Clark Street 2/3 Station Closed — for Days — Due to Broken Elevators (Gothamist) If It Feels Like 100 Degrees on Your Subway Platform, It Probably Is (NY1) Emily Badger Spoke […]

Advocates for the Disabled Demand Speed Cameras (WNYC) “Uber Cap” Coverage: Wall to Wall in NYC … (NYT, Gothamist, AMNY, Post, NY1) … And Across the Globe: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 What the TLC Driver Wage Plan Could Look Like (Quartz); Bellafante Not Impressed (NYT) Meanwhile, It’s Business as Usual on Andrew Cuomo’s Subway (Gothamist) Murphy Increases […]

District Attorneys to State Senate: Bring Back Speed Cameras (Post, WNYC) Get Your Uber Vote News and Talking Points (NYT; News 1, 2; Crain’s; Post 1, 2) L Riders Brace for Shutdown Preview, Starting This Weekend (BK Paper) BIC Bans Sanitation Salvage Driver But Leaves Company Alone (News) Nice Long-Form City & State Piece on the Fight […]

Uber Driver: There Are Too Many Uber Drivers, Not Enough Fares (News) Constantinides to DOT: Fix 23rd Avenue Where Xellea Samonte Was Killed (TL) Canarsie Tube Subways Will Shut Down for 15 Weekends Before Official L Shutdown (AMNY, Gothamist) More on Trottenberg and Byford’s Rosy Tour of the L Train Replacement Busway (News, AMNY) This […]

Taxi and Uber Drivers Both Support a Cap on Ride-Hailing Companies (NYT) New York Building Congress: Fight Traffic With Congestion Pricing, Not an Uber Cap (Post) GOP AG Candidate: Uber Cap Discriminates Against Black Taxi Riders (Post) De Blasio Says He’s Solving the Problem of Cabbies Refusing Fares to People of Color (Crain’s) Historian Pegs […]

Michele Patrich Thought the Evergreen Ave. Bike Lane Would Keep Her Safe (News) Gelinas: Uber-Lyft Cap Could Serve as Prelude to Actual Congestion Pricing (CJ) Times and CityLab Op-Eds Argue for Pricing Rather Than TNC Limit NYPD to Relax Fare-Beating Arrests (NY1, WNYC); Post Sees Dogs and Cats Living Together Related: De Blasio Defends NYPD Refusal […]