Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Today’s Headlines

Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Troy Williams, 50, in Highbridge (News) De Blasio: My City’s Streets Don’t Work, So Here’s a Ferry Line (NY1, AMNY, Post) More Coverage of Next-Gen MetroCard Report From WSJ [Paywall] Schumer Lands TSA Penn Station Security Theater Pilot Program (WNYC) Dov Hikind Wants NJ Prosecutors to Investigate Brother’s Traffic Tickets (KCP) Surprise! Bronx NYPD […]

NYPD Sergeant Perfectly Acts Out the Ethos of Placard Culture (Post) Our Placard-Issuing, Big Oil-Suing Mayor Won’t Stop His Daily SUV Expedition to Park Slope (News) If DOT’s 14th St Busway Plan Beats Weaker Plans, Why Didn’t DOT Study a Stronger Busway? (Voice) Port Authority Looking Ahead to the Next Trans-Hudson Transit Tunnel After Gateway […]

Linda Rosenthal Wants Public Hearings on UWS B/C Station Rehabs (Rag) MTA to Install Stairs, But No Elevator, at Broadway Junction J/Z Station (BK Paper) L Shutdown Ferry Connection Will Have Free Bus Transfers (BK Paper) MTA to Close Henry Hudson Bike-Ped Path for at Least a Year, for “Safety” (Press) Komanoff: Don’t Blame Street […]

Veteran Train Operators Say MTA Sends New Recruits Into Service Before They’re Ready (News) This Albany Session, Make Sure Cuomo Knows You Know It’s His MTA (AMNY, WNYC, Post) Congestion Pricing Lessons From London, Stockholm, and Singapore (NYT) Why Is Our “Progressive” Mayor Letting Bus Service Fall to Pieces? (Voice) Andy Byford Relies on the Subways, […]

Fox 5 Pressures de Blasio to Answer for Street Cheats; Related: Blah Blah Blah (AMNY) Subway Ridership Drops for Second Consecutive Year (NY1) Cuomo Is Starving His Own “Subway Action Plan” (AMNY) There’s Only One Andy in Charge of the MTA and His Last Name Ain’t Byford (NYT, News) Having the MTA Chair on the Payroll […]

Cuomo’s MTA Is a National Disgrace (Reuters); Related: AMNY Posts Scary Commute Tales Corey Johnson Doesn’t Trust Albany With Pricing Revenue (Newsday) MTA Will Overhaul UWS B/C Stations Without Adding Elevators (Rag, NY1) With Business Stymied by Congestion, Garage Owners Oppose Congestion Pricing (Crain’s) How NYPD Handles NYPD’s Drunk Driving Problem (News, Post) Cy Vance Busts […]