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Friday’s Headlines: Opening Day in New York Edition

By Streetsblog Editorial Board | Apr 7, 2023 | No Comments

The Mets will finally celebrate their home opener today, and it's a good time to revisit why New York baseball is so awesome. Plus other news.

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Alarm Bells Ringing About Heavy EVs — Even in Europe, Where Cars Are Far Smaller

By Kea Wilson | Apr 7, 2023 | No Comments

The swelling size of the average car on the road is threatening the environmental potential of EVs more than proponents may realize, a prominent watchdog group warns.

This is the future. As the city seeks to hit a sustainable transportation mode share of 80 percent by 2050, it's testing out wider bike lanes that allow cyclists to pass one another. Photo: NYC DOT

Eyes on the Street: City Debuts ‘Double-Lane’ Protected Bike Lane on Four Blocks of Ninth Avenue

By David Meyer | Apr 7, 2023 | No Comments

City DOT crews laid down four blocks of "double-lane" protected bike lane on Ninth Avenue in Manhattan this week — debuting a "passing lane" design officials plan to rollout later this year at locations across the city.

Road Death Stalks New York City on Passover With Three People Killed by Drivers

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 6, 2023 | No Comments

Two pedestrians and a cyclist were killed in a spate of bloodshed on Wednesday night that included two hit-and-run drivers.

Thursday’s Headlines: Criminal Mischief Edition

By Streetsblog Editorial Board | Apr 6, 2023 | No Comments

The huge story yesterday was just how many speeding and parking tickets drivers aren't paying. But we have other news, too.

Cops in NYC Ticket Only 2% of Blocked Bike Lanes: Analysis

By Benjamin Arnav | Apr 6, 2023 | No Comments

Don’t bother complaining to city about that car parked in the bike lane — the NYPD will probably toss your complaint into the bureaucratic waste-bin.

Council Member Robert Holden caught this DOT driver operating his city-owned vehicle recklessly.

Discipline for Recklessly Driving DOT Employee — But What Discipline?

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 6, 2023 | No Comments

The Department of Transportation has told a Queens Council member that it has taken "action" against an employee whom the pol spotted driving recklessly and aggressively in Midtown last month — but the agency declined several opportunities to reveal "action" it took.

The BQE triple cantilever. Photo: Kevin Duggan

Wider BQE Could Be ‘Intrusion’ on Brooklyn Bridge Park, Ex-Transportation Leaders Warn

By Kevin Duggan | Apr 5, 2023 | No Comments

The city says it is only considering whether to widen the crumbling triple-cantilever section of the BQE between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street into three, 12-foot lanes in each direction, with additional shoulders — a configuration that would require the roadway to be widened from roughly 34 feet to 56.

Wednesday’s Headlines: A Wild Day in New York Edition

By Streetsblog Editorial Board | Apr 5, 2023 | No Comments

Yes, Tuesday was a wild day in Lower Manhattan, but we prefer to look forward ... to the third and final part of Jesse Coburn's three-part series on temporary plate fraud that has turned the city into a Wild West of ghost cars. Plus other news.