Wednesday’s Headlines: Million Dollar Staircase Edition
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We sent Dave Colon to the Million Dollar Staircase to cover the Fix the MTA coalition rally — and cover the mayor today! But before that, here's our news digest.
Opinion: DOT’s Delancey Street Median Plan Should Just Be the Start of Major Improvements
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Delancey Street is far from the only street that would benefit from an Allen Street-type makeover.
Adams Administration’s Bus Lane Shortcomings Are Worse Than We Originally Thought
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The city's failure to make life better for bus riders is worse than you knew.
DOT to Council: Don’t Ask Us To Do More After We Failed to What You Mandated Us To Do Last Year
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The Department of Transportation rejected an entire slate of City Council bills on the grounds that the proposed legislation doesn't help the agency do better this year on its safety goals.
EXCLU: George Washington Bridge Northern Path Reopens With Wider Entrance
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The long-shuttered pedestrian and bike path on the north side of the George Washington Bridge has reopened with brand new entrances on both ends of the 92-year-old span connecting upper Manhattan and New Jersey.
Opinion: The George Washington Bridge’s Revamped Bike-Ped Paths are Not Enough
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The Port Authority could have widened the narrow shared paths on the George Washington Bridge as part of its $1.9-billion program to “Restore the George.” It didn't, even as biking boomed.
Tuesday’s Headlines: Fix the BQE/Love is In The Air Edition
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It's Valentine's Day — and nothing gets the hearts of Streetsblog's staff jumping like a potential highway removal. Plus other news.
V-DAY SPECIAL: Bigger Cargo Bikes and Last-Mile Warehouse Regulation is a Match Made In Heaven
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A pair of bills in Albany tackle each issue separately — but are a match made in heaven, according to advocates and insiders.
FDNY Wants Feds to Ban Faulty Lithium-Ion Batteries From Entering U.S.
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It's an important change in tactic for the FDNY.
From the Assignment Desk: Open Plans Helps Get You Ready for Tuesday’s Council ‘Vision Zero’ Hearing
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Tuesday's first Council hearing on Vision Zero under a new mayor may show the direction into which the Council wants to head. As such, we're previewing the hearing by allowing our colleagues at Open Plans to offer the group's ask.
Monday’s Headlines: Another Entitled Reckless Jerk Edition
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Since April 13, 2019, Rep. Dan Goldman has racked up 18 speeding tickets and one red-light ticket on his 2019 Lincoln Navigator Reserve and a 2014 Range Rover. Plus other news.
Data: Unreadable Plates Soared Last Year, Foiling Speed and Red-Light Cameras
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The problem of cars evading speed, red-light and bus-lane cameras with defaced or covered plates has gotten markedly worse — with more than 7 percent of plates that triggered automated enforcement cameras last summer proving to be unreadable.