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David Meyer

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A native of Washington, D.C. and Silver Spring, MD, David Meyer has been a reporter for Streetsblog NYC since Fall 2015. A 2013 graduate of the University of Maryland, he now lives in Brooklyn.

Recent Posts

The new bikeway taking shape on Flushing Avenue in Brooklyn. Photo: Twitter/Brian Howald

Eyes on the Street: Signs of Greenway Progress on Flushing Avenue

By David Meyer | Jun 15, 2018 | 11 Comments
Construction on the two-way protected bikeway is underway, three years behind schedule.
Richmond Hospital Medical Center staff rallying for speed cameras yesterday. Photo courtesy of RHMC

Trauma Doctors vs. The New York State Senate

By David Meyer | Jun 14, 2018 | 1 Comment
Staten Island trauma doctors are calling on the State Senate to renew and expand New York City's speed camera program.
The new bike lane on Queens Boulevard.

Crankiness About Car Storage Can’t Stop the Queens Boulevard Redesign

By David Meyer | Jun 14, 2018 | 15 Comments
It's an example of what the de Blasio administration can accomplish when it decides to take its public safety mandate seriously.
Painted markings for 26th Street's forthcoming protected bike lane adjacent to the memorial bike for Dan Hanegby, killed biking there last June. Photo: Twitter/Jeff Novich

Eyes on the Street: Start the Countdown for Midtown’s Crosstown Protected Bike Lanes

By David Meyer | Jun 13, 2018 | 9 Comments
DOT crews were out installing preliminary markings on 26th Street today.
Gateway treatments made with paint and signs haven't been enough to prevent reduce traffic injuries in NYC's neighborhood slow zones. Photo: Noah Kazis

London’s Slow Zones Save Lives and New York’s Don’t. Here’s Why.

By David Meyer | Jun 13, 2018 | 53 Comments
In New York's slow zones, speed humps are the only physical traffic calming measure. London uses a greater variety of traffic calming measures, installed more intensively.
The B41 in downtown Brooklyn can't use the bus lane thanks to chronic placard abuse, so riders sit in traffic instead. Photo: Ben Fried

There Is No “Placard Crackdown” and That’s How NYPD Wants It

By David Meyer | Jun 12, 2018 | 29 Comments
The City Council wants to track placard abuse so it can evaluate the extent of the problem. NYPD refuses to help.
Hilda Cohen, far right, at a press conference for Albany legislation to encourage safer driving. Photo: David Meyer

Laurie Cumbo Removes Safe Streets Advocate From Brooklyn CB 2 After Just Three Years

By David Meyer | Jun 11, 2018 | 19 Comments
Hilda Cohen was not reappointed, ostensibly to ensure turnover, but several CB 2 members who've served much longer than her were still given seats by Council Member Laurie Cumbo and Borough President Eric Adams.
The bulk of DOT's plan for east-west bike connections in southern Brooklyn consists of sharrows on Bath Avenue. Image: DOT

Bay Ridge Community Board Presses DOT for Better East-West Bike Connections

By David Meyer | Jun 8, 2018 | 2 Comments
DOT's plan for southern Brooklyn is mostly sharrows, and people who bike in the area say that's not good enough.
Members of Queens Community Board 2 voted 27-8 last night against DOT's plan to redesign Skillman and 43rd avenues. Photo: David Meyer

Ignorance Reigns as Queens CB 2 Votes Against Protected Bike Lanes for 43rd and Skillman

By David Meyer | Jun 8, 2018 | 8 Comments
Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer and U.S. Representative Joe Crowley have indulged an atmosphere of hysteria that was on full display last night.
Sofie An, 9, speaking out for speed cameras at today's rally. Photo: David Meyer

Cuomo Gets on Board With Speed Camera Expansion

By David Meyer | Jun 7, 2018 | 16 Comments
The governor's support could break through the inertia in the State Senate, where speed camera expansion has enough votes to pass but is stalled in committee by Brooklyn's Simcha Felder.
Soon to be ex Congressman Joe Crowley — still fighting, still wrong. Photo: Flickr/Office of NY Governor Andrew Cuomo

U.S. Rep Joe Crowley Goes Full NIMBY on Skillman and 43rd Avenue Bike Lanes

By David Meyer | Jun 6, 2018 | 17 Comments
Crowley claims to be listening to the “community,” but plenty of his Sunnyside constituents want to see the redesign happen.
Gloria Tobar will need good bus service when the L train goes out of commission, and not just during rush hour. Photo: David Meyer

The Call for 24/7 Bus Lanes During the L Train Shutdown Keeps Getting Stronger

By David Meyer | Jun 6, 2018 | No Comments
Residents of Bushwick, Ridgewood, and points east are counting on the de Blasio administration to set aside street space for effective surface transit when the shutdown starts next April.
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