Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about City Council

It’s Not an Uber Cap — It’s a Course Correction for an Industry That’s Dangerously Out of Whack

By Ben Fried | Aug 8, 2018 | 20 Comments

The City Council is on the verge of passing bills that will help workers in the for-hire car industry and cut down on excess traffic.

Congestion is a major problem in Manhattan — but the City Council's proposed cap on Uber and Lyft and other app-based taxi companies won't fix it, our expert says.

No Uber-Lyft Cap Needed Because New York Can Price Its Way Out of Congestion and Despair

By Charles Komanoff | Jul 31, 2018 | 8 Comments

Congestion pricing is a much better plan than capping Uber and Lyft, which provide a valuable service outside of Manhattan.

Sanitation Salvage owner Steven Squitieri, second from left, with Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and then-Assembly member Mark Gjonaj in 2016. Photo: Ruben Diaz Jr./Flickr

Here Are the NYC Electeds Who Take Campaign Money From Trash Carters

By Brad Aaron | Jul 24, 2018 | No Comments

Private trash haulers have killed at least 16 people walking and biking in NYC since 2012. But some electeds are less worried about the industry’s safety record than sparing waste haulers the effort of reforming their operations.

Council Member Antonio Reynoso will rally today for sanitation reform. Photo: John McCarten/NYC Council

City Council Votes to Reduce Garbage Truck Traffic in North Brooklyn, Southeast Queens, and the South Bronx

By David Meyer | Jul 18, 2018 | 2 Comments

The City Council voted 32-13 today to reduce trash processing in North Brooklyn, southeast Queens, and the South Bronx, relieving the disproportionate burden of garbage truck traffic on those neighborhoods.

This is what we are seeing way too often in New York City. Photo: News 12

Mark Gjonaj, Who Takes Money From Sanitation Salvage, Goes on TV to Blame the Company’s Victims for Their Own Deaths

By Brad Aaron | Jul 6, 2018 | 6 Comments

If Mayor de Blasio wants to reduce the carnage caused by Sanitation Salvage and other private waste haulers, he can't give in to industry shills like Gjonaj.

DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg penned an o-ed for Streetsblog. Photo: City Council/Emil Cohen

Trottenberg in No Hurry to Accelerate Rollout of Traffic Signals That Speed Up Buses

By David Meyer | May 17, 2018 | 4 Comments

Advocates point out that DOT has sped up traffic signal adjustments to improve pedestrian safety, and can do the same for transit priority.

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