Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Polly Trottenberg

Trottenberg: The Goal Is to Roll Out 13 New SBS Routes in Four Years

By Stephen Miller | Apr 25, 2014 | 10 Comments

It’s been a big week for buses. Public meetings kicked off for Select Bus Service on Woodhaven Boulevard, signs of SBS are starting to crop up on 125th Street, and news broke that bus lanes are coming to Utica Avenue. After Wednesday’s infrastructure forum, I caught up with Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg to discuss the de […]

Panel: NYC Electeds Need to Get Serious About Funding Infrastructure

By Stephen Miller | Apr 23, 2014 | 4 Comments

This morning, the Association for a Better New York, a business group, hosted a discussion on the city’s infrastructure. The focus was squarely on transportation, and the message wasn’t pretty. Panelists warned of dire consequences if elected officials don’t act on the precarious state of transportation funding. Calling himself “the ghost of infrastructure past,” former traffic commissioner […]

McGuinness Boulevard Is NYC’s Third 25 MPH Arterial Slow Zone

By Stephen Miller | Apr 22, 2014 | 6 Comments

Ask a Greenpoint resident to name the neighborhood’s most dangerous street, and they’ll likely point to McGuinness Boulevard, an infamous speedway that splits the neighborhood in half. Today, it became the city’s third “arterial slow zone” to receive a 25 mph speed limit, retimed traffic signals to discourage speeding, and focused enforcement. The arterial slow […]

Grand Concourse Will Be the Next Arterial With 25 MPH Limit

By Stephen Miller | Apr 17, 2014 | 11 Comments

Local elected officials and advocates joined NYC DOT and NYPD this morning to unveil the city’s second “arterial slow zone” on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx, where speed limits will be dropped to 25 mph and traffic signals will be retimed to discourage speeding. The lower speed limit will apply to 5.2 miles of […]

Trottenberg: “So Many Locations” Where Albany Prohibits NYC Speed Cams

By Stephen Miller | Apr 10, 2014 | 7 Comments

Since being turned on in mid-January, New York City’s limited speed camera program — five cameras near schools, turned on only during weekday school hours — have caught 14,500 drivers hitting at least 40 mph as of Tuesday, according to DOT. After 15 more cameras come online later this spring, the city will have reached […]

Atlantic Ave First of 25 “Arterial Slow Zones” to Get 25 MPH Limit This Year

By Stephen Miller | Apr 9, 2014 | 16 Comments

As drivers zoomed by on Atlantic Avenue this morning, local elected officials and advocates joined NYC DOT and NYPD to unveil the first of the city’s “arterial slow zones,” major streets where the speed limit will be dropped to 25 mph from the current citywide limit of 30 mph. Traffic signals will also be retimed to […]

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