Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Today’s Headlines

Looks Like the Port Authority Is in Total Disarray Right Now (Politico 1, 2; Crain's) De Blasio Will Raise NYC Budget by $1.3B (NYT, Politico); Fixing Deadly Streets Not a Priority UWS Cyclist Jing Yin Jiang Was Killed by Semi Truck Driver (DNA); News Blames Victim More on Yesterday's Traffic Violence Spree (Gothamist, AMNY, DNA, Post, NBC, NY1) Daily News Editorial Board Wrote a Few Words About Hit-and-Run Deaths Advance Wonders If Vision Zero Ticket Blitzes Cause More Traffic Violations Nice Write-Up on Frank's Bike Shop, a 40-Year Fixture on the LES (NYT) Queens Rep and Transit-Backer Joe Crowley Won't Challenge Pelosi for Leader (QNS) New York Times Columnist: Why, Trump Could Be the Next FDR! Thanks Trump (AMNY, CBS, Politico, Gothamist, WNYC, Bklyn Paper) More headlines at Streetsblog USA

De Blasio in Closed-Door Meeting With Trump: New Yorkers Are Afraid of You (NYT, Gothamist) Schumer, Other Senate Dems Eager to Help Trump (NYT); Ditto Tom Prendergast (@MarketUrbanism) Transit Fare May Hit $3 in 2017 (NYT, 2AS); Cuomo Silent About Impact on Poor NYers (Voice) PABT Replacement Process Continues to Go Smoothly (Politico) Unlicensed Driver Kills Abrehet Hagos, 50, on Broadway […]

Man Charged With Manslaughter for Death of Matthew von Ohlen (Gothamist, Voice, NYT, DNA, Post) Related: Suspect Juan Maldonado Was Fired From Truck Driving Job for Coming to Work Drunk (DNA) Nadler and Other Electeds Want PA Chair John Degnan Out of PABT Planning Process (Politico) Scenes From the TWU Local 100-MTA Contract Kabuki Dance (AMNY, News, Politico) […]

Time Is Running Out to Get the Second Avenue Subway Operational in December (NYT) RPA and Riders Alliance Propose New BRT Service to Help Handle L Train Load (Politico) NJ Transit Train That Crashed in Hoboken Had History of Brake Problems (PIX) Thanks to Trump It’s More Dangerous to Walk in NYC Than It Was a Week […]

People Take to Streets for Second Night to Protest Our Openly Bigoted President Elect (News) To Fund Discount Transit Fares, City Hall Would Want to Split the Cost With Albany (NYT) If London, SF, and Oslo Can Modernize Transit Fare Payment, So Can the MTA (NY1) De Blasio: Trump Can’t Reinstate Stop-and-Frisk in NYC (Politico) Expect More […]