Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Today’s Headlines

Deputy Mayor Asks Port Authority to “Reconsider” Bus Terminal Redesign Process (Crain’s, WNYC, NY1) Komanoff to NYPD: A Bike Bell Wouldn’t Have Saved Matthew von Ohlen (News) Dan Biederman: Penn Station Overhaul Needs to Include Better Streets for Pedestrians (Crain’s) Tour Bus Driver Veers Onto Fifth Ave Sidewalk By Central Park, Smashing Into Tree (News, DNA, Post) The […]

No Subway Service as NYPD Standoff With “Disturbed” Man Shuts Columbus Circle (News, AMNY, NY1) Nadler and Other Pols Say Port Authority Is Rushing Bus Terminal Plan (Politico) More Coverage of Advocates’ and Electeds’ Call to Fix City Buses: Politico, DNA, AMNY, NY1 Cop Who Killed Andrew Esquivel Fired (DNA); Bratton: Drunk Driving “Not a Problem” at NYPD (NYT) Related: How Often […]

What Can Be Done to Fix New York’s Ailing Bus System? (Politico) Crane Collapse Shuts Tappan Zee, Cuomo Takes Control of Scene (NYT, Journal News, AMNY) NYPD Announces Next “Safe Passage” Ticket Blitz; Bratton: We All Have a Role to Play (AMNY) DOT Will Begin Work on Jay Street Protected Bike Lanes This Month (DNA) Plaza 33 May Not Be Back […]

Bicycling in NYC — A Piecemeal Bike Network, Overseen By a Police Force That Doesn’t Care (Slate) More on the MTA’s New Trains and Stations (2AS, Politico, NYT, AMNY, Post, MTR, DNA, NY1) To Combat Fatigue, TLC Votes to Cap Daily For-Hire Driving at 12 Hours (NYT, News) Survivor Recounts the Terrifying Moments Before Speeding Driver Killed His Wife (News) Driver Who […]

Drunk Off-Duty Cop Drives Onto Williamsburg Sidewalk, Killing One, Injuring 3 (News, Post, NYT, DNA) Suspected Drunk Driver Kills 17-Year-Old Cyclist in Gerritsen Beach (News) Speeding BMW Driver Kills Woman in South Ozone Park, Critically Injures Her 9-Year-Old Daughter (News) Hit-and-Run Driver Critically Injures Delivery Worker in Crown Heights (Gothamist) Report: MTA Pension Costs Higher Than […]

Man Uses Truck as Weapon to Murder Scores of People in Nice, France (NYT, NPR, NY1, NBC) David Samson Pleads Guilty to Felony (NYT); Former NJ DOT Commish Jamie Fox Charged (Politico) Ex-MTA Chair Peter Kalikow Knocks Cuomo for Underfunding the MTA (Post) WNYC Has More on the Possibility of the MTA Adopting London’s Fare Collection System Tri-State Understands […]