Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Today’s Headlines

Turning SUV Driver Kills Gerald Walpin, 84, Crossing East 79th Street (Gothamist, AP) 14 People Injured When MTA Bus Driver Goes Thru Green, Hits Fire Engine With Sirens On (Post, News) Hit-and-Run Driver Strikes Livery Cab in East NY, Injuring 2 Kids and Their Grandparents (News) Motorists Coopting Protected Bike Lanes — It’s a Problem (Gothamist, CBS2) The Assembly Failed […]

Cabbies Push Back on TLC Rules to Cut Down on Fatigued Driving (NYT, News, AMNY, Post) Residents Tell DOT: More Space for Walking in Downtown Jamaica, Please (TL) Huge New Airport Parking Garage Not Welcome in East Elmhurst (QChron) Cuomo Releases Plan to Improve Pedestrian Safety Outside NYC (MTR) Sounds Like Carlos Menchaca Opposes BQX Streetcar (Bklyn Paper) Daily News […]

NJ Transit Had to Divert $5 Billion Over 15 Years From Its Capital Budget to Cover Operations (WNYC) Chris Christie May Finally Have to Raise the NJ Gas Tax (NYT) How Andrew Lanza’s Support for Move NY Plays in the Staten Island Press (Advance) Kabak: Yes to a Car-Free 14th Street So People Can Get Around During […]

Clinton Ave Bike Lane Not Happening in Any Form (Bklyn Paper) Maybe If Cuomo Reduced Crowding, Fewer Sex Crimes Would Be Committed on the Subway (News, Post) Red Light-Running Green Cab Driver Rams Another Car Onto Rego Park Sidewalk, Injuring 2 Peds (DNA) The Daily News Can Declare Victory in Its War on Elmo and Painted Breasts (NYT, Crain’s, […]

Hope for Move NY Next Year? Staten Island Republican Andrew Lanza Supports Modified Version (Crain’s) Fallback Traffic Reduction Plan: Bribe a Few NYPD Officers (Post) Driver Killed 70-Year-Old Man Walking Across Atlantic Ave at Clinton Street Sunday Night (DNA) Engineer: Finishing 2nd Ave Subway in 2016 Will Take “Unprecedented Performance” (AMNY) Contractor Schiavone Construction Isn’t Staffing 2nd Ave […]

Albany’s Ethics Reform Package Doesn’t Tackle the Big Stuff (Politico, Post) Senate Finally Confirms Mayoral Appointees Veronica Vanterpool, David Jones to MTA Board (NYT, NY1) Subway Delays Still on the Rise as Crowding Gets Worse (NY1) Hit-and-Run Driver Kills 21-Year-Old Noah Goldstein at Broadway and 61st (Post, News) Three Others Killed, Many More Injured in Car Violence This Weekend (Post, […]