Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Today’s Headlines

De Blasio and City Council Reach Informal Budget Deal (NYT, Politico, DNA) Albany Inaction on de Blasio’s MTA Board Nominations Gets Some Attention From the Times NJ Transit Strike Is Still a Possibility (WNYC) Subway, Bike, and Pedestrian Trips to Midtown Rise as Bus and Car Speeds Slow (News, Post) DOT Begins Demarcating Commercial Activity Areas in […]

11 Pols Raise the Prospect of a 14th Street Busway With DOT and the MTA (Gothamist) Cuomo Sends MTA Board Nominees to Senate, Again (Politico, WNYC, SAS); Why the Delay? (CapTon) More Coverage of the Vehicular Killing of Leah Sylvain (News, Post) De Blasio Zoning Rewrite Made It Easier to Mix Supportive Housing and Retail (Crain’s) MTA’s Bus Stop […]

Turning Livery Driver Kills 67-Year-Old Yuenei Wu Crossing Eighth Ave in Midtown (News, Post) It’s Faster to Bike in Midtown Than to Catch a Cab (Post) NYC Infrastructure Spending Is Up Under de Blasio (Politico) PATH Needs to Increase Rush Hour Frequency to Keep Up With Jersey Growth (WSJ, MTR) F Train Sandy Repairs Won’t […]

Family of Victoria Nicodemus: Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson Has Failed Us (Gothamist) Some For-Hire Drivers Are Ditching Uber for Yellow Cabs (Crain’s) Risky, Chaotic NYPD Traffic Chase Caught on Video (Post) Driver Hit and Killed Man on Harlem River Drive Sunday Night (News) Next Up for City Hall’s Neighborhood Rezonings: Bay Street in Staten Island […]

Citi Bike Set Another Daily Ridership Record Wednesday (@CitiBikeNYC) It Never Ends: Treyger and Greenfield Think “Illegible” Signs Should Void Parking Rules (Eagle) Cyclist Injured in Central Park Collision Involving Second Cyclist and Truck Driver (DNA) Lawsuit Seeks to Classify New York Uber Drivers as Employees (AMNY, Bloomberg) Remember: If the TLC-Approved “Nightclub on Wheels” Guy Hits You He’ll Keep His […]

De Blasio to Issue Hunter’s Point South RFP (Crain’s) Work on Cuomo’s LaGuardia Revamp Will Start Soon (Crain’s, DNA) Driver Who Injured Woman on Sidewalk Outside Lower Manhattan School Is Going to Jail (DNA) More Michael Ameri Bike Lane Coverage From DNA; Post Confounded by Human Decency MTA Suspends Metro-North Engineers for Cheating on Safety Exams (Post) Steve Matteo Says Staten […]