Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Today’s Headlines

Manhattan Assembly Member Robert Rodriguez Introduces Toll Reform Bill (Crain’s) Prendergast: MTA About to Run Out of Cash for New Contracts (AMNY, WNYC, Post) Port Authority Board Expected to Vote on LaGuardia Revamp Today (Crain’s, AMNY) Port Authority and Amtrak Allot Funds for Gateway Engineering Work (Politico) De Blasio Knocks Bloomberg Development Policies, Says Cuomo Should Back Off (Politico) For Third […]

City Council Passes de Blasio Rezoning Plan (NYT, Politico) Port Authority May Not Go Along With Cuomo LGA Rebuild (Politico) Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian in East Harlem (News, NY1, WABC) Gale Brewer Joins Opponents of East Side Waste Transfer Station at Jodi McGrath Vigil (News, DNA) DOT Announces Pending Overnight Closure of QBoro Bridge Path, With […]

Heard This One Before? Bratton Wants to Hire 327 Traffic Agents to “Reduce Congestion” (Post) MTA Knew About Leakage at Hudson Yards 7 Station Since 2012 (WNYC, NYT, News) City Council’s 2016 Albany Priorities Include Toll Plan “Such as the One Proposed by Move NY” (Politico) MTA Bus Driver Hits FDR Support Beam, Injuring Several Passengers (DNA, […]

Hit-and-Run Cabbie Kills Woman on First Ave (Post, Gothamist) NYPD Sends Tough Message to Cop Involved in Drunken Hit-and-Run… Wait, Scratch That (News) Will the Port Authority Rush Into a Bad Design for the New Midtown Bus Terminal? (MTR) Getting the 2nd Ave Subway Running This Year Seems Unlikely (2nd Ave Sagas) Developer Shifts Location of […]

Assembly Budget Includes $20M for Complete Streets, Nada From Senate or Cuomo (MTR) DOT to Add Pedestrian Islands, Other Improvements to Northern Blvd in Astoria (DNA) Citi Bike Trips More Than Doubled From Last Winter (AMNY) Crain’s Breaks Down Ferry Per-Ride Subsidy Compared to Other Transit MTA to Shut M Line Before Shutting the L (NY1, News) Post: Water […]

De Blasio Announces Ferry Contract With Estimated $6.60 Subsidy Per Ride (NYT, Politico, Gothamist) Cuomo and de Blasio Aren’t Talking to Each Other About the City and State Budgets (Politico) State Lawmakers Reject Panderer Cuomo’s Thruway Toll Tax Break (Empire Center) Riders Alliance to AMNY Readers: You’re on Cuomo’s Turf When You Ride the Subway More on Rodriguez’s […]