Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Today’s Headlines

From Hell’s Heart, Prospect Park West Bikeway Litigants Stab at NYC (Gothamist 1, 2) Brooklyn CB 2 Committee Endorses Jay Street Protected Bike Lane (Bklyn Paper) Garbage Truck Driver Fatally Strikes Jodi McGrath in First Ave. Crosswalk (Post, News, Gothamist, NY1) Another NYPD Car Chase Ends in Crash; One Occupant Critical, 2-Year-Old Hospitalized (News) Cop Hits Child in Harlem, Argues With Witnesses […]

To Win City Council Approval of Housing Plan, Extent of Parking Reform Shrinks (Politico, News, NYT) Albany Would Have to Send a Lot More Funding to the MTA to Achieve “Parity” With Upstate Roads (MTR) Brooklyn CB 6 Approves “Street Seat” for Fifth Ave, Despite the Cranks (Bklyn Paper) Who Could Be Against Planters and Benches for Fourth Avenue? […]

Strike Averted, But NJ Transit Budget Still a Mess (NYT, WNYC, Post) Advocates Coalesce Behind de Blasio’s Housing Plan (Politico, DNA) Veronica Vanterpool and John Raskin Talk Transit on NY1 NYT Under the Impression That Car Safety Regulations Are a Paragon to Be Emulated for Buses Six Months After Opening, Hudson Yards 7 Station Not Looking So […]

NJ Transit Contract Negotiations Hurtle Toward the Brink (Politico, NYT, WNYC) More Coverage of Bratton Undermining de Blasio’s Vision Zero Goals (Gothamist, News) Van Driver Kills Man Crossing Intersection With No Crosswalk in Highbridge (News) Yellow Cab Driver Hits Two People and Crashes Into Building on First Ave (DNA, Post) Pedestrians Account for More Than a Quarter of […]

NJ Transit Director: “We’re Going to Remain Talking Until We Can Get This Thing Settled” (NYT, Politico) 2016 Shaping Up as a Banner Year for DOT Bicycle Program and Protected Bike Lanes (WNYC) 20th Precinct Has 3 Officers Assigned to Motorist Enforcement, 2 Handing Out Bike Tickets (DNA) For Some Reason the MTA Is Fueling Paranoia About the L Tube […]

NJ Transit Union Spox Optimistic Strike Can Be Avoided (NYT, WSJ, News) Cuomo Claims Credit for “Ferrari-Like” Buses That Will Be Packed and Mired in Traffic (2AS, Crain’s, DNA) De Blasio Makes the Case for Rezoning Plan to Daily News Readers JSK Is Back (WNYC, NY1, Gothamist, NY Mag) Corey Johnson Wants DOT to Regulate Pedestrian Plazas (Politico) Van Bramer Bills […]