Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Today’s Headlines

Council Members Brace for Failure of $55 Million Ferry Plan (News) Riverkeeper Threatens to Sue Thruway, New Tappan Zee Bridge Builders (Westchester Biz Journal) Tri-State Looks Back at the Year in NJ Transportation — It Wasn’t All Bad White Plains Tries to Revive Its Downtown Streets (NYT) On CB 9’s Empire Blvd Meeting: “You Will Get Applause for Anything Pro-Car” […]

MTA Bus Driver Charged Under Right of Way Law for Killing Eleonora Shulkin (Gothamist, News) De Blasio Reflects Two Years In: “I Want to Do Better” (NYT) Ben Kabak Has Some Advice In Case the Mayor Is Reading His Obscure Transportation Blog John Massengale: We Need to Redesign NYC Streets for 20 MPH Max Speeds (City […]

The MTA Isn’t Saving for a Rainy Day (2nd Ave Sagas) Tomorrow: Vigil for Victoria Nicodemus, Cut Down By Reckless Driver in Fort Greene (DNA) Jimmy Vacca Won’t Support More Housing and Less Parking Near Subway Stations (BxTimes) Fire Engine and SUV Drivers Collide in East Flatbush, 5 Injured (News) Driver Injures Pedestrian at 149th Street […]

Port Authority Tasked With Creating Gateway Corporation (AMNY) NYPD Arrests Man on Parole for Biking in the Street, Sends Him Back to Jail (Gothamist) DOT Closes City Island Bridge With “Ceremonial Last Ride” (NY1) Eric Adams Directs Funding to Brooklyn Greenway Projects (DNA) State Senate Rejects Cuomo Subsidy for Faux-Urban Staten Island Development (Politico) Ydanis Rodriguez […]

Upstate Electeds Are Holding MTA Funding Hostage (AMNY) Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Senior on Metropolitan Ave.; Cops Blame Victim (Post) Cement Truck Driver Hits Woman and Two Kids in Elmhurst Crosswalk (DNA, News) Advocate for Seniors on de Blasio Housing Plan: “There’s No Waiting List for Parking” (Politico) Julissa Ferreras, Jose Peralta Want DOT to Make Fixes […]

Paul White: DAs Can Use Laws on the Books to Prosecute Driver Recklessness (News) Straphangers: Congestion Is Making Bus Service a Lot Worse (News, Post, AMNY) With No Help From Albany, Council Transpo Committee Votes to Double Hit-and-Run Fines (Gothamist) Motorist Kills Thomas Violante, 72, on Hylan Boulevard; SI Electeds Still MIA (Advance 1, 2) Levine Eyes Daytime Truck Ban, Congestion […]