Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Today’s Headlines

Within Hours, Two People Trying to Cross Hylan Blvd Killed in Separate Crashes (Advance, News, WCBS) In Wired, Hsi-Pei Liao Says We Need to Take Traffic Violence Seriously De Blasio, Labor Allies Blast TWU for Doing Cuomo’s Bidding on MTA Funding (AMNY, News, Observer) More Coverage of Ydanis Rodriguez’s Transportation Agenda (Politico, News, Post, AMNY) Toll Reform? Good Luck […]

Ydanis: Move NY Toll Reform Could “Revolutionize the Way Our City Moves” (Politico, News) United Scandal Sweeps Up NJ DOT Commissioner Jamie Fox (Record, NYT) How Long Will Bus Commuters Have to Wait for a Modern Terminal in Midtown? (WNYC) Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Mariano Contreras, 41, on College Point Boulevard (Post) Wrong-Way Driver Fleeing Traffic Stop Causes Bus […]

City Hall Could Send $1B to MTA If Cuomo Enacts Lockbox and City Controls More Spending (News) Council Bill Would Require NYPD to Release More Crash and Enforcement Data on Truck Routes (Post) Foxx: NJT to Lead Hudson Tunnel Environmental Study, Amtrak to Take on Engineering (NYT) With Post-Sandy Recovery Still Underway, MTA Says It’s Ready […]

City Hall’s Times Square Task Force Backs Plazas, Proposes Limits on Performers (NYT) Man Arrested After Intentionally Mowing Down Construction Workers in Midtown (DNA) More Coverage of Uber Driver Who Hit Kids on Bronx Sidewalk (News, Post, Gothamist) Tractor-Trailer Driver Injures Man in Crown Heights Crosswalk (DNA) Port Authority Commissioner Kenneth Lipper Wants Amtrak Ticket […]

Brewer, Adams: NYC Should Decriminalize Sidewalk Bike Riding and Jaywalking (Crain’s) Budget Gap Is Already Affecting MTA Capital Projects (WSJ) DiNapoli MTA Report Prompts Another Productive Round of Back-Biting (DNA, Post) Port Authority General Counsel Stepping Down as Fraud Investigation Continues (WSJ) Support Builds for Divvying Times Square Plazas Into Regulated Zones (News) Car2Go Has Expanded Into Queens (Times Ledger) Archdiocese of […]

De Blasio: TWU Ad Blaming Him for Subway Funding Gap “Pitiful” (Politico, News) City’s Capital Plan Is Already a Stretch; Can de Blasio Afford to Pay More to MTA? (City Limits) Hit-and-Run Driver Kills “Inebriated” Man, Who Died of Injuries Two Weeks Later (WPIX, Advance) Owner of Grand Central Sues City Over Rezoning for Office Mega-Tower […]