Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Today’s Headlines

Turning Driver “Loses Control” and Seriously Injures Two in East NY; “No Criminality” (WCBS) Two Killed, Four Injured in Two-Car Crash Outside Middle School in Bayside (News, WABC) Queens BP, Council Members Use Budget to Fund Bus Countdown Clocks (News, Gothamist, TL) Judge Dismisses Case Against DMV for Extra Fines, Points for Bicycle Tickets (Gothamist) East […]

De Blasio Mad as Hell With Cuomo and He’s Not Gonna Take It Anymore (NY1, NYT) Uber Cap: More Coverage of Hearing (Capital) and Uber’s Protest Outside (NYT, Post, News, Observer) Post and AMNY Not Impressed by de Blasio’s Planned Cap on Uber and Other For-Hire Cars Hit-and-Run Driver Who Drank Before Killing Betty Jean DiBiaso Turns Himself In […]

Halfway Through 2015, Pedestrian Deaths in NYC Haven’t Declined Much (WNYC) Say It’s an “Accident” and NYPD Will Let You Get Away With Killing Someone With Your Car (News, Post) NYC’s Transit System Isn’t Keeping Up With Its Population Growth (News) Uber Deploys Its Pressure Tactics Against City Hall (Crain’s, Post) De Blasio Taps Maria Torres-Springer, Former […]

Get Ready for Permanent Car-Free Zones in Central Park Above 72nd Street, Starting Today (News) Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Betty Jean DiBiasio, 21, in Astoria Early Saturday A.M. (Post) Speeding Driver Causes 4-Car Collision in Marble Hill and Dies (Post, News) Driver Speeding and Running Reds Crashes Into Second Car, Killing Her Passenger (News) Steve Levin in Uber’s Cross-hairs […]

It Was Big and It Was Ugly: Albany’s Legislative Session Is Finally Over (TU, C&S) Downstate Transit Riders (WCBS) and Upstate Manufacturers (MTR) Hurt By Albany’s MTA Inaction Families for Safe Streets Asks TWU to Stop Its Campaign to Secure Special Treatment (C&S) Team Cuomo Lays Out Timeline for Initial TZB Bus Upgrades But Nothing More (LoHud) Cuomo Spent Nearly […]

The Right of Way Law “Has Been Effective and Saved Lives” (NYT) De Blasio Defends Right of Way Law as S.I. Pols Line Up for Bus, Taxi Exemption (Advance) Prendergast “Confident” Albany Will Fund MTA (Capital, News) But Projects Still Threatened (Post, WNBC) Driver Charged for Drunk Driving After Killing David Craig, 57, on Park Bench (WCBS, News) […]