DSNY collects its first bags of residential garbage from curbside containers as part of a pilot program that kicks off today on W45th between 9th and 10th
Greenpointers march near an intersection where a 73-year-old cyclist was recently fatally hit by an SUV driver. It’s on what used to be the Driggs Ave Open Street but that was dismantled by opponents two years ago. More here:
Activists opposed to the McGuinness redesign have instituted an impromptu road diet by parking their cars in the outer lane. Traffic is still moving nevertheless
"No I'm not," Hochul says when asked about whether she'll reconsider congestion pricing, at an unrelated press conference on Long Island.
"We're not going backwards," she adds
The steps of Brooklyn Borough Hall, where safe street advocates have set up pots with a label for each New Yorker killed by drivers since Mayor Bill de Blasio’s took office in 2014. It’s for an event marking the World Day of Remembrance, commemorating traffic victims
NEWS: After nearly 3 years at
@brooklynpaper
I am moving to
@amNewYork
to cover transit and state government. Brooklyn Paper was my first job in the US and its journalists made me the reporter I am today. While the new beat is intimidating, I can't wait. Oh, and send tips!
NEW: Crashes on the BQE's triple-cantilever section dropped after de Blasio nixed a lane in each direction. Collisions continued to decrease there through 2022, even as they began to tick back up elsewhere on the BQE
Unbelievable.
I'm incredibly disappointed that the State Assembly (
@NYSA_Majority
) is refusing to bring
#SammysLaw
up for a vote after the
@NYCCouncil
*and*
@NYCMayor
showed our support for the law through a super majority.
Families across the city deserve this vote.
Hello! Today is my first day as a reporter for
@StreetsblogNYC
.
Please send me all your tips and story ideas about livable streets and transportation to kevin
@streetsblog
.org (or DM if you prefer).
This outdoor dining shed has turned into covered bike parking for the restaurant’s delivery workers. Next winter it’ll legally have to revert to space for max two cars under the Council’s permanent outdoor dining program
DOT will daylight 1,000 intersections a year, in addition to 1,000 other intersections safety redesigns, DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez announces at City Hall this morning
A hit-and-run driver fatally struck a teenage cyclist in Queens last night — severing his electric Citi Bike virtually in half. The death marks the 11th person killed on a bike in NYC so far this year
NEW: Restaurateurs, advocates beg Council to keep all-year roadside dining.
"If we have to take it down in the winter, there’s no putting that stuff back up," one restaurant owner told me. "I think that’s just a way for them to get rid of it."
Professional news: Today was my last day at
@amNewYork
. I have loved covering transit over the last year and change and I can’t wait to continue reporting on this great town.
I will have more news to share soon, but for now, I will try to take a bit of a Twitter break!
NEW: Brooklyn accessibility advocates have for years tried to keep an Access-A-Ride spot outside their office clear of placard/cop cars. However, even the mayor's own Office for People with Disabilities can't keep the spots outside *its own building* clear
The scene right now outside Manhattan Criminal Court - throngs of media and some Trump supporters. Former President Donald Trump should be arriving in the next few hours
"Out of the 100 largest US metropolitan statistical areas, New York City led the pack with 97% growth in bike trips from 2019 to 2022, reflecting a lasting shift towards cycling by commuters who previously relied on subways" via
@citylab
Adams also told me at the gaggle in Brooklyn just now that he wants his upcoming nominees for the MTA board to be riders of the system, not car commuters
SCOOP: A new bill to be introduced today by
@LincolnRestler
would ban all non-essential helicopter flights from using the two city-owned heliports in Manhattan
SCOOP: Larry Schwartz is officially off the MTA board. He was a no-show during the Monday committee meetings and will not be at tomorrow's full board. Story TK
On the ground in Queens keeping an eye on snow removal operations.
@NYCSanitation
plows are hitting the streets. If you don’t need to travel, stay off the roads and help "New York’s Strongest" get us through this storm.
NEW: The city didn’t adopt key recommendations by its own appointed experts to curb congestion near the BQE after reducing it from six to four lanes — and the Adams administration is now using that same congestion to justify rebuilding a wider highway
Sara Clugage, of Brooklyn, who got a car during the pandemic due to an injury wants to be charged so that MTA can build more elevators and increase service and bring back former riders like herself.
"Please take my money," she says
Police released the 18-year-old driver behind the deadly crash in Midwood that killed 52-year-old Park Slope cyclist Jose Alzorriz on Sunday without pressing charges or even giving him a summons, despite running a red light at high speed. Story to come.
NEW: The city plans to install a parking protected bike lane on McGuinness Blvd in north Brooklyn and remove a car lane in each direction on the highway-like road
SCOOP: The MTA will phase in reopening its subway station bathrooms in January after shuttering the facilities for nearly three years amid the pandemic
The Park Row bike lane has been clear of NYPD cars all day today following our story earlier, and as the city is set to present its plans for the corridor at a meeting next door tonight. Will be interesting to see if it remains free of the illegal parking
But Feinberg claims NYCT doesn’t see a correlation between soiled train cars/elevators and whether restrooms being open at station. "It tends to be mental illness issue,” she says
Port Authority approves a $160m street connection to EWR's rail and AirTrain station, offering a direct link for Newark and Elizabeth residents to Amtrak/NJ Transit/AirTrain. A commute to NY Penn will take just seven minutes instead of the 40 minutes by bus today
BREAKING: MTA unveils the proposed development to replace its Greenpoint warehouse at 40 Quay Street. Its dubbed Monitor Point and have nearly 900 apartments and a museum dedicated to the Monitor Civil War-era ship. Story TK
NEW: MTA has suspended M21 bus service near the Holland Tunnel 66% of weekdays in the past six months due to heavy traffic headed for New Jersey during the evening rush
The latest:
@NYC_DOT
now claims their staffer 'misspoke' when the official said the agency was in talks with
@NYCMayor
about a possible bike lane on the Brooklyn Bridge roadway — after trying to discredit my previous reporting
This individual is still on the loose, this person is dangerous, says Governor Kathy Hochul.
This is an active shooter situation right now in the City of New York, she adds.
At a public hearing about outdoor dining this morning, Jim Morrison, owner of the Exley in Brooklyn (not the Doors frontman), says many biz can’t afford rebuilding roadside dining each year, tells the mayor he would be willing to pay higher fees to keep his shed up year-round
Weekday ridership at Grand Central Madison is now at about 52,000, according to MTA officials. LIRR ridership to Manhattan still split roughly 66-34 percent between Penn Station and GCM
The MTA is focusing on improving its 29 worst-performing routes with high ridership. These make up 10% of routes but account for one fifth of bus ridership
Just 1,500 subway and 700 bus workers out of 40k employees commute into the tolling zone — just 5.5% of the workforce, all of whom can ride transit for free, according to the MTA. And only a tiny fraction of those workers commute by car -- via
@dahvnyc
“It’s despicable that schools would allow another country’s flag to fly in our country,” Mayor Adams says - a shocking message from someone who raises other country’s flags over Bowling Green to honor their people ALL THE TIME.
Happy five-year anniversary to my arrival in the US. Since I got off that J train with a suitcase and without a job it’s been a true privilege and pleasure to live here and report for this city
BREAKING: The Adams administration will conduct more "analysis" before finalizing its redesign of McGuinness Boulevard, according to a late Friday announcement. This latest wrinkle once again calls into question the mayor's plans for the deadly corridor
NYC Transit prez Rich Davey says congestion pricing is about “faster buses, cleaner air, safer streets. If you’re against that I don’t know what to tell ya”
DOT released its final rule for the bridge vending ban today, taking effect immediately and without lead-in time due to "the threat presented by the presence of uncontrolled vendors on the pedestrian walkway of the Brooklyn Bridge."
"The mayor's realized that supporting this won't help his cause, because the people who want this aren't necessarily his supporters and backers, whereas the people who don't want this are the people who are going to finance his reelection."
Supporters of the city’s McGuinness Boulevard redesign are rallying at the intersection where Matthew Jensen was killed by a hit-and-run driver two years ago
At this rate, all 40,000 intersections in the city would be 40-60% safer for older residents within 800 years, but Commissioner Rodriguez countered that this approach was driven by “data”
DOT will install 50 turn calming treatments a year near areas with many older adults, to address the disproportionate traffic deaths of senior citizens, commissioner
@ydanis
announces outside a Washington Heights senior center
.
@VendorPower
responds to Mayor Adams's remarks, saying arrested subway fruit vendor Maria actually has a license to sell and has passed Health Dept. courses, but can't get a permit to hawk the goods because those have been capped in the city for decades