When Grand Street Loses the L Train, It’s Gonna Need a Car-Free PeopleWay
Without the L train, Grand Street will be gridlocked by a surge of car traffic, unless dramatic action is taken to prioritize surface transit, biking, and walking.
February 3, 2017
TLC Votes to Require Uber and Lyft to Disclose Trip Data
Companies like Uber and Lyft will have to disclose data on pick-up and drop-off locations to the city. With a clearer picture about where trips start and end, officials can make better decisions about managing traffic and providing transit service.
February 2, 2017
Rodriguez’s Push for Hit-and-Run Alerts Picks Up Support in Albany
Ydanis Rodriguez wants to create an Amber Alert-type system for nabbing hit-and-run drivers, and a growing number of legislators are signing on to the idea.
February 1, 2017
TA Poll: To Fund Transit, New Yorkers Prefer Move NY Toll Reform
Support is highest in Staten Island, followed by Queens. The result in Queens is especially noteworthy, since political resistance to Mayor Bloomberg's unsuccessful congestion pricing efforts in 2007 and 2008 was concentrated in that borough.
January 31, 2017
Rodriguez Wants More Streets to Go Car-Free This Earth Day
One of the ideas for the event, which coincides with Earth Day (April 22), is to make 14th Street car-free, previewing the types of changes needed to handle the looming L train shutdown.
January 31, 2017
A Message to Cuomo: Good Subway Service Matters More Than Mega-Projects
Andrew Cuomo personally intervened to get the Second Avenue Subway running by January 1. But when it comes to the less flashy task of getting the whole subway system to run reliably, the governor is nowhere to be seen.
January 30, 2017
Melinda Katz’s “Bike Master Plan” Better Be More Than a Delay Tactic
Katz's call for a borough-wide bike plan might not mean what you think. It echoes comments she made in an attempt to block the second phase of the Queens Boulevard redesign.
January 27, 2017
De Blasio Refuses to Fund Discount Fares, Teases “Plan to Address Congestion”
Responding to a frustrated Staten Island motorist on WNYC, Mayor de Blasio announced that the city will release a "bigger plan to address congestion" in the "coming weeks."
January 27, 2017
NYC Will Take Another Shot at Expanding Speed Cameras This Year
According to a poll from Transportation Alternatives, public support for Vision Zero is high. Will that translate to effective street safety policy at City Hall and Albany?
January 26, 2017
Here’s How de Blasio Will Spend $400 Million on Street Safety Improvements
The bulk of the funds, $317 million over six years, will go toward capital projects that involve full street reconstructions. Those investments are durable and high-stakes -- it's extremely important to get the design right before casting it in concrete.
January 25, 2017
