Eve Kessler

Cuts to worthy transportation programs — while sparing the bloated NYC Ferry — make a mockery of the mayor's stated goal of uniting the "Two New Yorks."

The mayor claims to have cut the NYPD's budget by $1 billion, but Corey Johnson begs to differ.

It's a ferry big letdown.

Dermot Shea has a message for New Yorkers: 'Don't cut the NYPD's budget!'

Cops are using the Classon Playground as a parking lot — supposedly to protect their vehicles from protesters. But now they will vacate, Parks says.

For reasons we have yet to fathom, the New York Times takes great pains in virtually every local transportation story to highlight the grievances of New York City drivers. Given the many layers of editors at the Gray Lady, this concerted pro-car thrust cannot be an accident; by now, it must be acknowledged as an ideological bias as strong as is Streetsblog's in the other direction. Following is the top, literally, the lede!, of Winnie Hu's story about a proposed bike bridge to Manhattan:

The mayor adds nine miles in Manhattan and Queens as part of the "Open Streets" program.

Mayor de Blasio sees 'justice' in changing the alternate-side parking rules.

Trottenberg cops to the fact that security agency stole the public right of way — but neither she nor the mayor offer any remedy.

Sandra Choi and Mel Gagarin seek to knock off the incumbent in a district that is a home to highways and traffic fatalities.