Julissa Ferreras Joins Corona Residents in Planning for a Safer 111th Street
Residents and community groups in Corona are working to tame traffic on an extra-wide street that separates their neighborhood from the largest park in Queens. They're backed by a council member who, in addition to putting aside funds for the project, is asking the city to bring bike lanes and traffic calming to the rest of her district.
November 10, 2014
How NYC Could Get More Transit Funding From Developers
As the MTA capital plan funding gap has come into focus, there's been a lot of discussion about how new development can help pay for the transit service it requires. It turns out the city already has a tool that links real estate with transit improvements, but it's so limited that it's been used to fund transit upgrades only 10 times in more than three decades. For a more robust model, planners should look to San Francisco.
November 10, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Greenway Link That Burns Up Kips Bay Condo Owners
DOT has striped and painted an important greenway connection on one block of East 37th Street, which received the support of Manhattan Community Board 6 last month. DOT began installing the bike lane this week, and the agency says the full project will be complete by the end of next week.
November 7, 2014
Prendergast: $15 Billion Gap in MTA Capital Program “Unconscionable”
Post-election, the political discussion about transit funding in New York has entered a new phase. Albany can now turn its attention to the most pressing transportation issue in the state: closing the $15.2 billion gap in the MTA's next capital program. Yesterday, MTA Chair and CEO Tom Prendergast made his first public comments since the election. He said elected officials must be educated on the need for transit investment and repeated his call for new revenue sources to keep the region's trains and buses running smoothly.
November 7, 2014
Hit-and-Run Drivers Strike Twice at Dangerous Fourth Avenue Intersection
A driver speeding north on Fourth Avenue in Park Slope this afternoon ran a red light and struck a woman, leaving her seriously injured before speeding away from the scene. Less than six weeks ago, a hit-and-run driver -- also speeding north on Fourth Avenue, also running a red -- injured a cyclist at the same location before crashing his car and fleeing on foot.
November 5, 2014
Livable Streets Progress in Albany Will Have to Go Through a GOP Senate
Andrew Cuomo may have won re-election, but New York was no exception to the national Republican wave in yesterday's elections. The GOP regained control of the State Senate, weakening its bond with the Independent Democratic Conference and keeping mainline Democrats in the minority. With last night's results, the landscape for transit and livable streets legislation in Albany has shifted.
November 5, 2014
Kips Bay Condo Owners Don’t Want Bike Lane By Their Door, So They’re Suing
Lawsuits against bike lanes and bike-share stations have all gone down in flames in New York City courts, but that's not stopping Kips Bay condo owners from suing NYC DOT over a short, very useful connection linking the East Side Greenway and the First Avenue bike lane.
November 4, 2014