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No Green: Meeker Bike Lane Delayed; DOT Blames Traffic Light Contractor
The upgrades — which promise to improve a mile-long stretch that is now a dangerous sluice between the Kosciuszko Bridge and Metropolitan Avenue — were slated to be done by the end of last year, but the DOT will only be part of the way done by the end of this year.
May 12, 2023
Thursday’s Headlines: Honoring Adam Uster Edition
A dispatch from a vigil where family and friends of 39-year-old Adam Uster gathered. Plus other news.
May 11, 2023
THAT’S RICH! Some Neighborhoods Order Lots of Deliveries, But Don’t Want to Help the Workers
Some of the city's wealthiest residents have turned their backs on delivery workers — yet are also excessively dependent on deliveristas' labor, placing tens of thousands of orders every day, according to data obtained by Streetsblog via a freedom of information request.
May 8, 2023
Pols and Neighbors Call For a Safer Franklin Avenue After Killing of Cycling Advocate
A protected bike lane is needed, said the local Council member.
May 5, 2023
Queens Council Member Joins Call for Study of a Pedestrian-Friendly Austin Street
Tiger Schulman! The City Council member who represents Forest Hills asked the city to make life more livable on Austin Street, a notoriously busy and congested commercial strip that local residents have suggested is perfect for a pedestrian-friendly redesign.
May 4, 2023
Thursday’s Headlines: Open Your Eyes Edition
We love the Department of Transportation, but not every announcement makes us jump for joy. Plus other news.
May 4, 2023
Cycling Advocate Killed By Trucker on Dangerous Brooklyn Street; Last Words from Mother: ‘Be Safe’
A cycling activist and member of Transportation Alternatives was killed while biking home from a Brooklyn grocery store on a dangerous street on Monday, according to his family and police.
May 3, 2023
EXCLU: McGuinness Blvd. to Go On Road Diet for Protected Bike Lanes
The city plans to install protected bike lanes on both sides of deadly McGuinness Boulevard and remove a car lane in each direction as part of a major redesign of the highway-like north Brooklyn road, Streetsblog has learned.
May 3, 2023
Monday’s Headlines: Another Weekend, and Quarter, of CARnage Edition
Fifty-one people — including a record-high nine people on bikes — were killed on the roads in the first quarter of 2023. Plus other news.
May 1, 2023
In Wake of Death, Pols Want Mid-Block Crossings, Safer Atlantic Ave.
"It is wrong how deadly this strip is," Council Member Lincoln Restler said of the portion of Atlantic Avenue that functions as a speedway for drivers between the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the Barclays Center.
May 1, 2023
