Issues & Campaigns
Streetsblog Basics
Larry Penner, Federal Transit Official and Letter Writer, is Dead
The former federal transit official, who had a second career as one of the most prolific writers of letters to the editors of scores of area newspapers, died on Thursday.
January 17, 2025
BLUNDER ROAD: Garden State has Spent $1M in Failed Bid to Block Congestion Pricing
Jersey pols have spent big and talked big on their anti-congestion pricing efforts as their own transit agency has fallen into disrepair.
January 17, 2025
Congestion Pricing Gets Kids To School On Time, Data Shows
Data shared with Streetsblog shows school buses traveling faster and being late less since congestion pricing began.
January 17, 2025
Opinion: Daylight Every Corner to Speed Up DOT Safety Projects that Repurpose Curb Space
Daylighting every intersection would make it easier to accomplish the Department of Transportation's policy goals. It's a wonder the agency won't support it.
January 17, 2025
Mayor Adams Proposes $4M Per Year to ‘Harden’ Dangerous Intersections
"We are ... keeping New Yorkers safe on our streets ... by improving road safety at hundreds of targeted traffic intersections," Adams said on Thursday.
January 17, 2025
Watchdog Group: No Congestion Pricing Toll Exemptions for Cops!
"It would be contrary to notions of basic fairness to reward a powerful special interest with a $22 million handout," Reinvent Albany said.
January 16, 2025
Zona Roberts — Leading Figure in Accessibility — is Dead
The "wheel behind the wheelchair" has died.
January 15, 2025
KOMANOFF: Why I’m Not Scrutinizing Traffic Data Yet (It’s The Rebound Effect, Stupid)
Watch out, there will soon be a rebound ― a bounceback in driving when traffic moves faster, our expert says.
January 15, 2025
Exclusive: New Policy from Tisch Seeks to Reduce High-Speed NYPD Chases
The NYPD will stop initiating dangerous and often high-speed pursuits of suspects fleeing non-violent crimes and traffic infractions — a major reform that Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch hopes will reduce fatalities.
January 15, 2025
‘Trust Us’: Albany Pols Offer Only Promises To Fill Massive Hole In MTA Capital Plan
Gov. Hochul put a big "IOU" note in place of a real plan to fill the $33-billion hole in the MTA’s 2025-2029 capital plan.
January 15, 2025
