Getting the Green: Upstate Pol Wants to Unlock Highway Cash for Bike Paths
A New York state grant program now limited to road and highway projects could be unlocked for biking and walking paths under a new proposal.
January 23, 2024
Hit-and-Run Killer Still At Large Amid Renewed Calls to Crack Down on Repeat Reckless Drivers
A hit-and-run motorist with a history of speeding remains on the lam — two days after killing one and injuring three others in Bushwick.
January 10, 2024
Groups Call on Hochul to Stop City’s ‘Predetermined’ Plan to Keep BQE
"The existing process will only lead to billions of city and state taxpayer dollars spent to simply preserve the failed and dangerous BQE with a Band-Aid," the groups said.
December 18, 2023
Manhattan BP Wants To Raze FDR Drive South of Brooklyn Bridge
It's a great idea, but will highway-obsessed officials bite?
September 20, 2023
PASS, FAIL: Automated Traffic Cameras Coming to Some NYC School Buses
Automated cameras are coming this fall to more than two dozen New York City school buses, with fines expected to follow.
August 1, 2023
‘Maliciously Obstructed’ License Plates Surge on MTA Bridges and Tunnels
MTA toll gantries snapped 32,313 "maliciously obstructed" plates in November 2022 — a nearly 200-fold increase from 2017
July 24, 2023
The Albany Report Card: A Scoundrel’s ‘F’
This year's overall legislative session was one of the worst on record from a livable streets and street safety perspective — and it's mostly due to one man.
June 13, 2023
City Hall: We Hear that People Want to Keep Three-Lane BQE (Really?!)
Some elected officials and locals are telling City Hall that they want to keep three travel lanes in each direction of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, a top city official said on Thursday — despite nearly two dozen area politicians who have called for no more than two lanes.
March 3, 2023
MTA Could Nix Fare Hikes with Just $350M More Per Year, Lieber Says
The MTA could avert plans to hike subway and bus fares to nearly $3 if lawmakers come up with another $350 million in annual funding, its chairperson and CEO Janno Lieber said Monday.
February 6, 2023
Hochul Vetoes Bill Letting New Yorkers Sue For Helicopter Noise
Stop the chop? The governor says, "No."
December 16, 2022
