Zohran Mamdani you must keep the city’s historic bike boom going nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/05/a...

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has the chance to revolutionize the city’s streetscape, as other ambitious mayors did across the globe. Here’s how nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/05/a...

Using the city's "mountable" bike lanes as intended nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/12/22/c...

ICYMI: The NYPD's criminal summons crackdown against cyclists and e-bike riders has increased in recent months, even as Commissioner Tisch has largely stopped talking about it. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/03/n...

The NYPD's bike and e-bike criminal summons crackdown is still happening, and has increased in recent months, even as Commissioner Tisch doesn't talk about it much publicly anymore. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/01/n...

Hey all! I hope you enjoy this @hellgatenyc.com article on me written by @johnsurico.bsky.social and my 20 years with Streetfilms (and even longer than that.) I got a little emotional from reading all the kind words. @openplans.org @nyc.streetsblog.org hellgatenyc.com/livable-stre...

A great case study of how press censorship backfires. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EG-...

The new Court Street protected bike lane can stay in place for now, a Brooklyn judge ruled on Thursday, after local merchants sued to have it removed. The judge plans to rule on its fate before the end of the year. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/30/j...

The FDNY issued new guidance today for e-bike charging cabinets, acknowledging that the new UL 1487 was not recognized by OSHA (which I reported yesterday). But at today's Council hearing, the Chief of Fire Protection called the points made in my reporting "erroneous."

We are heartbroken to hear that another New Yorker was killed for daring to ride a bike. This 25-year-old man was killed when he was "doored" by a driver opening their car door into his bike. This young man is the sixth person to die by dooring this year alone.

In NYC, recess sometimes looks like preschoolers excitedly waiting for the Franklin Avenue Shuttle to pass underneath them.

An ambulance glides through the midtown rush hour traffic thanks to the 6th Ave bike lane

With the NY Post is reporting that Eric Adams will pack the Rent Guidelines Board on his way out the door to deny Mamdani the ability to dictate a promised rent freeze, please note that my colleague @smaldo.bsky.social called this back in May.

The city plans to more than double Kimlau Square in Chinatown, but the expansion still doesn't meet the reality that 80 percent of people using the complex crossing are pedestrians, or that six out of seven neighborhood households don't own a car. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/22/c...

Lots of motorized vehicles advertised as "e-bikes" are already illegal to buy and sell in NYC and are classified in New York State law as "motorized scooters."

Visited Savannah, GA, last week. A beautiful city in no small part because it heavily restricts on street parking

What's plentiful, affordable and delicious at city green markets right now, you ask? @michael-hill.bsky.social and @amandarozon.bsky.social are here with this week's In Season segment on @wnyc.org with Amelia Tarpey of @grownyc.bsky.social 🫘🫘🫘🫘🫘🫘 www.wnyc.org/story/in-sea...

The long-awaited separation of pedestrians and cyclists on the Queensboro Bridge falls just short of greatness, as DOT has yet to update the lane markings and add enough wayfinding, five months after Adams unceremoniously kicked cars off a shoulder road. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/10/e...

Dave basically got Kathy Hochul to back off a highway expansion of the Cross Bronx

And, look, if the complaint is that emergency vehicles can't get through now that Court St has been reduced to one motor vehicle lane, then in order to be consistent you need to argue for removing parking on every side street in the city, most of which are one lane. Those are the rules!

Today: - National politics with @booker.senate.gov; - @elizabethkim.bsky.social & Brigid Bergin on city politics and 1st time voters; - 30 Issues: E-Bike crashes and the next mayor; - Where to bike outside NYC Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @WNYC.org

This is such an obvious, well-known, long-running issue and no one with the power to do anything about it cares nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/09/05/z...

Recorded a 50 minute timelapse of the new Flatbush Ave center running bus lanes this first rush hour, as DOT crews are still installing signage and stuff. So far, it works! Drivers generally obey it and buses are clearly sped up. And don’t miss that ambulance bypassing traffic at the 6 second mark!

Uber's navigation app encourages its drivers to ignore traffic signs, reports @sophlebo.bsky.social nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/06/u...

Mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani says he still backs universal intersection daylighting – banning parking near corners for better visibility – even as DOT digs in its heels and plans to sway the next mayor against the street safety policy. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/06/l...

On Sunday, #Zürich residents voted 52.8% in favor of increasing parking fees for cars according to weight. The owner of a BMW X2 (Diesel), which weighs 1,675 kilograms, will now pay equivalent of €717 Euros per year to park on a public street. (Before, about €321.) Direct democracy!

NEW: A buyout program is coming for homeowners in The Hole, a NYC neighborhood unlike any other. It’s the first time the city pursues this climate adaptation strategy proactively, instead of after a disaster, and with a focus on inland (not coastal) flooding. www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/03/f...

Researchers found expanding the average car length from 16.4 ft to 18 ft decreases street parking by 9.3%, while an additional expansion to 19.7 ft causes a further loss of 7%. (An F-150 truck and Cadillac Escalade SUV are 17.4 ft and 19 ft long, respectively.) www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Good thread. This picture also shows how bike lanes are de facto safety infrastructure for people with mobility devices.

You see this particularly in the crime discussion nationally, but folks outside of New York City (and often times in New York City) do not grasp the scale and scope of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

THE SOCIAL LIFE OF SMALL URBAN SPACES by William H. Whyte is well worth catching for anyone who's interested in cities or has enjoyed How to with John Wilson www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screeni...

@nyc-dot.bsky.social is making up math here. There are roughly 300 intersections on the UWS or ~2,400 potential daylighting spots, many of which are already bus stops or fire hydrants. @galeabrewer.bsky.social got some bad information. Why are we bean counting street safety in the first place?

DOT's crusade against a Council bill for universal daylighting was able to peel off support by Council Member Gale Brewer, after agency officials told her it would remove 13,000 parking spots in her Upper West Side district. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/09/30/g...

The street safety pioneering city of Hoboken, NJ, will launch an automated enforcement pilot targeting illegal parking in bike lanes, bus lanes, and loading zones in its downtown core on Wednesday. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/09/29/h...

Visited Hoboken today and experienced things that New York officials don’t want you to, like benches at a major train hall and widespread corner daylighting for better visibility (including outside a police station).

"Since the [Delivery Service Partners] are separate companies, Amazon argues that it can't be held liable for union busting, since the workers don't technically work for them." -- via @sophlebo.bsky.social nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/09/25/n...

Drivers are starting to respect the incoming Court Street Lane Bike

NYC DOT tried to cover up concerns and criticism of its controversial 15mph e-bike speed limit, advocates charged, and attorneys are now looking into suing the city over the potentially illegal move. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/09/25/i...

In order to enforce the newest delivery worker minimum pay laws, DCWP needs more funding. The agency's low budget, less than 1% of city total, has left it struggling to respond to worker abuse complaints.

"As a legally blind Staten Islander who doesn’t drive, navigating our streets is not just inconvenient — it can be dangerous. Every intersection is a calculated risk. "That’s why... the Universal Daylighting Bill, is a proven tactic of traffic science." www.silive.com/opinion/2025...

Here’s a demonstration

Mayor Adams is set to announce the expansion of containerized garbage collection to Brooklyn Community Board 2, which includes areas like Fort Greene, Cobble Hill, Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, and Boerum Hill

The city plans to widen Canal Street's clogged sidewalks with paint and install a crosstown two-way bike lane, largely on nearby Grand Street, next summer. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/09/12/d...

Different neighborhood, same story: DOT has paused a whole network of bike lanes in Midwood after local pols pushed back at a closed-door meeting with Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/09/10/d...

Speaker Adams complains to DOT about "problematic" Jamaica bus lanes/busway from in 2021. Says electeds were "blindsided" when they went in. "That was my commute for a really long time, and trying to drive down there didn't happen anymore because of all the prevention because of the new bus lanes."

"EMS workers definitely do work, but not on the same level as a police officer or fireman does," Adams's indicted ex-chief advisor Ingrid Lewis Martin once told the union for the first responders whose salaries start at just $36k, via @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social www.nydailynews.com/2025/09/07/m...

You remember the dire predictions about congestion pricing inducing more traffic and higher emissions in the South Bronx. Well none of them have come to pass, according to data analyzed by Charlie Komanoff.

The city's first-of-its-kind "deliverista" minimum wage is working: previously underpaid gig-workers are taking home more money per hour and delivery app companies are getting more orders than ever, reports @sophlebo.bsky.social nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/09/09/h...

For the FT, I cooked up manageable rides you can do on Citi Bike in Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens/Roosevelt Island www.ft.com/content/4c72...

INBOX: The City Council must investigate Mayor Adams's numerous stalled street safety project, following the recent bribery indictment of his closest advisor over the McGuinness Boulevard bike lanes, Transportation Alternatives demands. More background here: nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/08/28/s...