I’ve seen a lot of sketchy parking placards on the streets of NYC, but this Trooper Surgeon “on official medical business” may be the funniest. “I can park wherever I want in the middle of Manhattan because I’m giving State Troopers botox” is next level.

I added 264 googly eyes to some dumb ads on a Citi Bike dock.

Escape your parents home, go for a walk, and listen to us gab about New York City news and politics. We go deep on Santacon, outdoor advertising, street parking, and how YIMBYs were the big winners in the Mamdani/Trump meeting. Featuring @anildash.com!

Come see our NYC politics round table with very funny comedians and the Internet’s @anildash.com next week at UCB. Cheap tix: ucbcomedy.com/show/not-in-...

There's been an increasing amount of NYPD vehicles on Central Park walking paths lately. It's beyond me why they think it's a good idea to "patrol" Bethesda Terrace by parking an SUV and idling. Or why they to drive on the paths to use the restroom at a playground.

You may not agree, but I think it’s time for Dems from coast to coast to run on Medicare for all. We do NOT need health insurance companies at all. Period. They serve no valuable societal purpose other than to add cost to healthcare and drive people crazy.

I’ve lived in New York for 24 years and have never been canvassed before these two nice men knocked on my apartment door this afternoon. The Zohran army is real, and the fact that Senators Schumer and Gillibrand are sitting on the sidelines is not going to end well for them.

Bike parking shelter on 17th Street by Union Square. The giant bike network map is a nice touch.

I am very excited for a mayor who has thousands of Citi Bike miles under his belt.

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...

Awesome story about Not In My Backyard! and other local political comedy shows.

The man in blue is biking on the wrong side of the two way bike lane. He doesn’t know this because @nyc-dot.bsky.social hasn’t changed the outdated markings on the ground, over three months after they moved all pedestrians to the other side of the Queensboro Bridge. Needlessly dangerous!

I passed a rare 20 mph street today in the Queens neighborhood of Corona. Advocates fought for 10 years to get Albany to give us the right to set our own speed limits, and one year later we’ve lowered it to 20 on just a handful of roads. Our next mayor should quickly roll this out in every hood.

34th Ave in Queens is just spectacular. 5 years ago this was 4 lanes dedicated to the moving and free storage of private vehicles. Now it’s a park that stretches more than a mile and connects multiple schools. And it’s a great bike connector from Astoria to Flushing Meadows.

Get your comedy and local politics fix in one stop this Weds night at UCB Theatre on 14th. We’ve got Gersh from Streetsblog, comedian Molly Gaebe, and Council Member Erik Bottcher on the panel. $10 tix: ucbcomedy.com/show/not-in-... @realgershkuntzman.bsky.social @nyc.streetsblog.org

We’ve got a great panel at our local politics show next week. Gersh from Streetsblog! Comedian Molly Gaebe! And Council Member Erik Bottcher! It will be both funny and smart. Get tix!

Thousands of New Yorkers surprising sunbathers while following instructions at our annual Mp3 Experiment. Full video on our site: improveverywhere.com/2025/08/06/t...

Come out this Weds night to UCB Theatre for an election recap show with a stacked panel: @rachelholliday.bsky.social (THE CITY), @alexgoldmark.bsky.social (Planet Money), and Peter Grosz (Veep, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!) Tickets: ucbcomedy.com/show/not-in-...

In case anyone needs an afternoon to celebrate how amazing this city is: 2,000 strangers will be following ridiculous instructions via headphones in Hudson River Park tomorrow. A fun activity to do after voting for someone who likes NYC and lives in NYC. Details: improveverywhere.com/2025/06/17/m...

Congestion pricing works.

This t-shirt caught my eye on the Upper West Side. @charlietodd.com made it himself. Then he spent five minutes trying to convince a Cuomo-Blake-Myrie supporter not to rank the former guv, but she wouldn’t relent saying “we need an asshole to fight an asshole.” (i.e. Trump)

two days until @vocabaret.bsky.social sets out to determine THE single most ridiculous thing Eric Adams has ever said, featuring special guest @charlietodd.com! Join us at the table of success (in-person or VOD) by getting your ticket now caveat.nyc/events/vocab...

The cameras are staying on.

The bike infrastructure in New York, New York casino is woefully inadequate. You can’t just put up a sign and call it a day. We need physically separated lanes in this food court. The casino mayor has been slow rolling the Greenwich protected bike lane for years. He has to go.

Even for a true congestion pricing believer like me, it's shocking how well it's working. It's earning $49 million a month for the subway while making our streets so much more pleasant (including for those who have to drive!) Win win win.

Great work by @streetfilms.bsky.social on this video documenting yesterday's rally in support of congestion pricing and against Trump's meddling in city and state politics. Congrats @misernyc.bsky.social for organizing this event so quickly.

Some very exciting opportunities to redesign Manhattan's west side waterfront and make it more pedestrian and cyclist friendly are on the horizon. Great op-ed by @jlef423.bsky.social!

We’ve got Council Member Carlina Rivera on our panel show at UCB Weds night along with late night writers @salgentile.bsky.social (Seth Meyers) and Michael Cruz Kayne (Colbert). Come join us! I promise only 5% of the show will be me celebrating congestion pricing. Tix: ucbcomedy.com/show/not-in-...

Two blocks north of the Congestion Relief Zone border. Anecdotally, there was zero Friday rush hour traffic on 9th Avenue again this week. Unheard of.

9th Ave on Friday afternoons typically looks like a parking lot as it’s the approach to the Lincoln Tunnel. It’s difficult to even cross the street as a pedestrian, w/total gridlock blocking every crosswalk. Not so on the first Fri evening rush of congestion pricing. Things are moving right along.

Rush hour traffic moving briskly on 8th Ave in Manhattan today as we close out the 1st congestion pricing work week. 3 years ago this was 6 lanes for moving and storing private vehicles + a bike lane. Now we have an expanded sidewalk, bike share dock, and a huge pedestrian island with bike parking.

We're discussing congestion pricing and other hot button local NYC issues on our show Wednesday night at UCB Theatre. Panel includes @katiehonan.bsky.social from @thecity.bsky.social! We'll even have a "public comment period" to hear from the audience. Come join us!

Breaking: Area Man Makes Local News Twice In One Day. Still Hates Cars.

This morning I walked from 2nd Avenue to 11th Avenue along 60th street, looking for local news crews. Predictably there were a few that were sticking mics in car windows. I asked, “Hey, want to talk to a pedestrian as well?”

All you need is a yellow NYPD vest to park for free on 61st St and avoid the congestion charge.

A new bike lane-sized snow plow sprays a road treatment prior to today’s snow in NYC. #bikenyc

The celebratory first car to be tolled by NYC’s congestion pricing, moments before midnight.

Congestion pricing is still allowed to go forward on Sunday

L’industrie has almost no seating inside, and is a popular pizza place with a consistent line down the block. The loss of their outdoor dining would have been devastating. Instead of just letting the curb return to free private vehicle storage for two cars, they parked their own dining structure.

Bumper to bumper pedestrian traffic on 5th Avenue today. Pure insanity that the open street days were cut from 3 to 1 this year. At minimum it should be every Sat and Sun from Thanksgiving to Jan 1.

The NYPD SCUBA Team searching the Central Park Lake for the gun from the UnitedHealthcare CEO murder.

I throw a party for 2,000 people every year and this year was no exception.