Daylighting is common sense! I don't know that so many diverse groups have ever been in agreement about something like this. @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social it is time to pass Intro 1138! @cmjuliewon.bsky.social nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/24/h...

Great piece about how projects like Court St in Brooklyn are good for cities: "it’s one of the best, most optimistic movements in urban development, one that can make cities cleaner, quieter, and more sustainable." @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social @cmrestler.bsky.social www.vox.com/future-perfe...

“You can’t tell me a parking space at the corner of a street is worth a life.” Advocates are in front of the district office of @galeabrewer.bsky.social this morning to ask her why she changed her mind and no longer supports universal daylighting in NYC.

If you like this change to the street, please let Brooklyn CB6 know by emailing [email protected] I'm on the board and we're already getting some cranky emails. The folks who are using this and benefit from it don't know they have to stand up for good things, so help us stand up for good things.

@galeabrewer.bsky.social's position on daylighting is becoming increasingly confusing. She now says her flip-flop isn't because of parking but for some other vague reason. Every intersection in her district has had an injury during her term. This is embarrassing. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/02/b...

Approximately 75% of households on the Upper West Side are car-free. Plus, 13,000 parking spaces in a neighborhood that's home to about 214,000 residents is nothing. This is an elected official listening to a loud and entitled minority and prioritizing the storage of private cars over public safety.

This is Gale Brewer basically saying we should not implement known proven safety measures until at least one person is injured in an avoidable crash. Ghoulish really.

Imagine if we treated any other form of safety like this:"We should only install outlet covers in day care centers on a case-by-case basis, such as where a toddler has stuck his fingers in an electrical socket."

All of @galeabrewer.bsky.social's community boards support daylighting as do all other elected officials representing the district. This flip-flop — siding against her community for vague/undisclosed reasons — is a huge blemish on her public service record and will make all NYers less safe.

The tools exist to fix dangerous conditions outside school streets. Virtually overnight, we can: - Reduce speed limits outside schools - Make universal daylighting the law All eyes on you @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social

Advocates asked Cuomo to sign the pledge to Make McGuinness Safe before the primary, which is more than enough time to "review the plan." These are not the words of a candidate that is serious about street safety. www.brooklynpaper.com/demand-mcgui...

Montreal has done incredible work iterating and expanding pedestrianization programs that were born out of the pandemic, now making them permanent. Sadly, NYC has done the opposite — our pedestrianization programs are a glimmer of what they were in 2021. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This is really a surreal, insane thing to see. Advocates put so much into trying to make McGuinness safe, and tolerated condescension and self-righteousness from Eric Adams and Ingrid Lewis-Martin at every turn. Turns out, they were being bribed the whole time!

This kind of treatment can be a model for New York — to create permeable surfaces, reduce flooding and combined sewer overflow, and ultimately make our waterways clean and swimmable. But we need to secure the space on our streets to do it!

This crash in Astoria this morning killed 3, including 2 pedestrians. Everyone can agree, the status quo on our streets is unacceptable. We need to embrace real systemic and structural changes to keep pedestrians safe. @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social what will you do? abc7ny.com/post/astoria...

Because @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ran a people-powered campaign/is not beholden to special interests, he can truly advance policy and infra solutions that make streets safe and improve transit — this is a generational opportunity to transform our urban landscape nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/06/26/h...

A judge has issued a temporary restraining order preventing Mayor Adams and Ydanis Rodriguez from ripping up a piece of the protected bike lane on Bedford Avenue iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewD...

The NY Times non-endorsement and its “eh, Brad’s fine but not super awesome and tough like the big ol’ sex pest” take looks worse with each passing moment.

Absolutely horrifying how many human lives our mayor is willing to put at risk to score political points.

Something a lot of people who don't cover transportation politics don't know is that there's a small number of deeply unwell guys who show up to aggressively heckle at transit/safe streets events and make content of it. It's breaking containment now, which is uh, cool

I'm not sure that Citizens Union can continue to call itself a good government group.

Kudos to @dmey.bsky.social for jumping in the Open Streets beat to report Cuomo and @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social don't know if they support Open Streets. The official position of mayoral candidates shouldn't be "I don't know." Not indicative of good leadership. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/07/e...

This is an outrageous policy change. Also, if you’re gonna do this then you gotta do it for drivers, too right? Given those are obviously far far more dangerous vehicles. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/02/p...

Lincoln Square Road Closure and Accompanying Comments From The Local Facebook Page (April 2025)

I've been biking in Brooklyn for a few years now! It's hard for me to believe it, but I'm one of the people other bicyclists ask questions to now. Bike Brooklyn! is a zine I made that touches on everything I wish I knew when I started biking in Brooklyn: lizdenys.com/bikebk/

Testimony from @ammorano.bsky.social, co-chair of @tabk.bsky.social:

For the record, Council Member Chris Banks just said the words that "we all want safety, but parking is more important."

A week or so ago this number was only $10k. What changed? This is an obvious political lie by the agency to kneecap Intro 1138.

NYC DOT: "While every modern city in the world can do this, we simply can't because it is impossible."

Really shameful shilling against safety by our DOT. These staffers should be ashamed.

Blocked hydrants are a major problem on NYC's streets, with the FDNY having gone as far as blaming the phenomenon for the recent death of a man in Brooklyn. So why does the DOT see hydrant zones as a suitable stand-in for universal daylighting?

Sign up to testify in support of Intro 1138 (universal daylighting) at Monday's City Council hearing here: council.nyc.gov/testify/ Select "Mon, April 21, 2025 @ 10:00 AM - Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure" for the meeting. You're probably testifying for "self"! See you there!

"It’s possible DOT is daunted by such a large city-wide policy change. ... universal daylighting represents a considerable shift. However, as leading street safety experts have said, this change makes it easier to improve safety." new from @ammorano.bsky.social: nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/04/18/o...

To kick off our Car-Free Earth Day programming, we are organizing a community cleanup! We will start at Underhill Plaza on Saturday, April 26 at 10am, and spread out over the neighborhood. We will provide trash bags and gloves. Feel free to bring your own trash picker, broom, or other tools.

As the hearing for @cmjuliewon.bsky.social's Intro 1138 approaches, I'm reflecting on why street safety matters. Like too many NYers, I have a parent who was seriously injured in a crash — a crash that could've been prevented with just a little effort. We need universal daylighting in NYC!

We're getting ready for Monday's City Council hearing on universal daylighting! ✅ Signs made ✅ Testimony prepared @cmjuliewon.bsky.social Intro 1138 will make our streets safer, and we need your help to pass it...

We are exactly one week out from the City Council hearing for CM Won's universal daylighting bill, Intro 1138! I'm proud that my Council Member, CM Rita Joseph, is co-sponsoring this important bill. Council District 40 and the entire city need universal daylighting!

We're just a week away from @council.nyc.gov's hearing on Intro 1138 to make universal daylighting the law in NYC. Thank you council member @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social for sponsoring this bill — NYC needs universal daylighting!

A bike ride with Brad Lander is in the books, and that can mean only one thing: The Dave Colon Open Challenge is officially live. Mayoral candidates, if you want some, come get some

The hearing for @cmjuliewon.bsky.social's Intro 1138 to make universal daylighting the law in NYC is one week away! I'm thrilled that my representative CM Hudson sponsors this bill — and I look forward to seeing her fight to get it across the finish line. NYC needs universal daylighting!

I mentioned this is Stephen's replies, but the reasoning is the parochial nature of NYC politics and the top-down control the mayor exerts over the bureaucracy. DOT has a plan to redesign Grand Army Plaza while making many pedestrian-focused changes to Vanderbilt permanent.

Big huge streets news: The federal pandemic relief money that funded open streets has run out, and it is unclear if City Hall is going to replace it in the upcoming budget nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/04/03/o...

The $5M a year needed to support Open Streets, play streets, free on-street programs, bike boulevards and generally high quality public spaces is peanuts in the scope of the City budget — yet Mayor Adams is refusing to provide this funding. Shame on you! nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/04/03/o...

Brooklyn! If you support open streets and want to see them continue and even expand, please fill out this survey about the one on 5th Ave. Thank you!

“We don’t need more space for pedestrians - Prospect Park is RIGHT THERE!”

This was an inevitability, not an accident.

Hey New York Times and Mayor Adams: in what world is a speeding driver with a suspended license killing three people an ACCIDENT? It's not an "accident," it's a result of terrible choices made by her and the political system that allows her to keep driving: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/n...

@nyc-dot.bsky.social must commit to true streetscape improvements on Atlantic Ave as @chiosse.bsky.social and CM Hudson insisted at this week's Council hearing! @sophlebo.bsky.social continues her great coverage of AAMUP in @nyc.streetsblog.org: nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/03/28/c...

It is not an exaggeration that the city’s open street program is on the brink. We need to invest more in this if it’s going to survive, let alone flourish and grow: nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/03/14/o...

I’m not going to the Joint Address. I will be live posting and chatting with you all here instead. Then going on IG Live after.