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DOT Will Create Two Delivery ‘Microhubs’ Below BQE
WEBAug 1, 2024 · DOT plans to open as many as 20 microhubs citywide later this year — both off the street and along the curb — as part of its three-year pilot, the reps said. The pilot first launched last summer and was required by a 2021 Council law by then-Speaker Corey Johnson, which passed amid an e-commerce explosion during the Covid-19 pandemic.
First Look: The DOT Finally Has Plans For Its Queensboro Bridge ...
WEBApr 8, 2024 · The streets on both ends of the Queensboro Bridge will be remade into safer, people-first spaces as part of the long-awaited reopening of the span's south outer roadway that will finally give cyclists and pedestrians a separate path to walk and ride on.
Council Hopeful Champions a Pedestrianized Broadway in …
WEBFeb 1, 2021 · Image: Lind campaign. A candidate for a City Council seat on Manhattan’s Upper West Side is making the issue of Broadway pedestrianization a central focus her bid. Sara Lind, one of at least six candidates for the District 6 seat is basing her candidacy in part on a plan to stimulate an economic recovery on Broadway from 59th to 110th streets ...
and How You Can, Too - Streetsblog New York City
WEBJan 3, 2022 · With that ammo, I filed an Article 78 lawsuit — named after a provision in the state’s Freedom of Information Law that enables judges to compel government entities that wrongfully withhold information. We were assigned an October 2021 court date, which we adjourned for November. Then, just before our appearance, I got an email with a zipped file from the NYC Law Department.
Beyond 'KSI': How DOT Can Identify Unsafe Streets Before Tragedy ...
WEBAug 17, 2023 · In prioritizing streets for safety redesigns and selling them to the public, the Department of Transportation uses a statistic based on the total number of people killed or severely injured at any given location — a stat known as “KSI.”. The metric shows planners where the city's failure to produce safe streets has had deadly or near ...
Streetsblog New York City – Covering the fight for sustainable cities
WEBJun 8, 2023 · Because people are dying and being maimed on New York's most-dangerous 25-mile-per-hour streets. The bill does not mandate lower speed limits, but would only allow New York City to reduce some — and the city Department of Transportation would likely start on the streets with the most crashes, many of …
Boondoggle: State And Feds Are Dumping Yet Another Giant …
WEBAug 15, 2024 · More highways in the Bronx? No thonx! Gov. Hochul plans to use federal money to build a mile-long, four-lane highway alongside the Cross Bronx Expressway — selling it as a "community connector" despite its environmental negatives for neighborhoods long plagued by the deleterious effect of putting cars over people.
Adams Says He'll Ban Parking Near 1,000 Intersections Every Year …
WEBDec 1, 2023 · Hizzoner is starting to see the (day)light. The city will remove car parking near 1,000 intersections a year, following the well-established street safety design for better visibility known as daylighting, Mayor Adams announced Thursday, but road officials has yet to add the life-saving measure at a Brooklyn corner where a 7-year-old boy was killed by an NYPD tow truck driver more than a month ...
Brooklyn Pedestrian Fatally Struck By Garbage Truck Driver Who ...
WEBJun 27, 2024 · A Brooklyn senior was fatally struck by a truck driver who initially yielded the right of way before growing impatient and killing her — the latest death in a year that is experiencing a 26-percent rise in pedestrian fatalities.