David Meyer
@dmey.bsky.social
journalist @nyc.streetsblog.org, dmeyer@streetsblog.org. 🏳️🌈
someone smarter than i needs to probe the millennial professional underclass resentments at play in the LIRR strike discourse
well, i'm here now because X the everything app won't let me post for some reason
Great writeup from @dmey.bsky.social in today's @nygroove.nyc on the world of COVID-safe dance parties still happening in the city nygroove.nyc/dj-bobbito-g...
Bobbito Garcia is DJing in New York City again — but you’ll need to wear a mask
The radio and streetball legend is back with parties that center COVID safety in a COVID-unsafe world
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Sorry to get on the same soapbox again, but this guy sued the city in addition to the driver because the city can pay out the big bucks and the driver can't, and the reason the driver can't is that US insurance minima are too low.
"Waymo has told advocates that expecting it to respect bike lanes is 'too high a bar' because customers expect to be dropped off in them." To be crystal clear, it's illegal for a car to be in a bike lane. It doesn't matter what Waymo's customers expect; the company shouldn't be doing it.
Waymo Is Not In The 'Vision Zero' Toolbox: Data - Streetsblog New York City
At least two of the cities where Waymo operates have not experienced declines in traffic-related injuries and deaths.
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got harassed on twitter by Sid Rosenberg and John Chell today and all i got was an admission that NYPD won't issue you a traffic ticket if you listen to the right talk show or have the right job nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/25/f...
Former NYPD Chief Admits Giving 'Free Pass' to City Workers, Right Wing Allies - Streetsblog New York City
NYPD cops ignore transgressions by drivers if they happen to be listeners of right-wing radio host Sid Rosenberg, former police chief John Chell said.
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Big tech companies like Uber have been spending big to deregulate auto insurance in New York state, at the expense of crash victims, and Gov. Hochul is pushing their cause in the name of "affordability." nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/22/c...
'CAR'-Tastrophe: Big Tech is Secretly Behind Hochul's Auto Insurance Rate Cut Push - Streetsblog New York City
Is Uber really interested in a more affordable New York?
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Gov. Hochul is pushing an Uber-backed proposal to make it harder for car crash victims to receive compensation for their injuries under the guise of affordability — and with the support of the new mayor. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/14/g...
Gov. Hochul's Uber-Backed Car Insurance 'Reforms' Threaten Payouts To Crash Victims - Streetsblog New York City
Hochul wants to limit payouts to crash victims under the banner of "affordability" and claims that "staged crashes" drive up insurance rates.
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Unlicensed drivers killed nearly 300 pedestrians, cyclists and motorists on city streets between 2021-2024 — and their percentage share of the carnage soared in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, new city data analyzed by Streetsblog shows.
Unlicensed Drivers Comprise One-Quarter Of Street Fatalities: Data - Streetsblog New York City
Unlicensed drivers are now responsible for one-quarter of road fatalities — and are linked to fatal crashes much more often now than pre-pandemic, a new Streetsblog analysis shows.
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One of the biggest tells of how blatantly screwed up medicine's mishandling of chronic illnesses is comes from physicians who end up suffering from them pretty much all saying that it's nothing like what they were taught it's like and no one else in the profession is bothered by that.
Mark Ungrin@mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 7mo agoIf you're wondering how the medical community can ignore a disease that causes all of the damage laid out in the thread below, take note of the fact that continuing medical education processes are so outdated and ineffectual that many can't even recognize #longCOVID when they get it themselves.
Streetsblog is not going to be less critical of the mayor just because suddenly it's someone all our readers think is their boyfriend
the zohramp saga seems to indicate the mayor's word/agenda is not only not being followed by NYPD, but actively undermined nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/08/z...
'Zohramp' At Williamsburg Bridge Still NYPD Ticket Trap ... For Cyclists - Streetsblog New York City
The NYPD was back to ticketing cyclists at the Williamsburg Bridge bike path in Manhattan even before the asphalt had fully dried on the new "Zohramp."
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twitter is freaking me out right now i need the warm embrace of the bluesky echo chamber