This video includes a non-e-bike and was almost entirely by the shared path behind City Hall that cyclists are legally allowed to ride.
Speaker Julie Menin@speakermenin.bsky.social · yesterdayEvery New Yorker deserves to move around our city freely and safely, regardless of how they get around. That’s why the NYC Council is launching a comprehensive review of where existing laws can be stronger enforced, and what additional solutions are needed to keep New Yorkers safe.
If you need a private chauffeur to answer emails, texts, calls, that's just a skill issue. And re security, 95% of city officials getting these cars wouldn't get recognized by New Yorkers on the train/bus anyway. www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
Dozens of city officials are driven around by chauffeurs. Are they living in a bubble?
The passenger princess life can be isolating, but some call it a necessity of the job.
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Big trucks with 53 foot trailers should be a rare sight in the five boroughs, since they’re not legally allowed on our streets. But these rare birds are being seen all over New York City, all the time. . . youtube.com/shorts/HP40c...
Tracking down illegal trucks in New York City
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At a groundbreaking for the Fordham Road offset bus lane DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn says the lanes will help people “visit some amazing destinations like the Bronx Zoo, Fordham University, the New York Botanical Garden, Little Italy.” Whose leaders all kiboshed the project under Mayor Adams
The World Cup and the Knicks championship win showed how New Yorkers are eager to reclaim the city’s streets from cars. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/20/t...
'The Vibes Were Impeccable': World Cup, Knicks Showed Promise of Livable Streets in New York City - Streetsblog New York City
New York City quickly turned streets over to pedestrians, bike paths and bus lanes, demonstrating the Big Apple’s desire to allocate less space for huge private vehicles and more space for people.
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Mamdani’s ‘COGE‘ wants to speed up bike and bus lane construction by 33% nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/20/m...
Mamdani's Charter Panel Wants to Speed Up Bike and Bus Lanes by 33% - Streetsblog New York City
The mayor's Commission on Government Efficiency says its ballot proposal will streamline street safety projects.
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The end of lugging your bike up the stairs to your fifth-floor walkup is near 😤 @nyc-dot.bsky.social is bringing 500 secure bike parking lockers to New York City's streets by the end of 2027! And there's still time to request one for your block 👇 youtube.com/shorts/v8PBb...
500 bike parking lockers are coming to NYC's streets! #nyc #bike #urbanism #bikeparking
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The Mamdani administration is not fixing the most deadly part of Canal Street in Chinatown first, after some locals complained about losing parking and street vendors. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/14/k...
Not So Fast: DOT Won't Fix the Deadliest Parts of Canal Street First - Streetsblog New York City
Mayor Mamdani won't redesign the most dangerous part of Canal Street this year amid opposition to plans to swap parking for wider sidewalks.
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The only people critical of Mayor Mamdani's COGE panel's plans to cut red tape for street safety redesigns and outdoor dining applications at a public hearing last night were politicians who would lose power to weigh in on them. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/14/u...
'Unsafe Disaster': New Yorkers Ask Mamdani Charter Panel To Cut Street Redesign Red Tape - Streetsblog New York City
Regular people want faster safety improvements and outdoor dining approvals, but pols appear to want to retain their power.
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"Even though I really love what I do and I'm very dedicated to reporting in the Bronx, this job has permanently set me back financially," reporter Emily Swanson told The Groove nygroove.nyc/schneps-medi...
The Schneps Media Union is fighting for newsrooms that last
Turnover is high at the city's largest newspaper chain: 'There's not much in the way of institutional knowledge.'
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NEW: Mayor Mamdani's 'COGE' panel for government efficiency is eyeing changes to a 2000s bikelash-era law that has long delayed vital street safety redesigns. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/02/m...
Mamdani's 'COGE' Panel Sets Its Sights on Anti-Safety 'Major Transportation Projects' Law - Streetsblog New York City
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Committee on Government Efficiency wants to change a 17-year-old law created to slow down bike lanes and bus lanes.
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The city has still not replaced a deteriorating bike and pedestrian bridge on the Hudson River Greenway uptown, 17 years after the project started – and there's no end in sight. It took 14 years to build the Brooklyn Bridge. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/01/u...
Uptown Greenway Bridge Repairs Enters Year 17 With No End in Sight - Streetsblog New York City
The reconstruction of the Fort Washington Park Bridge segment of the Hudson River Greenway is back to square one 17 years after it began.
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Will be interesting to see if Mayor Mamdani advances this design further to a real low-traffic neighborhood www.amny.com/nyc-transit/...
FIRST ON amNY: DOT begins construction on pedestrian, cyclist improvements on Avenue B | amNewYork
The city's Department of Transportation will begin construction on Monday to redesign several blocks of Manhattan's Avenue B along the East Village's Tompkins
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LOVE TO REPORT GOOD NEWS!!! MY exclusive on this year's ADULT LAP SWIM, which is bigger and better. hellgatenyc.com/adult-lap-sw...
Exclusive: Adult Lap Swim Is Back and Much, Much Bigger This Year
But everyone will have to wait a while longer before finally diving back into the Red Hook Pool.
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The Flatbush Av bus upgrades aren't even finished and they're already cutting crossing distances in half.
FDNY brass are once again using their cachet to stifle DOT's protected bike lane expansion, this time on the much-anticipated Bronx Harlem River Greenway. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/06/26/f...
FDNY Brass Lobby Against Bronx Harlem River Greenway - Streetsblog New York City
FDNY officials are taking their war on Mayor Zohran Mamdani's plans to build bike lanes to a Bronx community board.
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The city is tweaking its flawed "mountable" raised bike lanes on Grand Concourse in the Bronx, in order to prevent illegal parking. But Streetsblog found motorists blocking the newer paths too. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/06/25/m...
'Mountable' No More? City Says New Bike Lane Design on Grand Concourse Will Curb Illegal Parking - Streetsblog New York City
The new bike paths on Boogie Down’s iconic thoroughfare will feature a standard curb mid-block, but still allow illegal parking via sloped curbs at the beginning and ends of a block.
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The Clinton Street bike lane is over capacity during the morning rush.
FiDi businesses are yearning for more pedestrian friendly designs of their congested streets, like pedestrianizations or a low-traffic neighborhood. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/06/22/f...
PEDESTRIANIZE NOW! Financial District Businesses Want Space for People Not Cars - Streetsblog New York City
Financial District businesses want more space for pedestrians to boost their revenues.
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Lower Manhattan will be car-free, thanks to the New York Knicks
Rebecca Baird-Remba@thecitywanderer.bsky.social · 2mo agoDamn what if we just did this all the time
"It’s not like better street design is some kind of mystery," says the best friend of the cyclist who was killed in a crash with an illegal scooter rider on the Queensboro Bridge -- via @sophlebo.bsky.social nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/06/15/d...
Dead Cyclist's Best Friend Demands Action Against Illegal Vehicles on City Streets
The best friend of Dmytro Stechenko, who was killed in a head-on collision with an illegal scooter-rider on the Queensboro Bridge, is calling on the city to do more.
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Christian Pichardo (Sunnyside) and Sam Dubin (Bed-Stuy) were 1 and 2 on line for the NYC soccer jerseys, getting here around 1 am. They both coincidentally had just seen “Disclosure Day.” They started as strangers but are now friends and plan to watch some matches together ⚽️🥅
The Mamdani administration is moving full steam ahead with adding more truck routes in Sunset Park, as an Adams-era safety redesign of Third Avenue continues to stall. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/06/12/d...
Department of Trucks: Brooklynites Beg for Relief on Third Ave. as Safety Redesign Stalls - Streetsblog New York City
Sunset Park and Bay Ridge are asking Mayor Zohran Mamdani and DOT not to unleash more truck traffic in their neighborhoods.
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