Pedestrian crowding on Eighth Avenue used to be so bad that people were forced to walk in the street — but Adams is casting doubt on efforts to give people more space to walk. The city is floating plans to extend bus lanes and bike lanes north up Third Avenue from 96th Street to th street.
Here's why. The city's Fourth of July celebrations were punctuated by a horrific tragedy in Lower Manhattan. Plus more news. The state released few details about the new temporary tags, but noted they'll be reformatted and printed on different paper to "prevent and reduce fraud.
Hochul's rationale for killing congestion pricing took another blow on Thursday as a federal judge dismissed one of the major lawsuits against it. Hochul to determine what happens next. Chuck Schumer and Carl Heastie are two of the most powerful politicians in New York — but don't expect them to fight for congestion pricing, even though they support it. It's the Fourth of July, and we're still trying to get the taste of Gov. Hochul's congestion pricing betrayal off our tongues. A full dock doesn't equate to unused bikes — quite the contrary, according bike-share experts across the country and abroad.
Citi Bike e-bike rides will get more expensive for annual members starting July 10 — the second time Lyft has hiked its prices this year. The presidential election could determine the fate of congestion pricing. The Times floats a possible congestion pricing compromise, but the old plan is still the law.
Read all three parts of Jesse Coburn's award-winning investigation. As thousands of guards returned to street corners across the city last week for the reopening of public schools, records obtained by Streetsblog reveal the dangers that guards face on the job. The new interactive map tracks daily car crashes in the downtown Manhattan tolling zone where congestion pricing would've cut car traffic by 17 percent. June 30, came and went yesterday without the once-planned launch of congestion pricing.
