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Covering the movement for better walking, biking, and transit in the five boroughs. Got a tip? Email: tips AT streetsblog DOT org. Retweets are NOT endorsements
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The person delivering your Grubhub order may not have actually been working for Grubhub. Streetsblog found that Grubhub subcontracted to another app called Relay to skirt paying NYC's delivery minimum wage to those workers. Here's @sophlebo with more:
Streetsblog New York City547,117 görüntüleme • 3 ay önce

Citi Bike recorded over 24,000 rides on Tuesday, a day after this week's snowstorm ended — when most bikes across NYC were still snowed into docks. With the price of Citi Bike continuing to outpace inflation *and* the increase in subway fare, Lyft owes its customers more.
Streetsblog New York City650,980 görüntüleme • 5 ay önce

A NY State Trooper was arrested in NJ after a night getting drunk at a strip club... while he was supposed to be on duty patrolling MTA bridges and tunnels. The cop was part of a rogue unit based in NYC that includes some of the state's highest-paid cops, reports Sammy Sussman.
Streetsblog New York City111,157 görüntüleme • 29 gün önce

One bus rider we spoke to waited over HALF-AN-HOUR for the Bx36 on Tremont Ave. this winter!
Streetsblog New York City49,145 görüntüleme • 15 gün önce

Snow is nature's urban planner: It can show us what parts of the road drivers don't use — and what can be reclaimed for pedestrians. Post photos and videos of all the #sneckdowns you see and tag us and Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani so today's winter wonderland can inspire better streets all year!
Streetsblog New York City430,139 görüntüleme • 6 ay önce

There's an abandoned rail line in Queens. Two opposing advocacy groups have ideas about what to do with it. QueensLink wants a park AND a rail line. The QueensWay wants a park WITHOUT rail. Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani has decided to move forward with QueensWay, did he make the right call?
Streetsblog New York City24,878 görüntüleme • 24 gün önce

The Chambers J/Z station is one of the oldest stations in New York City's transit system — and it doesn't look like it's been touched by the MTA since it was built. But thanks to congestion pricing, it's getting a huge upgrade, reports Good Idea Dave.
Streetsblog New York City52,025 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce

In a city where every improvement is met with bureaucracy and exorbitant price tags, it's refreshing to see NYC DOT do easy things to make life in New York a little better... Like turning an extra lane of parking in Greenwich Village into a new seating area 🌊
Streetsblog New York City29,879 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce

NYC's e-bike classification rules can be confusing — especially when online retailers (and the media 👀) describe anything with two wheels and a motor as an e-bike Sophia Lebowitz explains why it's so easy to think you're buying an e-bike when you've really been sold an illegal e-moto
Streetsblog New York City44,467 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce