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The L Train Shutdown Isn’t Up for Debate
With 75 public meetings on the L train shutdown already in the books, Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg and MTA chief Andy Byford were in the West Village last night for a public question...
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Bill de Blasio’s L Train Shutdown
Yesterday’s L train shutdown town hall in Williamsburg was a relatively staid affair compared to last week’s in the West Village. Most people testified about the need for good 24/7 bus service over the...
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The Call for 24/7 Bus Lanes During the L Train Shutdown Keeps Getting Stronger
With the western portion of the L train slated to go dark for 15 months starting next April, North Brooklyn residents and community organizations are increasingly alarmed that the city hasn’t committed...
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Council Speaker Corey Johnson Still Has No Position on Busways and Bike Lanes...
City Council Speaker Corey Johnson is uniquely situated to fight for L train riders who’ll need new travel options when the western portion of the line is shut down for repairs next year. He not only...
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The Soft Underbelly of DOT’s L Train Shutdown Plan for 14th Street
DOT released revised details for the 14th Street section of its L train shutdown plan yesterday. It could have been worse, but there are a few weaknesses that stand out. When the western section of the...
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Meet the Start-Up Vultures Eager to Gobble Up the Scraps of the MTA and DOT’s...
A tech start-up wants to take advantage of the public’s lack of faith in the MTA and DOT’s plan to keep transit riders moving when the L train shuts down. Dubbed, “The New L,” which popped up on...
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Five Still-Unanswered Questions That Are The Key to the L Shutdown Plan
The city and state need to move an unprecedented number of people between Brooklyn and Manhattan when the L train’s Canarsie tunnel shuts down in April — and it is very far from certain that they can...
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DOT Aims to Beef Up North Brooklyn Bike Network Ahead of L Train Shutdown
A short segment of protected bike lane on Knickerbocker Avenue and curbside buffered bike lanes on Morgan Avenue highlight a slate of North Brooklyn bike connections that DOT presented to Brooklyn...
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Citi Bike May Expand East Into Bushwick Before the L Train Shutdown
Here’s a tiny piece of good news out of next April’s L train shutdown: Citi Bike may expand into Bushwick in advance of the Canarsie tunnel repair. That was pretty much the sole piece of news made as...
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Manhattan Community Board to City: Get Real on L-Train Plan
A Manhattan community group says that the current plan for next year’s L-train shutdown will fall considerable short of what will be needed to efficiently move the 400,000 daily commuters who will be...
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READ ALL ABOUT IT: Full MTA/DOT L Train Update
Set your calendars! The MTA and Department of Transportation have released a treasure trove of information about the 15-month L-train shutdown, which is now slated to begin on April 27. That,...
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Bird Tries to Wedge E-Scooters Into L-Train Shutdown Plans
Mayor de Blasio thinks Bird and other e-scooters are dangerous and he personally would never ride one. Then again, the chauffeured mayor has nothing to worry about when the L train shuts down in April...
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Pols: Cuomo’s L-Train Bombshell Should Not Kill Bus and Bike Fixes
Even before the city could fully digest Gov. Cuomo’s kibosh of the L-train shutdown, a chorus of city officials began demanding the implementation of long-planned bike and transit improvements that...
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CYCLE OF RAGE: Mr. Mayor, Commit Now to Retaining L-Train Improvements
The governor threw everyone a curveball with his L-train switcheroo earlier this week, but it’s actually a fat fastball right down the middle for Mayor de Blasio. But rather than hit it out of the...
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Cyclists Endangered as Bike Lanes Attacked With Glass
Another city bike lane that was already under fire from pro-parking forces has been vandalized, this time with broken glass and signs and graffiti calling for its removal. It’s the second time since...
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New L-Train Shutdown Plan As Bad As We Expected
The MTA confirmed on Wednesday that L-train repair work endorsed by Gov. Cuomo will cause serious disruptions — undermining the agency’s denials that had been exposed in Streetsblog’s earlier scoop....
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Four Lessons for 14th Street From Toronto’s Transit-First King Street
City officials are saying their “busway” plan for 14th Street was inspired by the success of a similar project on Toronto’s King Street. But New York ain’t Canada. In Toronto, city officials (and the...
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Anatomy of a Resignation: Why Polly Trottenberg Quit the MTA Board
Of course Polly Trottenberg quit the MTA board — it’s a fake, no-power, fig-leaf body that ultimately offers no role for an intelligent, committed professional whose own boss let her down repeatedly....
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