“Here’s a constituent e-mail from Brooklyn Assembly Member Joan Millman, who finally, bravely announces her intent to vote for congestion pricing. Note the time stamp: nearly two hours after the plan was declared dead.”–Streets Blog

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Two years ago the city made changes to Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights to “calm” traffic, including creating medians and left turn lanes. The changes cut accidents with pedestrians and bicyclists among other things. Now, the Department of Transportation is planning a redesign of Vanderbilt between Dean Street and Grand Army Plaza that will include […]

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Normally, the promise of a City Council hearing is not something that gets the juices flowing. When the hearing is a Transportation Committee oversight hearing on G Train service. We posted about this in late March and it’s worth noting again that the hearing will take place today at 1PM in the City Council Chambers […]

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Congestion pricing died in Albany yesterday, perhaps for good. Here is some of the coverage: $8 Traffic Fee for Manhattan Gets Nowhere [NYT] With Congestion Pricing Dead, $17B Transit Deficit Looms [Streets Blog] Requiem for Congestion Pricing [2nd Ave Sagas] Breaking: Silver Says Congestion Pricing is Dead [Gothamist] Conge$tion Hits End of the Road [NYP] […]

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Congestion pricing is dead. It fizzled rather than going out with a bang, as it didn’t even come to a vote in the legislature. Assem. Speaker Sheldon Silver said that there wasn’t enough support for the plan to go through the formality of voting. Today was the deadline for passing the plan in order to […]

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Ah, another weekend of insane service changes on the F line, from Park Slope to Jay Street-Borough Hall, and the Running of the Shuttle Buses. We caught the monthly Running of the Buses at Ninth Street and Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, where people were staring slack jawed at the mindboggling set of directions from […]

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If you depend on the F train to get places and you normally catch the train between Jay Street-Borough Hall and Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, be prepared to take shuttle buses this weekend or walk. The same set of disruptions that occurred a few weeks ago are happening again and the instructions are so […]

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Want to see which City Council Districts had members that voted for congestion pricing and which ones voted against? Look no further than this map, which is coded in green for “yes” and purple for “no,” along with the one now very well known “not present,” which is gray.–Streets Blog

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Delta has new service to Latin America and it is being advertised on the G Train. Among the destinations are San Jose, Guatemala, Panama and, uh, Liberia, which has apparently left Africa crossed the ocean. Hey, it’s the G Train.–New York Shitty

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Yesterday afternoon, the Mayor’s congestion pricing plan passed the City Council by a vote of 30-20. The vote in the Brooklyn delegation was 9-7 against the plan. Brooklyn City Council Members voting in favor were: Simcha Felder, Sara M. Gonzalez, Letitia James, Domenic M. Recchia, Kendall Stewart, Albert Vann and David Yassky. Brooklyn Members voting […]

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This could be one of the most riveting City Council hearings to be held in a long time: on April 8 the City Council Transportation Committee will be having an oversight hearing on G Train service. The announcement was made by committee Chair Chair John Liu yesterday. The release announcing the session said that “Witnesses […]

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Among the things that came up at Wednesday night’s community session in Windsor Terrace on the Mayor’s Resident Parking Permit Program was congestion pricing. One of the points of contention, according to GL Correspondent Anna Lewis was the fate of the money that would be raised by fees: Many residents expressed cynicism about the fate […]

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Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama supports New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s congestion pricing strategy. He told WNYC’s Bob Hennelly, “I think Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal for congestion pricing is a thoughtful and innovative approach to the problem.” He also voiced support for Federal mass transit funding. The full interview will be on All Things Considered later […]

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[Photo courtesy of Anna Lewis] Almost 80 people attended a community forum on Residential Parking Permits (RPP) last night in Windsor Terrace at Holy Name Church. The forum was co-sponsored by Councilmember Bill de Blasio, Community Board 7, the Windsor Terrace Alliance, Friends of Church Avenue and Kensington-Windsor Terrace Neighbors. Mr. de Blasio opened and […]

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There will be a community forum on residential parking permits hosted by Council Member Bill de Blasio and Community Board 7 in Windsor Terrace on Wednesday (3/26). It will take place from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm at Shepherds Hall at Holy Name Church, which is located at 245 Prospect Park West. Last week, CB7 […]

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[Photo courtesy of Anna Lewis] GL Correspondent Anna Lewis attended last nights CB7 Meeting and filed this report: Brooklyn Community Board 7 (Windsor Terrace and Sunset Park) rejected Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing plan at its monthly meeting Wednesday night. It objected primarily to the Mayor’s inclusion of a residential parking permit system within the congestion […]

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Is New York City Transit trying to get a sense of ridership on the B61 route, which terminates in Red Hook and is being extended to the new Ikea when it opens on Beard Street, or are they actually trying to gauge ridership in order to make independent service improvements? A reader emails to say: […]

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Mayor Bloomberg and Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced a Residential Parking Permit proposal yesterday. They held a press conference in Boerum Hill that ended up taking place at the same time as Gov. Spitzer’s resignation speech. They used it to announce a new residential parking permit plan that will be part of congestion pricing legislation. […]

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The Mayor’s press schedule for today only says that Mayor Bloomberg will be making an announcement at Bergen and Bond Streets this morning at 11:30AM. The announcement, however, is one of interest: The Mayor and DOT Commissioner will announce “residential parking permits as part of congestion pricing.” It is unknown right now which neighborhoods will […]

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“More than 30 Brooklyn subway stations could be targeted for badly needed renovations under the proposed capital budget plan released by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority last week. From Bushwick to Bensonhurst, and many neighborhoods in between, dilapidated stations could receive $3.7 billion in repair and refurbishing over the next four years.”–NYDN

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On Friday, we posted a reader’s photo and questions about one-way signs that had appeared on Fifth Avenue in Sunset Park. One reader left a comment that some type of construction might be taking place and that the street–which is in wretched condition–was going to be repaved. Yesterday, another reader answered the question with some […]

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Is Fifth Avenue going one-way in Sunset Park? We haven’t seen anything about this, but a reader sent us the photo above, which shows a new one-way sign waiting to be uncovered at Fifth Avenue and 34th Street that bears all the signs of some temporary changes. (That’s Green-Wood Cemetery in the background.) He writes: […]

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Things may be looking up for subway access in parts of Brooklyn as MTA chief Eliott Sander announced that the MTA “is studying plans to rejuvinate the sleeping giant of a rail line that passes near the Junction from points east in Brooklyn and Queens.” The plan would involve converting a freight line for subway […]

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If you are averse to stories about mounds of crap or if you are eating breakfast, lunch or dinner, stop reading and move on to the next item. If, like us, you find such tales of shitty misfortune compelling in a weird sort of way, read on. This comes from the Park Slope Forum on […]

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