If you've ever lingered by a bus lane in your car thinking "just one second," that second might now cost you up to $250. The MTA has quietly expanded its Automated Camera Enforcement (ACE) program -those bus-mounted cameras that catch drivers blocking bus stops, double parking or cruising in bus-only lanes-and the buses themselves are now acting as ticketing agents.
"I'm not anti-car, I'm anti-speed," explained Oakland DOT director Josh Rowan, at a SPUR talk Tuesday in Rockridge. The key, he said, to making a city inviting all comes down to how it feels to walk around, and it's a big deterrent when people don't feel safe crossing the street. "We have challenges in Oakland with reckless drivers, speeding... how do we scrub some of that speed off?"
The bike lane along Flushing shares sidewalk space with pedestrians, who must cross paths with cyclists to reach a bus stop at North Elliot Place. The two men, ages 41 and 39, were taken to the hospital in stable condition. Police officials said neither of the men was arrested. Their e-bike remained at the scene of the crash, which remained under investigation.
Fernando Velazquez, 94, was stopped on the shoulder just south of Shiloh Road when the driver of a northbound Range Rover veered off the road and struck him, California Highway Patrol Officer David deRutte said. Velazquez was taken to Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, where he later died. Velazquez rode his tricycle every day, joking it was his secret to a long life, according to a GoFundMe set up to cover funeral expenses.
The man stood in the middle of the road in decadent Beverly Hills, gawking at one of those only-in-L.A. streetscapes. He was looking at a row of palm trees in linear formation, like soldiers awaiting inspection, lining the road as far as the eye could see. Alongside the Spanish colonial homes, the scene is a picturesque look into wealth, opulence and superfluity that only a select few Angelenos can afford.
The crash with a car was reported at 8:25 p.m. on Branham Lane near Jarvis Avenue, according to the San Jose Police Department. The motorcycle rider, described only as an adult, was taken to the hospital with major injuries and was pronounced dead, police said. A minor who was riding in the car was also taken to the hospital with what were described as injuries that were not life threatening, police said.
when a German tourist is decapitated in Midtown during the annual Gridlock Alert fuckery by a reckless driver with a fake plate - the fucking kind of fake plate that tourists buy on Canal Street for $5 that I have fucking personally told Mayor Adams and NYPD Commissioner Tisch about - you have to let a guy with only a few ticks left on his superannuated clock stick his head out of a pixellated window and scream a barbaric yawp.
Our friend Chris Dunn, formerly of the New York Civil Liberties Union, had a Daily News op-ed demanding that the next mayor restore City Hall to the people, who had it stolen from them by Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Kudos to NY1 for covering the massive traffic impacts of the remaining casino proposals. And hat-tip to Sara Lind of Open Plans for breaking it down.
The Sunshine State's unique combination of a large resident population, a thriving tourism industry, and a vibrant nightlife scene creates a perfect storm for traffic incidents. Millions of visitors arrive each year, adding to already congested highways and city streets. The study found that alcohol‑related crashes dominate the statistics, with more than 7,000 injuries linked solely to alcohol impairment during the study period - far outpacing drug‑related incidents.
Starting Monday, drivers along four more MTA bus routes in Queens and the Bronx will begin receiving warning letters if they block bus lanes or bus stops, officials said. After a 60-day grace period, fines will kick in along the Q6 line in Queens and the Bx20, Bx3 and Bx7 in the Bronx, according to the MTA. Tickets start at $50 and can rise to $250 for repeat offenders.
We're looking for traffic calming. We're looking for safety for residents, for our neighbours, for our kids. We're feeling very dejected, very disappointed in our city's inaction. And honestly, it feels like there's no accountability. There's no transparency, there's no care and no urgency at all. And this is a street that has experienced 1,500 crashes in the last decade ... How can the city look at that data and still sit on their hands we just don't understand.
Drivers keep driving through Santa Clara as a detour around Central Ave construction. We don't have any signage like other intersections along 5th St or like when construction began. We don't have any enforcement like in April. It's worse than ever. There are fewer people using the streets, instead only more drivers. Kids are afraid to ride bikes and scooters off of the sidewalks.
Residing near the junction, Judith Yau feels mainly safe as a pedestrian but acknowledges that the roads can feel cramped and drivers unpredictable, supporting the proposed safety changes.
"Mayor Adams and the DOT, shame on you for not fixing this yesterday," said Ron Gentile, a friend of 55-year-old cyclist Kevin Cruickshank who was killed by a driver at Canal Street over the weekend. "This is the fully predictable consequence of the design of this intersection, or park, or highway off ramp, or whatever you want to call it."
