L Train Shutdown Will Wreak Havoc Without New Bus and Bike Lanes, Traffic Study Says

February 23, 2018 By Ben Brandstein

(Photo courtesy of Buck Ennis)

Thousands of bikers are expected to flood Union Square, and 14th Street will become the country’s busiest bus corridor, when the L train shuts down next year, according to a new study. The MTA and DOT released a traffic analysis yesterday showing just how disruptive the 15-month closure of the Canarsie tunnel will be. Proposed solutions include a two-way bike lane on 13th Street and a busway on 14th Street, and some of them will be implemented as soon as this summer. More →

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East Broadway Subway Station Is F-ing Disgusting, Pols Say

August 3, 2017 By J. Oliver Conroy

City DOT commissioner Polly Trottenberg speaks with press.

A group of city officials and local residents gathered today at the East Broadway subway station as part of a publicity tour calling attention to New York City’s deteriorating public transit system.

Tags: department of transportation, DOT, LES, Lower East Side, lower manhattan, margaret chin, mta, new york, nyc, Polly Trottenberg, Subway, transportation, Ydanis Rodriguez