Ben Furnas

Idea: eliminate all parking on one side of every street and install a vast network of curbside, 14-foot wide protected emergency vehicle lanes that can be used by people on bikes when there isn't an emergency.

Gotta call bullshit. Note how this concern is never brought up for one-way, one-lane streets with no bike lane with parking on both sides leaving no room for drivers to pull over to make way for emergency vehicles. Same thing with big arterials such as Flatbush or Atlantic that are often jammed.

No Gaps in the Bike Network! - Transportation Alternatives

If we want to be a truly world-class biking city, we need a network that actually works: no more dead ends, missing links, and gaping omissions.

🚲 Tell DOT Commissioner Flynn to close the gaps in NYC’s bike network — sign our petition now: act.transalt.org/a/no-gaps

New York has hundreds of miles of protected bike lanes. But they don’t connect.

A bike lane shouldn’t just… end. But too often it does — dumping riders into traffic, whether it’s for a block or an entire neighborhood.

What We’re Expecting From the Streets Plan Under Mamdani — Transportation Alternatives “We’re bringing the Streets Master Plan back to life,” Mayor Mamdani announced on February 13. Flanked by DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn and MTA Chair Janno Leiber, the press conference — relaunching ped...

“We’re bringing the Streets Master Plan back to life,” Mayor Mamdani announced in a February 13 press conference relaunching pedestrian, bike, and bus projects stalled by the Adams administration.

Here's what we're expecting from the Streets Plan 2.0:

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The map of the line

Here's an example of what hit the cutting room floor because it simply costs too much. (The crazy idea)

A Northern Blvd-30 Ave-Fifth Ave-McGuinness/Graham-Utica Avenue subway line.

It's a whale of a project, running some 20 miles from end to end. It's got a lot of things that I really like.

Summer Streets is one of New York City’s most popular attractions — a remarkable feat in a city known for its entertainment, and a testament to the simple delight of a car-free street!

It's time to grow Summer Streets into the spring, fall, and evenings, with:

NYCICLOVIA

It's not every day you get to be on the bus with the mayor!

Bus riders in the Bronx deserve the best possible streets to get buses moving faster. On Day 44, the Mamdani administration is committing to unsticking stalled projects like Fordham Road — this is just the beginning!

thank you bad bunny for highlighting the importance of critical power distribution infrastructure bsky.app/profile/cost...

All I’ll say is we didn’t have a winter like this for all of Bill de Blasio's eight years since he put the fear of FUCKING GOD into the groundhogs.

2026 5 Boro Pizza Challenge You Asked, We Deliver. The 5 Boro Pizza Challenge is back in 2026! Are you ready for the ultimate multimodal pizza adventure? Join us on May 9, 2026, for the return of the legendary 5 Boro Pizza Chall...

The 5 Boro Pizza Challenge is back and cheesier than ever! On Saturday, May 9, this multi-modal adventure invites you to explore all five boroughs in a single day, eating at five epic pizzerias, using any mode of transportation — except, NO cars!

Register now: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

Families for Safe Streets member Joe Jankoski went on WNYC last week to talk about Stop Super Speeders.

To slow down reckless drivers and save lives, Albany must pass the program into law this spring.

"First launched in 1974, Ciclovía is a program that shuts down city streets to cars once a week, on Sundays, and opens them to people walking and biking... In a city of 9 million, some 2 million residents of the city participate every week."

When NYC DOT began its mission to transform NYC streets, it issued a lot of strong policy docs & updates on city transportation trends. We need to get back to that

Consider 2008's critique of NYC's underdeveloped public realm (with Gehl Architects), or the annual Sustainable Streets Index

Speed limiters for reckless drivers is a no brainer for safe streets. Let's hope this happens in NYC and the rest of the state very soon!

State of the State Exclusive: Hochul Will Push 'Stop Super Speeders' Bill Through Her Budget - Streetsblog Empire State New York City motorists with a documented pattern of excessive speeding would be required to install speed-limiting devices inside their cars, Gov. Hochul is expected to announce today.

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🙌🏼 Let's go!

BOOM

Governor Hochul will be advancing “Stop Super Speeders” through the budget - a major step forward for this common sense life-saving safety measure.

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How Mayor Mamdani Can Create a More Livable City, with Ben Furnas & Sara Lind Podcast Episode · Max Politics · 01/10/2026 · 1h 14m

Listen to our Executive Director, @bfurnas.bsky.social, on @benmax.bsky.social's podcast this morning!

"Right out of the gate, [Mayor Mamdani's] describing a much more expansive and ambitious vision for the streets."
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Founding StreetsPAC board member @kencoughlin.bsky.social!

YouTube video by New York Society for Ethical Culture Ken Coughlin: How a Central Park Bike Ride Led to 35 Years of Activism to Change NYC’s Streets

Ken Coughlin joined the campaign for a car-free Central Park in 1991 and led it from 1996 until the last car exited the park in 2018.

Watch his presentation at the New York Society for Ethical Culture: youtu.be/jPQ4rVvS3io?...

YouTube video by Streetsblog NYC Mayor Mamdani wants to make NYC's streetscape and transit "the envy of the world" #urbandesign

"When I was interviewing [DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn], we did not simply ask him about fulfilling that which has already been put forward. We asked him, what will it take to make this city the envy of the world when it comes to our streetscape?" — Mayor Mamdani youtube.com/shorts/69h0m...

YouTube video by Streetsblog NYC Mayor Mamdani commits to ending traffic violence across NYC on third day in office #safestreets

"I'm so sorry that we could not have done this earlier...to have saved the loved ones in your life. But I thank you fopr the work that you have done...to ensure that this pain not be felt by others who call this same city home." — Mayor Mamdani at McGuinness Blvd. presser youtube.com/shorts/uwAYI...

Mamdani Announces Full McGuinness Road Diet, Finishing a Job Halted by Adams - Streetsblog New York City Mayor Mamdani chose the third full day of his tenure to announce that he will complete the full safety redesign of deadly McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint — a project that was created under Mayor…

NEW: Mayor Mamdani chose the third full day of his tenure to announce that he will complete the full safety redesign of deadly McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint — a project that was created under Mayor Bill de Blasio, but watered down by Mayor Adams in a corruption scandal. buff.ly/T2rESWz

“Mr. Adams was required by law…to create 150 miles of bus lanes with barriers or camera enforcement and 250 miles of protected bike lanes over 5 years, a task that now falls to Mr. Mamdani….In the last 4 years, the city installed about 28 miles of bus lanes and 95 miles of protected bike lanes.”

Zohran Mamdani sworn in as mayor of New York City New mayor, 34, was sworn in by state attorney general Letitia James in old beaux arts city hall subway station

“After just having taken my oath to become the mayor of the city of New York, I do so also here in the old City Hall subway station – a testament to the importance of public transit to the vitality, the health, the legacy of our city.”

Mike is an excellent pick - smart, kind, experienced, with a bold vision for safer, more effective streets and the savviness to get it done.

The future is bright for every New Yorker - no matter how we get around!

The pricing means that taking a Citi Bike will become, for a lot of people, the transportation choice of last resort, such as when there's a subway meltdown or it's 20 minutes before the next bus arrives. That's not at all what the city should want. It should be a seamless part of people's choices.

Staten Island Ferry and Citi Bike ridership, by year, 2007-present.

The Road to Affordability is a blueprint of more than 80 ideas the next administration can implement to make our city safer and more affordable, using the power the mayor already has over our streets.