The pedestrian, bicyclist and sensible transportation advocacy group Transportation Alternatives has just launched a new website, Crash Maps: CrashStat 2.0, which maps intersections and streets where pedestrians and bicyclists have been hit by vehicles. It's an updated version of their previous map, and when the information is presented different depending on how closely you zoom into the map. For instance, at one level, it shows crashes (those with injuries as well as the fatal......

When we checked the MTA's Service Alerts for NYC Transit early this morning, there was only a note was flooding causing issues with F service between Jamaica-179th Street Station and the Forest Hills-71st Avenue Station. Now there's a laundry list of subway issues:Due to a water condition at the Parsons Boulevard Station, there is no F train service between the Jamaica-179th Street Station and the Forest Hills-71st Avenue Station. - Stations being bypassed are:169th Street,......

We've been wondering about the new public toilets ever since they were previewed last year. When are they coming? And how fast will they get wrecked? The Daily Intelligencer now reports that there are some concerns about the public toilets from City Council members. Members were asked to nominated two sites for potential potties, but some aren't interested. Councilwoman Jessica Lappin who covers Midtown East and the Upper East Side, said, "There isn’t really an......

Yesterday morning, firefighters tackled a fire at a Bronx building on East Fordham Road. The fire started around 7:30AM, and it turned into a five-alarm blaze that almost 200 firefighters responded to, for a total of 44 units at the scene; the fire was finally put out around 12:30PM. According to the NY Times, the FDNY said the "building’s thick concrete walls and lack of side windows" made it "very stubborn." The fire seems to......

We've always been well aware that neighborhoods are a tricky thing to define - growing up we were never really clear if we lived in the East Village, NoHo or the Lower East Side - but this wonderful article by Manny Fernandez in today's Metro section still managed to surprise us with just how hard it can be. Especially in places where the populations have constantly turned over rapidly and dramatically. For instance the......

We got an email from the Straphangers yesterday, who directed us to check out the MTA's NYC Bus Rapid Transit Study. The MTA is looking to identify "corridors in the five boroughs that have BRT potential," and there will be public information sessions starting next week in all five boroughs. So far, the MTA is considering fifteen corridors:Bronx - Fordham Road/Pelham Parkway - Grand Concourse - Webster Avenue + 3rd Avenue Brooklyn - Flatbush Avenue......

The train stations up in the Bronx have traditionally been dingy and poorly maintained, but the Daily News found out that one is now a spot for gay encounters. The Fordham Road station's north end of the southbound platform (it's on the D) is apparently publicized as a place for hookups. Reporter Pete Donohue writes, "In 90 minutes, we witnessed one lewd act - and were propositioned twice." All in the name of reporting!"It's a......