As anticipated, last night the DOT revealed forthcoming changes planned for Delancey Street, one of the most dangerous thoroughfares in the city. In five years, 129 people have been hurt in traffic crashes at the intersections of Delancey and Essex and Delancey and Clinton, and three pedestrians have been killed on Delancey in the past year. In response to calls for safety improvements, the DOT presented the plan [pdf] to the local Community Board last night. more ›

The Department of Transportation will announce initiatives to improve safety along Delancey Street at a special meeting of Community Board 3 tonight. Four people familiar with the project told DNAinfo that the changes will include wider sidewalks, different signal timing, and improved traffic patterns. "We're going to see significant safety improvements on Delancey Street in months, not years," State Senator Daniel Squadron said. "This is a quick and dramatic proposal." more ›

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer has been concerned about cars blocking the box around town for years now, but with a mayoral election in the pipeline he's pulling the old issue out again for another spin. Today the Beep held a press conference to goad the Department of Transportation into doing something about the permanent gridlock that envelopes SoHo—especially Broome Street—come rush hour every day. "For residents of the SoHo and Hudson Square communities, horn honking has become the lullaby of lower Broadway," Stringer quipped. See what he did there? more ›

Today in Maddening News Of The New Year, we learn that the much-maligned BQE will continue to be under construction pretty much forever, as it has been for all time. It's not exactly new news, but at least we get some historical context for the headache. more ›

A 73-year-old man was struck and killed by a box truck around noon today as he was attempting to cross Third Avenue at East 22nd St. The Post's NYPD sources say the man, whose name hasn't been released pending family notification, "looked around the corner before trying to cross the avenue." It's unclear as to how much of the street he had crossed, because the story notes that the box truck hit him "just as [he] leaned forward." Police say no criminality is suspected, and "the victim may have been crossing against the light." more ›

Are you gearing up to get out of town this holiday weekend? Better hit the road now if you want to get there in time, according to a new traffic report from the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management. more ›

Last night, "Rock Center with Brian Williams" dipped its toe into the topic of New York City transportation: specifically, DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan. Overall the piece is a fair one, and gives Sadik-Khan plenty of room to answer her critics and lay out her vision for a safer, cleaner, more efficient city. But Brian Williams, who is supposed to be the network's "young," affable anchor, turns into NBC's Steve Cuozzo. Williams tells reporter Harry Smith that he's "drunk the Kool-Aid" when Smith lauds the DOT's efforts, and calls Sadik-Khan "a very powerful woman with an exotic name." Haha, it's mass suicide to support bike lanes! And isn't "Ronald Reagan" exotic compared to "Brian Williams?" more ›

President Obama's NYC visits mean traffic hell, as do Justin Bieber's. But what happens when the Commander in Chief and the super popular teen singer come to the Big Apple on the same day during the holiday season? It is making drivers freak out. more ›

It's the day before Turkey Time, which is one of the two busiest travel days of the year (the other? The Sunday after Thanksgiving), as millions hit the road to see family and friends—or get away from family and friends. The AAA estimates "42.5 million Americans are expected to travel 50 miles or more during the holiday weekend," up 4% from last year. The Port Authority says five million will be using its bridges, tunnels and airports. more ›

This weekend, The Dark Knight Rises continued its filmic assault on NYC by taking over the upper span of the 59th Street Bridge. Not everyone was thrilled to have Batman and Bane battling in their backyard though—the filming caused massive traffic jams today. “Right now I don’t want to watch that movie,” one driver complained to CBS. “It’s getting outrageous here in New York. All their filming, all this ridiculous filming and we aren’t getting anything for it,” another driver said. more ›

Hey, Brooklyn: If you're planning to get out of town on this long Veteran's Day Weekend, better do it fast—and think about taking Monday off, too—because there are all sorts of traffic nightmares awaiting you in the next 55 hours. more ›

Since September the city has had pedestrian safety managers on each of the East River bridges, an experiment set to end on November 26th when the DOT will review the $80,000-a-month program. But as far as the cyclist-hating Post is concerned, the program is already a total dud. They say that commuters have already decided the program isn't working, while quoting one cyclist, who had, according to their report, one collision. Now, we've been a bit skeptical of this whole thing ourselves, but just to be sure we decided to head over there yesterday to see what some of those glorified crossing guards had to say for themselves. more ›

Did you know that a Staten Island Assemblyman co-sponsored legislation that would have cameras capture drivers who go 5 miles over the speed limit? According to the State Island Advance, "Violators convicted of traveling between five and 10 miles per hour more than the posted speed limit will be charged a $50 fine. Driving between 10 and 30 mph above the limit will result in a $75 fine that doubles to $150 for speeders who exceed 30 mph." more ›

While the DOT is hard at work installing barriers at the bottom of the Williamsburg Bridge bike/pedestrian path in Manhattan, the NYPD is hard at work on the other side of the bridge writing tickets to cyclists. During yesterday's p.m. rush hour, a tipster sent us these photos of the NYPD issuing a slew of summonses. The offense? Riding the wrong way down a wide, sleepy half-block to get to the cyclist entrance to the bridge. The witness estimates that he saw "16-20 people" ticketed in twenty minutes, which seems hard to believe, but he tells us the offending cyclists were ordered to stand on line and wait their turn as the cops took care of business (literally). more ›

Fresh from being evacuated for Hurricane Irene, the residents of Battery Park City have another headache to deal with this weekend. As if having millions of eyes turned towards it in commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the city has released its parking plans for the area and, well, if you were planning on driving in lower Manhattan this weekend (wait, really?) you probably want to reconsider that idea. more ›

Over the past five years the city has been adding more and more red-light cameras to our intersections. We're up to 150 of them in the city now, and that number could go up again. The Daily News got ahold of records that shows that the cameras—which auto ticket drivers who blow through reds without needing a cop on hand—are turning into a steady cash cow for the state and Albany wants more. more ›

Rain: asphalt's kryptonite? An enormous sinkhole opened up on Narrows Road North between Targee Street and Richmond Hill Road on Staten Island yesterday, causing major traffic delays and serious commuter headaches. more ›

Not that you can even afford a gallon of gas without selling your prized Bernie Madoff-pant iPad case, but it'd be a good idea to stay off the road tomorrow. NBC reports that the traffic will be "nonstop from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m." thanks to former Governor Hugh Carey's funeral is at St. Patrick's tomorrow in Midtown, dueling Mets and Yankees games, and a visit from the shadow of President Obama's former self, who will be in town for a pair of fundraisers. One of is a $71,600-a-couple fundraiser hosted by Anna Wintour and Harvey Weinstein at Wintour's home in Greenwich Village that has been limited to "four tables," so that the stars will get extra face time with the president to tell him to repeal the tanning tax. more ›

Oh dear, it looks like there's a bit of a traffic jam on the Williamsburg Bridge, and we're too late to exit! No sweat, we'll just hang a hard right, jump the curb, drive on the sidewalk, cut through the bike path, and go to Dram tonight instead of Cienfuegos. Hey look, we're not the only geniuses with this bright idea! And ha, some guy's videotaping. Whatever! more ›

A woman remains in critical condition after a car that was attempting to back into a Midtown parking space, jumped the curb onto the sidewalk and pinned her against a building. The incident occurred around 9 a.m. in front of the Seasonal Restaurant and Weinbar, at 130 West 58th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues. more ›

As if "traffic pricing" and and pedestrian plazas weren't enough, Bloomberg announced today that he will use robots technology to reduce congestion and promote air quality in Midtown. Dubbed Midtown in Motion, the plan, which the mayor probably thought of after watching the director's cut of Blade Runner, will utilize "100 microwave sensors, 32 traffic video cameras and E-ZPass readers at 23 intersections" to monitor real-time traffic flow. The system will allow "engineers… to clear up Midtown jams at the touch of a button," the mayor says in a release. Wow! Will it also release "soothing light patterns" so we can finally sleep through all that honking? more ›

After passing both the Assembly and the Senate, Governor Cuomo is poised to sign a bill requiring large trucks to affix a "crossover" mirror that eliminates blind spots in front of the vehicle. The bill, sponsored by state senator Martin Golden of Brooklyn, was spurred on by the death of 4-year-old Moses Englender, who was killed by a truck in May as he was riding a tricycle because the driver couldn't see him. Cuomo's office told the Daily News that the law was a "necessary step" to "reduce the number of injuries and deaths that have been the result of a drivers' inability to see pedestrians that pass in front of their vehicles." more ›

Jamie Shupak, NY1's lovably kooky roadmaster, has a whole lot of personality packed into her tiny frame. Known for her early-morning bantering with news anchor (and a Gothamist fave) Pat Kiernan and her colorful wardrobe, Shupak is also testing the waters of the single life after the end of her 10-year relationship. She's documenting the whole thing in her weekly dating column for Complex, "Getting Around Town With Jamie Shupak." We sat down with Shupak to talk about becoming a traffic expert, dating, and, what really goes on behind the scenes at NY1. more ›

Remember back in May, when a heated debate erupted over the correct pronunciation of the Van Wyck Expressway? Well, the fires have been further fueled today by the Gray Lady, who has a full rundown of tongue-twisting New York streets and their supposedly accurate pronunciations. more ›

On Friday, Governor Cuomo proposed more rigorous legislation that would make texting while driving a primary offense, and add 3 points to a drivers' license. "Current warning, educational programs and driving laws aren't working," Cuomo said. While the maximum fine for the offense would remain $150, making the crime a primary offense would allow police to pull drivers over if they see them using "smartphones, tablet computers, laptops, gaming devices, or other portable electronics while driving," the Times reports. more ›