""For too long, the health of our bus and bike lanes has been neglected," said Mamdani. "As we would say on the day before Valentine's Day, they haven't gotten the love that they deserve. The consequences of this negligence, of this lack of love, have been measured in daily pain and inconveniences. For too long, our transit decisions of this city have been made off of well-placed phone calls rather than the needs of working people.""
"The "love" that Mamdani said the DOT will show to the bus riders and cyclists around the city is an almost full de-Adamsization of the DOT - a substantial revival of multiple redesigns that bit the dust under the previous administration, including projects explicitly opposed by local power brokers who endorsed Mamdani in 2025's general election. As first reported by the New York Times on Thursday, the revived projects include:"
Mayor Mamdani directed the Department of Transportation to install a package of street redesigns that were shelved under Eric Adams. The plan revives multiple projects, including offset bus lanes on Fordham Road, filling in the southern block of Ashland Place known as "Crashland," and a neighborhood network of painted and protected bike lanes in Midwood, Flatbush, East Flatbush and Ditmas Park. Several projects had been halted after interference from advisors and opposition by powerful developers and local politicians who later endorsed Mamdani. Mamdani framed the moves as restoring neglected bus and bike infrastructure and prioritizing working people over backroom calls.
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