"In just the first six days of his mayoralty, he's turned the Department of Transportation commissioner into Sundance to his Butch; he's promised to implement the McGuinness Boulevard road diet; he's vowed to daylight intersections; he visited a non-fatal fire (really rare for a mayor) just so he could call out illegal hydrant parkers; and, unlike his predecessor, he stood with Gov. Hochul to champion congestion pricing."
"And the mayor gladly took questions from two Streetsblog reporters ("Hello, Streetsblog," he said). First, as Sophia Lebowitz reported, he said there's no problem too small to attract his attention if it means encouraging safe cycling. And second, he admitted that he's committed to changing the design of that cyclist/pedestrian clusterfuck on an expedited timeline because bad infrastructure encourages cyclists to break the law in order to be safe."
Mayor Mamdani made livable-streets improvements a priority during his first week, promising concrete actions and public support. He committed to a McGuinness Boulevard road diet, pledged to daylight intersections, and backed congestion pricing while calling out illegal hydrant parking after visiting a non-fatal fire. He joined a DOT crew to level the notorious Williamsburg Bridge exit bump and welcomed questions about cycling safety. He committed to redesigning a dangerous cyclist–pedestrian area on an expedited timeline, noting that poor infrastructure encourages unsafe behavior. Additional items include a fatal hit-and-run, proposed congestion-pricing uses, and fare-gate enforcement reminders.
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