David Meyer

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Journalist and Deputy Editor at Streetsblog Network

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Articles

Monday's Headlines: 'And The Nominees Are' Edition

1 week ago | nyc.streetsblog.org | David Meyer

Streetsblog is back on the awards circuit after receiving two nominations on Friday for the 2025 Deadline Club awards from the New York City Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Wednesday's Headlines: U.S. Department of Long Tweets Edition

2 weeks ago | nyc.streetsblog.org | David Meyer

Some 17 hours after New York City media — including Streetsblog — reported that the Trump administration won't to halt congestion pricing on its fake April 20 deadline, U.S. DOT's "Rapid Response" X account hit back with a very long, misleading and overwrought post.
Vision? Zero: Tragedy Underscores Shortcomings of Efforts to Make Ocean Parkway Safer

3 weeks ago | nyc.streetsblog.org | David Meyer

The name itself reveals the problem. Road violence on Ocean Parkway is at its highest levels of the Vision Zero era — and despite millions of dollars of state safety improvements and city speed camera installations, the roadway remains a six-lane highway through one of the densest residential communities in the city.
Monday's Headlines: Brooklyn Crash 'Horror' Edition

3 weeks ago | nyc.streetsblog.org | David Meyer

New York City was rocked this weekend by the vehicular killing of Natasha Saada and two of her children at the hands of a driver speeding down Ocean Parkway with a suspended license and 20 speed camera tickets since the start of 2024. The driver, Miriam Yarimi, has a long record of dangerous driving and an exhausting social media presence to document her wig-making business, her lavish lifestyle, her obsession with cars, her life as a mom and her many legal issues.
Trump, House Republicans take aim at their DC neighbors, starting with transportation

1 month ago | ggwash.org | David Meyer

This article was originally published on Streetsblog. No city has suffered more from the Republican Party’s anti-urban agenda in the first months of President Trump’s second term than Washington, DC, especially in the transportation realm, advocates argue.
Trump, Republicans Make D.C. Ground Zero in Their War on Cities — Streetsblog USA

1 month ago | usa.streetsblog.org | David Meyer

No city has suffered more from the Republican Party's anti-urban agenda in the first months of President Trump's second term than Washington, D.C., especially in the transportation realm, advocates argue. The District's troubled relationship to the federal government reared its head last week when House Republicans passed a national budget that would forced the city to cut $1.1 billion in municipal spending for fiscal year 2025 — 55 percent of which comes from D.C.'s own tax dollars.
Thursday's Headlines: Bye Bye, MetroCard Edition

1 month ago | nyc.streetsblog.org | David Meyer

Welcome to the OMNYverse. The MTA will stop selling MetroCards by the end of this year — sunsetting the 32-year-old fare card more than six years after introducing the OMNY contactless tap-to-pay system, Chairman Janno Lieber revealed on Wednesday. OMNY machines will be available at every subway station by the fall, the MTA said, though most OMNY users pay their fares with credit cards or cell phones.
Trump, Republicans Make D.C. Ground Zero in Their War on Cities

1 month ago | ecotopical.com | David Meyer

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Wednesday's Headlines: Stand Your Ground Edition

1 month ago | nyc.streetsblog.org | David Meyer

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy is at it again — this time threatening to withhold MTA funding in the name of public safety. As the New York Post first reported, Duffy sent a letter to MTA CEO Janno Lieber on Tuesday demanding "documentation" by March 31 "of actions and funding that ensure effective security for passengers and workers" on New York City's subways and buses.
Monday's Headlines: Don't Kill Congestion Pricing Edition

1 month ago | nyc.streetsblog.org | David Meyer

It's not really clear what happened at Gov. Hochul's meeting with President Trump on Friday. Her office called the meeting "productive," according to the New York Post, and we know they discussed congestion pricing and other topics. "Productive" can mean anything, but one thing is true: today marks four days until the illegal and arbitrary deadline that Trump set for Hochul to turn off the cameras.