Ramsey Khalifeh

1 day ago | gothamist.com | Ramsey Khalifeh

Officials at Citi Bike on Thursday were scrambling to figure out how to add speedometers to their popular e-bike fleet after Mayor Eric Adams announced plans to impose a citywide 15 mph speed limit on electric bicycles and scooters. The mayor’s office announced the new rule Wednesday night, sparking concerns from officials at the country’s largest bike-sharing system, which includes 15,000 e-bikes.

2 days ago | gothamist.com | Ramsey Khalifeh

A notoriously gridlocked stretch of Brooklyn’s Flatbush Avenue would be transformed into a bus rider’s paradise under a plan revealed by the city's Department of Transportation on Wednesday. The redesign, which has been years in the making, aims to replace two car lanes with bus-only lanes in the center of the avenue between Livingston Street and Grand Army Plaza.

4 days ago | gothamist.com | Ramsey Khalifeh

Travelers in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport should soon be able to breathe a sigh of relief thanks to an incoming equipment upgrade, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday. During a visit to the delay-plagued travel hub, Duffy said the Federal Aviation Administration worked with Verizon over the last month to quickly install new network fiber optic cables between Long Island and the air traffic control center in Philadelphia, where Newark’s airspace is managed.

5 days ago | gothamist.com | Ramsey Khalifeh

Mayor Eric Adams named a new parks commissioner on Sunday, picking the department’s first deputy to take the helm overseeing the city’s 30,000 acres of green spaces and beaches. Adams said Iris Rodriguez-Rosa, a seasoned public servant who first joined the parks department in 1986, would take charge of the agency following the resignation of former parks commissioner Sue Donoghue at the end of May. Rodriguez-Rosa is the first Latina to lead the parks department.

1 week ago | gothamist.com | Ramsey Khalifeh

The Crosstown Line could go online later this year. Riders on the northern half of the G train between Court Square and Hoyt-Schermerhorn will get 5G cell service as early the fall, MTA officials announced Wednesday. The MTA also aims to bring internet and phone connectivity to the East River tunnel that carries the 4 and 5 line between Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn by the end of the year, officials said.