I thought storms would cut short yesterday's visit to #RockawayBeach around 3 p.m. Throughout the afternoon, four or five storm cells whacked the city center, but not the beach.

At 7:03 p.m., however, we got a direct hit.

#nyc #wx #weather #thunderstorm

Seen at #RockawayBeach
#nyc

@samuelsantaella Years of advocacy and tens of thousands in construction costs, thrown out by the dumbest mayor the city has ever seen

June 2025 is starting to look a lot like June 2020

@wesley @Andres4NY

Our 18yo tabby (named Tabby) had a rough time last month, in and out of several hospitals. But she was back at work this morning. Thanks for the good wishes.

@Andres4NY one of the reasons we were most excited to go this month! But then our cat broke down and we had to cancel.

Apologies to anyone whom I owe a response on here. It’s been a rough week!

Cyclists get thousands of criminal court summonses.

Drivers get this. (12/n)

#nyc #bikenyc #BikeTooter

That doesn't belong there.

Photo illustrates how every inch of bike/ped infrastructure in #bikeNYC is co-opted by giant delivery and mobility corporations.

This four-wheeled Amazon delivery vehicle is classified as an "ebike" and has no license plate. I suspect its driver is using the busy sidewalk to make a u-turn after loading up at the truck in the background, which itself is illegally using a turn lane to unload packages into last mile vehicles.
#nyc #biketooter #logistics

Cyclists get thousands of criminal court summonses.

Drivers get this. (12/n)

#nyc #bikenyc #BikeTooter

@vadhakara **starts looking for bank jobs**

@vadhakara a full-time job that fits within its hourly constraints sounds fascinating to me

Biked home from a friend's house 0.6 miles down the same street. At 2 of 3 intersections, different Pickup Guys tried to cut me off.

@Andres4NY

I was about to link a local article about enforcement data when a brand new one — published 4 hours ago — popped up.

It may be paywalled but indicates that 63% of traffic tickets are being written to city of #KingstonNY residents. We need more buy-in and proof that this isn’t just a “money grab,” as the common right-wing/petrostate propaganda instructs people to respond.

https://nooz.at/post/link/862QzS

@Andres4NY The great irony here is that the mayor, common council members, and police chief are generally all in favor of addressing the issue after receiving copious feedback about ’the crazy driving’ at townhalls. The city has created a police Traffic Safety Unit, and the city has had a Complete Streets Advisory Council for years. The City Engineer is actually a bike commuter from the other side of the river (FWIW I’d describe him as a vehicular cyclist.)

Had to hit some docks they've added since I was last here in #elbronx #manhattan #queens & #brooklyn @citibike #nyc #bikenyc

I haven't seen much on Mastodon about what the #NYPD are doing in #bikenyc to criminalize cycling, so I'm going to start a thread to chronicle it. Under the direction of the embattled Adams administration, the NYPD has started writing criminal court summonses for six traffic infractions when committed by cyclists--but not by drivers. (1/n)

#biketooter #nyc

As always: #ACAB. And especially fuckers who lead your local PD, even if they come from other departments (like sanitation). https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/30/fridays-headlines-a-critical-moment-edition

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/30/tisch-reveals-real-reason-for-her-e-bike-crackdown-e-bike-licensing

#NYPD #NYC #FuckEricAdams

I live most of the time in the small city of #KingstonNY, which is trying to address #trafficviolence.

I’m on a fairly busy street and have some ideas for documenting the problem for electeds:

*filming the corner intersection for 24 hrs and creating a video of one day’s worth of red light runners, road ragers, litterers
*inexpensive radar gun to document egregious overnight speeding
*filming drivers texting or watching TV while driving, especially those in Class 8 (heaviest) trucks

Thoughts?