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Gov. Hochul's State DOT Bike-Ped Plan Is All Process, No Promises: Advocates - Streetsblog Empire State (opens the original)
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Advocates from across the state are calling foul on the Hochul administration’s efforts to update the state Department of Transportation’s guidelines for creating safe streets for cyclists and pedestrians — saying the agency’s new roadmap lacks the urgency needed to tackle issues of life and death on state-owned streets. State DOT’s “Active Transportation Strategic Plan” marks the agency’s first update to its approach to walking, biking, wheelchair accessibility and micromobility in 28 years — b
New York Jurisdictions Target the Wrong 'E-Bikes' as Market Outpaces State Law - Streetsblog Empire State (opens the original)
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Lawmakers across the Empire State have instituted a hodgepodge of restrictions that lump e-bikes in with concerns about unsafe, illegal e-motos — targeting law-abiding riders in response to panic about the contraband two-wheelers deceptively marketed as bicycles. In Nassau County, police announced in March that they would treat Class 2 and Class 3 e-bikes as banned, citing a decades-old county law written for pocketbikes and off-road ATVs (even though state law gives villages and towns, not coun
Waymo-Backed Group Wrangles Big Names to Sell Albany on Self-Driving Cars - Streetsblog Empire State (opens the original)
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A new Waymo-backed advocacy group couched in the language of traffic safety and stocked with ex-elected officials and other public sector heavyweights launched last week to support bringing self-driving cars to New York state — after Gov. Hochul backed organized labor and nixed her plans to legalize them early in last year’s budget negotiations. A Better Road Forward, a 501(c)(4) that describes itself as a “statewide coalition of New Yorkers,” frames itself as “an educational resource and a plat
Uber and Waymo Have Spent More Than $15M This Year Lobbying New York Pols - Streetsblog Empire State (opens the original)
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Uber and Waymo spent more than $15 million combined to lobby New York state officials in the first half of 2026 as Gov. Hochul backed both companies’ legislative priorities — but the tech titans didn’t get everything they asked for. Citizens for Affordable Rates, the Uber-backed group that pushed Hochul’s insurance overhaul, reported $12.7 million in lobbying spending between January and June — more than any other special interest in the state, according to preliminary data released this week by
Ithaca Eyes A New Zoning Map That Keeps Its Character - Streetsblog Empire State (opens the original)
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Ithaca Mayor Robert Cantelmo believes one of upstate New York’s fastest-growing cities doesn’t have to sacrifice the qualities that make it attractive even as its population rises. Instead, he wants the city to accommodate more residents by making it easier to build housing, relaxing zoning rules that limit density and eliminating parking requirements that consume land and drive up construction costs. If the strategy succeeds, he says, more people would support the neighborhood grocery stores, p
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