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The bigger surprise came when our friends at City and State fell for our much more subtle<\/a> \u2014 and, frankly, far more believable \u2014 yarn about how those same aforementioned Council members had formed a new caucus called DRIVE. It all sounded so plausible \u2014 the keening over Mayor Mamdani\u2019s supposed \u201cwar on cars,\u201d the mourning over lost \u201cparking spaces. But the tip-off should have been what the DRIVE caucus acronym stands for: Develop Roads in Virtually Everyplace. Hmmm.<\/p>\n Well, the City and State newsletter bought it (see photo, above right). Later, in a subsequent post, City and State\u2019s Sophie Krichevsky good-naturedly owned up to falling for our comic deception.<\/p>\n Next year, maybe we\u2019ll get gotten.e<\/p>\n We certainly weren\u2019t fooled by the Department of Transportation\u2019s joke, which was actually a bit of a self-own, if you\u2019re a DOT opponent (fortunately, the \u201cBye Bye Bikes\u201d website gave up the joke):<\/p>\n In other news:<\/p>\n We hope you voted in our March (Parking) Madness Final Four battles<\/a> pitting the 120th Precinct against the 123rd Precinct and the 121st Precinct against the 122nd Precinct in our first-ever all-Staten Island competition. In case you missed it, the winners losers were the 120th Precinct of Richmond Terrace and the 122nd Precinct in Grant City. Those two finalists will battle later today (shh, don\u2019t tell the cops we\u2019re coming!).<\/p>\n The Post<\/a> followed Sophia Lebowitz\u2019s investigation into Grubhub \u2014 and, unlike the Times<\/a>, credited us nicely.<\/p>\n Former Taxi Commissioner Lucius Riccio supports creating more pedestrian plazas, built through new regulations against Ubers. (NYDN<\/a>)<\/p>\n Linden Boulevard is the new \u201cBoulevard of Death,\u201d Gothamist<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n The New Yorker<\/a> took a ride on the Blue Highway.<\/p>\n The Daily News<\/a> had more details about the woman who was killed by a garbage truck driver earlier this week in Queens.<\/p>\n The MTA is making good on its clean-air investments in the South Bronx, thanks to congestion pricing revenue. (amNY<\/a>)<\/p>\n The transit union\u2019s fight to retain two-person train crews has been joined. (NYDN<\/a>)<\/p>\n Seder on a subway! Don\u2019t forget, we were strangers once. (ScooterCasterNY<\/a>)<\/p>\n The Council wants free transit for the poorest New Yorkers. (NYDN<\/a>)<\/p>\n Please set your calendar for the evening of May 6, when Streetsblog Editor Gersh Kuntzman will join \u201cWar on Cars\u201d hosts Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear for a panel discussion loosely organized around the pair\u2019s new book, \u201cLife After Cars.\u201d It\u2019s at the New York Public Library\u2019s Midtown Manhattan branch, which the kids today call the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library. (Info here<\/a>)<\/p>\n Here\u2019s one of the great photos of all time.<\/p>\n And, finally, Clarence Eckerson is right \u2026 again:<\/p>\n Car dealerships do whatever they like. All day. Cars parked illegally.<\/p>\n Why does a dealership even have more cars than they can legally fit? Block hydrants. Sidewalks. Crosswalks. Curb cuts.<\/p>\n Come walk Northern Blvd anytime!!<\/p>\n ZERO ENFORCEMENT!! pic.twitter.com\/KUP2ZFpeyh<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Streetfilms (Now 1,134+ films!) (@Streetfilms) March 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n