New York City set to ban gas hookups in new buildings "Advocates announced a deal was reached on the legislation this week, with a final version of the bill expected to be voted on by the City Council next week. The bill bans the use of gas in new buildings under seven stories tall in two years and in buildings over seven stories in five years, requiring most new developments to go electric." (6sqft)
NYC Ranks as the City With Worst Traffic Congestion in the U.S., Study Finds "Although traffic congestion around the U.S. seems to be picking back up, it still remains below the levels seen before the start of the pandemic, according to a new analysis by Inrix -- a study that also found that the Big Apple tops the list of most congested cities in the country, with 102 lost hours in traffic in 2021." (NBC 4)
No Christmas spirit: MTA bars booze on commuter rails for SantaCon "Booze will be banned from Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North trains and platforms for SantaCon this Saturday, Dec. 11 to stem the flow of alcohol that will inevitably accompany the Christmas-themed blowout." (amNY)
Why U.S. Infrastructure Costs So Much "If history is a guide, President Joe Biden’s $1.3 trillion investment may not fund nearly as much transportation as it would in much of the rest of the world." (CityLab)
A Look At The Future For Central Park's Delacorte Theater, Home Of Shakespeare In The Park "The $110 million project was supposed to start in 2020 and be finished by 2022, but the pandemic disrupted any chance of that happening. So today, The Public is announcing the latest iteration of the project, which they hope will be approved for construction starting in the fall of 2022." (Gothamist)
