Skip to Content
Streetsblog New York City home
Streetsblog New York City home
Log In
Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

8:43 AM EDT on August 7, 2018

    • Uber Driver: There Are Too Many Uber Drivers, Not Enough Fares (News)
    • Constantinides to DOT: Fix 23rd Avenue Where Xellea Samonte Was Killed (TL)
    • Canarsie Tube Subways Will Shut Down for 15 Weekends Before Official L Shutdown (AMNY, Gothamist)
    • More on Trottenberg and Byford's Rosy Tour of the L Train Replacement Busway (News, AMNY)
    • This Heat Can't Stop Carl Heastie From Biking to Work (Gothamist)
    • JUMP's Spotty Bike Availability Gets Picked Up by the Post
    • Lyft's Aggressive PR Isn't Winning Any Friends (Politico)
    • Riders Love New MTA Para-Transit Pilot But It's Too Expensive to Scale Up (WSJ)
    • Sandor Szabo Committed the Transgression of Tapping a Car, Now He's Likely to Die (News)
    • Gothamist Has Photos of Soggy Summer Streets

More headlines at Streetsblog USA

Ben Fried
Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.

Stay in touch

Sign up for our free newsletter

More from Streetsblog New York City

Daylighting

Hundreds of Community Groups — From the Far Right to the Socialists! — Demand Daylighting

Two hundred New York City groups from across the ideological spectrum joined calls to ban parking at corners in order to improve safety and visibility, also known as daylighting.

October 24, 2025
Street Safety

OPINION: Canal Street — Not The Vendors — Is the Problem

If Zohran Mamdani becomes mayor — and is true to his vision for a fair, livable city — he will have to take on this long-ignored corridor. Here's how.

October 24, 2025
Bicycling

Vision Zero Cities: Bicycles Are Not Cars So They Shouldn’t Have to Follow the Same Rules

The default in nearly all states is to impose the same traffic rules on bicycles as on motor vehicles even though the needs of cyclists are so different.

October 24, 2025
Today's Headlines

Friday’s Headlines: Today’s the Day Edition

Mayor Adams's new 15 mph speed limit is officially goes into effect today. Plus more news.

October 24, 2025
Idling

Cough, Cough: DEP Considers Largest Ever Exemption Request to City’s Anti-Idling Law

Academy Bus claims no technological alternatives exist for heating and cooling buses without idling. Advocates warn an exemption would "gut" the city's 50-year-old idling ban.

October 23, 2025
President Trump's Second Term

Truckers to US DOT: Busways Are Good for Us!

The federal government has obviously lost its trucking mind.

October 23, 2025
See all posts