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Monday’s Headlines: Permanent Paseo Edition

We journeyed to Jackson Heights to celebrate a milestone in the life of the 34th Avenue open street. Plus other news.

Gersh Kuntzman

November 17, 2025

Monday’s Headlines: Permanent Paseo Edition

Streetsblog USA |Podcast

‘The Brake’ Podcast: Is a ‘Life After Cars’ Really Possible?

"This book is an invitation to imagine a better world in which people are put before cars," says co-author Sarah Goodyear.

Kea Wilson

November 17, 2025

traffic deaths

World Day of Remembrance: ‘My Brother Did Not Die in Vain’

A drunk driver killed Kevin Cruickshank while he was biking in New York City. The movement for safer streets showed me that my brother did not die in vain.

Sarah Witt

November 16, 2025

Streetsblog USA |Vision Zero

World Day of Remembrance: The Fight to ‘Stop Super Speeders’ Has Gone National

The bills would require the worst of the worst drivers to at least adhere to the speed limit, which is not too much to ask.

Kea Wilson

November 16, 2025

Buses

Council Members Put Everything But Riders First at ‘Bus Oversight’ Hearing

The Council spent its last bus oversight hearing of its term asking the MTA and city to pull back on bus lane enforcement.

Dave Colon

November 14, 2025

Car-Free Parks

Community Board Defies Parents in Vote to Reopen Forest Park to Cars

The Parks Department appears to have given in to a vocal group of Queens drivers. Paging Mayor Mamdani!

Kevin Duggan

November 14, 2025

Pedestrian safety

Opinion: Daylighting Isn’t Anti-Driver — It’s Pro-Common Sense

Listen to a Republican: "The Department of Transportation's negative report on daylighting is like judging the effectiveness of lifeboats on the Titanic by studying the ones that never left the ship."