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Opinion: To Save Summer Streets, Lose The Cops, Not the Security
If Summer Streets’ new security measures are here to stay, the city should replace NYPD vehicles with physical barriers, cut police staffing costs and use the investment to make the event last all weekend.
August 10, 2026
OPINION: Mamdani Is Making a Catastrophic Mistake on QueensLink
The mayor must reverse course and endorse the subway expansion.
August 5, 2026
OPINION: U.S. Should Scale Autonomous Vehicles Thoughtfully, Not Slam the Brakes
Streetsblog is skeptical that AVs will move the needle on car dependence. But our recent coverage has spurred many AV boosters to demand equal time. So today, we present one such piece.
July 31, 2026
OPINION: Want to Reclaim New York City’s Curbs? Evict The Placard Class
The president of the Downtown Alliance weighs in on the ongoing fight for placard reform.
July 30, 2026
Opinion: Queens Needs Fewer Cars For Less Traffic
Western Queens has the ingredients for a car-light future. What could we do with 80 football fields of reclaimed space?
July 9, 2026
How the NYPD Abandoned Cyclists (Again) on America’s 250th Anniversary
The NYPD seems to believe that cars are transportation but bicycles are toys, as we saw again on the West Side on July 4.
July 8, 2026
Dear Mr. Fantasy: Build ‘The Hanging Gardens of Brooklyn’
A high school kid has a dream: A nice, tourist-friendly, economic-growth-generating bike ride from Prospect Park to the beach.
July 6, 2026
OPINION: Clinton Street Has a Traffic Problem. So Let’s Make It A ‘Low Traffic Neighborhood’
The Williamsburg Bridge funnels 16,000 vehicles a day onto a single one-lane residential block, resulting in endless traffic and frequent pedestrian casualties.
July 1, 2026
Opinion: The Case for Letting the BQE Fail
The same activism that saved the Brooklyn Heights Promenade could bring down the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
June 25, 2026
Driverless Cars Could Save Tens of Thousands of Lives. But We Must Treat Them Like Aviation — Not Like Cars
Commercial passenger aviation has nearly zero passenger deaths per year compared to about 40,000 roadway deaths. That's not a function of driving being inherently riskier — it is a function of what our leaders decide is "safe enough."
June 22, 2026
