The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.

US DOT Secretary Sean Duffy says that federal law requires congestion pricing to include a non-toll route into the central business district. But memos obtained by Streetsblog show that no one was saying that during the first Trump administration.

In addition, don’t miss Nolan Hicks’s DEEP DIVE into Duffy’s attempt to fix the Penn Station mess. We wish him good luck!

Plus all the other news you need, including on today’s big daylighting hearing.

  • Mayor Mamdani: Trash Containerization Protects Sanitation Workers
    by Kevin Duggan
    October 29, 2026
    And all it costs is a little less free car storage.
  • DSNY Truck Driver Kills Pedestrian At Notorious Brooklyn Intersection
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    October 29, 2026
    It’s a notorious intersection where people keep getting hit.
  • DOT Teases Closed Streets and Automated Parking Enforcement for FiDi
    by Kevin Duggan
    October 29, 2026
    DOT wants to untie FiDi’s “Gordian Knot” of placard parking.
  • Confused NYPD Abandons East Village E-Bike Raid
    by Sophia Lebowitz
    October 29, 2026
    They showed up to harass delivery workers … but then changed their minds.
  • Thursday’s Headlines: Lessons From Paris Edition
    by Kevin Duggan
    October 29, 2026
    Officials in Paris ignored anti-bike complainers as they quickly rolled out “envy of the world” network of cycling infrastructure. Plus the news.
  • A LIRR train arrives at Jamaica Station, one of the busiest commuter hubs in New York City.
    Bright Lights, Big City Ticket: Intra-NYC Commuter Rail Trips Are Surging
    by Dave Colon
    October 28, 2026
    LIRR and Metro-North ridership surged within New York City limits after the MTA expanded the $7 peak/$5 off-peak CityTicket — driving the bulk of ridership growth on the two railroads.
  • Mayor Mamdani: ‘I’m Tired Of Learning The Names Of New Yorkers Only After They Were Killed In Preventable Crashes’
    by Sam Brule
    October 28, 2026
    “Too many New Yorkers know someone who never made it home. I am tired of learning the names of New Yorkers only after they were killed in preventable crashes.”
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