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.

  • Mamdani’s BQE Plan Doubles Down on the Failures of the Past
    by Kevin Duggan
    August 25, 2026
    The mayor’s $4-billion plan would effectively lock in the car and truck conveyor for generations, critics charged.
  • Tuesday’s Headlines: Doubly Disappointed Edition
    by David Meyer
    August 25, 2026
    The Mamdani-O-Meter isn’t dead, it’s just very disappointed. Plus the news.
  • Photo of the BQE triple cantilever
    Mamdani Will Rebuild the BQE to Last Until 2080 Despite Calls to Tear it Down
    by Kevin Duggan
    August 24, 2026
    Mayor Mamdani wants to build a temporary bypass road to allow for a 10-year, $4-billion rebuild of the BQE triple-cantilever.
  • Uber and Waymo Have Spent More Than $15M This Year Lobbying New York Pols
    by The Editorial Team
    August 24, 2026
    So much for affordability. Big Tech spent massive sums to back it’s state legislative aims this year.
  • Monday’s Headlines: Time for Action Edition
    by David Meyer
    August 24, 2026
    Transportation Alternatives has called for a “die-in” outside City Hall this coming Wednesday amid impatience with the city’s slow progress toward eliminating traffic deaths after hit-and-run drivers killed killed three cyclists in the span of three days last week.
  • Hit-and-Run Drivers Killed Three Cyclists in Three Days
    by David Meyer
    August 21, 2026
    Advocates called on the mayor to take action after a BMW driver allegedly struck Mamadou Diallo, of Canarsie, head-on before fleeing the scene.
  • City Floats Busway, Parking Maximums to Ease Traffic from Red Hook Redevelopment
    by Kevin Duggan
    August 21, 2026
    Red Hook and the Columbia Street Waterfront could finally get a working bus as the city plans 6,000 more homes for the area.
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