The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.

Welcome back to the working week! Check out today’s lead story about how the MTA’s Interborough Express is not going to suck!

Also, look further down the page for stories you might have missed late last week, like our coverage of a noxious lawsuit by opponents of a road safety plan for Astoria.

  • EAGLE Down: MTA Pulls Fare Enforcement Agents From Bus System
    by Dave Colon
    October 22, 2026
    “I’m not willing to keep our teams active in the field,” Lieber said on Thursday morning.
  • Emily Singleton and Lucie Vágnerová at the first start line of CRCA’s 2026 season.
    An Interview with Central Park’s Most Storied Competitive Cycling Club
    by J.K. Trotter
    October 22, 2026
    Streetsblog interviewed the president and public relations director of the Century Road Club Association.
  • First On Streetsblog: Mamdani Administration To Add More Speed Control Devices Inside City-Owned Cars
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    October 22, 2026
    The devices — called Intelligent Speed Assistance — prevent drivers from exceeding the speed limit
  • COGE Chief: Nov. 3 Ballot Proposals Will Short-Circuit Anti-Street Safety Lawsuits
    by Kevin Duggan
    October 22, 2026
    New Yorkers can vote to stop those endless anti-bike lane lawsuits.
  • Rideout On Rust Street: Cyclists Demand Protected Lane on Industrial Corridor As DOT Stalls
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    October 22, 2026
    Cyclists frequently get hit by truckers on Rust Street, but the city has not made good on its promise to solve the problem.
  • Thursday’s Headlines: Electric Horseman Edition
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    October 22, 2026
    The horses are being banished to be replaced by … electric cars?! Plus other news.
  • Automatic For The People? Transit Group Presses Case For Automated Interborough Express
    by Dave Colon
    October 21, 2026
    “I’d say automated trains are the future, but I’d actually argue automated trains are very much the present,” one report author said.
  • ‘Really Precarious’: Wages Are Up, But Delivery Work Is Still Unsafe and Unpredictable
    by Sophia Lebowitz
    October 21, 2026
    The city’s delivery worker minimum wage law has been successful in delivering higher wages, but didn’t solve poor working conditions and deactivations that keep workers unsafe and unstable, a new city report reveals.
  • Photo of the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park, with inset of headshot of David Saltonstall
    Q&A: Central Park Conservancy Wants More Bike Lanes Around, Through the Park
    by Kevin Duggan
    October 21, 2026
    An interview with David Saltonstall of the Central Park Conservancy.
  • Wednesday’s Headlines: Central Park Week Continues
    by David Meyer
    October 21, 2026
    More Central Park coverage is coming to wrap up the week. Plus today’s headlines.
  • What’s Going To Happen To The Land Around Penn Station?
    by Dave Colon
    October 20, 2026
    The state has effectively frozen parts of Midtown West in amber. What comes next?
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