The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.

Only in New York, kids, only in New York: The judge in the Bedford Avenue bike lane case has given campaign contributions to the former politician who is now representing opponents of the bike lane. (Memo to other outlets: That’s a good angle that we’re spoon-feeding you!)

And scroll down for a lot of news from Friday that you might have missed.

  • HARTLEY KNOW HIM: Meet the Prolific Anti-Bike Lane Lawyer Who Can’t Get a Win
    by Kevin Duggan
    September 8, 2026
    Mayor Mamdani’s bike lane projects keep running into the same foe: a retirement-aged Manhattan lawyer and convicted securities fraudster who has sued NYC DOT five times in three boroughs, to little success.
  • Tuesday’s Headlines: Welcome Back Edition
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    September 8, 2026
    We’re back with an epic “ICYMI” list, except the “Y” is a “W” and it stands for we.
  • Talking Headways Podcast: New Tricks for Old Bureaucracies
    by The Editorial Team
    September 4, 2026
    “Strong reforms are necessary if we’re going to have public transit agencies that are successful,” says this week’s guest.
  • Cop Left Pedestrian To Die After Hit-and-Run — And Told His Pals To Lie About It: DA
    by Sammy Sussman
    September 3, 2026
    A cop drove recklessly, struck a woman, lied about it, and got his friends to lie about it, Queens prosecutors say.
  • Nine People Were Killed By Hit-And-Run Drivers In August
    by Sammy Sussman
    August 31, 2026
    The latest victim? Nurse Jiaya Zheng, who was struck mere blocks from the medical center where she worked … and was taken before she died.
  • This Week: Streetsblog Is In Repose
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    August 31, 2026
    Here’s important information for readers while Streetsblog’s staff undertake four days of professional development and cocktails.
  • ‘Insulting’! To Avoid Disrupting Car Traffic On The FDR, DOT Forces Parks To Scale Back Greenway Fix
    by Kevin Duggan
    August 29, 2026
    Plenty of money to fix the BQE, but not to fix a vital greenway on the East Side.
  • Illegal E-Motos Still Being Shipped To NYC Despite Mamdani Cease-And-Desist Deadline
    by Sophia Lebowitz
    August 28, 2026
    Massive online retailers Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist are defying a Mamdani order to stop selling dangerous and illegal e-motos.
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