The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Earlier this year, the city Department of Transportation put out a flawed report on daylighting — so flawed that its flaws were, in fact, cited as flaws in the flawed report! — so we were obviously excited to cover a new report, this time from the City Council, that corrects the record on this well-known safety feature.
In addition, we have an exclusive post from former DOT Commissioner “Hammerin'” Hank Gutman offering advice for Mayor-Elect Mamdani on what kind of person he should pick for the most-important job in town.
And newcomer J.K. Trotter offers his take on Elise Stefanik’s transit-snubbing run for governor.
Plus make sure to scroll down for lots more coverage you might have missed last week.
Cars returned to Freedom Drive on Oct. 7 without any warning — several weeks before the city’s official schedule, which bans car from the corridor through October.
Cars returned to Freedom Drive on Oct. 7 without any warning — several weeks before the city’s official schedule, which bans car from the corridor through October.
Michael Lin was fired from the State Police — for cause! — in September 2025 and started working for the Port Authority weeks later.
Everyone is talking about Low-Traffic Neighborhoods today. Plus other news.
You can play that old 50 state driving game without leaving the Big Apple. Come along and we’ll show you how.
Headlines from Friday and the weekend.
The city cut the days drivers in a small sliver of Brooklyn had to move their cars for street cleaning — and they still broke the rules!
We want our kids off their phones and reading books in the library. Too bad drivers don’t give a shit. A rant from Streetsblog Editor Gersh Kuntzman.
