The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.

Since we last talked, President Trump threatened the city and state with unspecified funding cuts if the city Department of Transportation completes a long-planned, not-particularly-controversial bus lane project on 34th Street in Manhattan.

Today’s newsletter has information from other outlets (in today’s headlines) and our own coverage of Friday’s hastily called rally.

Oh, and we’ll be following up, you can bet on it.

  • Prospect Heights Tried a Lighter Approach to Street Cleaning Enforcement — It Didn’t Work
    by Kevin Duggan
    October 9, 2026
    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!
  • Cycle Of Rage: One Crash Shows How Reckless Car Drivers Ruin Kids’ Childhoods
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    October 9, 2026
    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.
  • Friday Video: How Mamdani Can Avoid His BQE Bypass Boondoggle
    by Kevin Duggan
    October 9, 2026
    In their latest video, the current and former NYC public school students of the Joint Transit Association have some concerns about Mayor Mamdani’s plan to rebuild the BQE.
  • Inside Baseball: Kuntzman To Step Down At Streetsblog; David Meyer To Take Over
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    October 9, 2026
    Streetsblog’s longtime editor will take on new challenges. And so will his successor.
  • Friday’s Headlines: ‘Bedford? Bedford?’ Edition
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    October 9, 2026
    Pay no attention to Mayor Mamdani’s failure on Bedford Avenue. Plus other news.
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