The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
There’s a lot going on on this day before July 4th weekend, especially when we missed sending out yesterday’s newsletter. So it’s time to grab your cup of coffee and dig into the news from the past two days.
Why don’t you start it off with this video of DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez answering a question from Streetsblog’s own Sophia Lebowitz about his celebration of safety wins from design projects while the mayoral administration he works for continues to fight in court to rip one of them out…
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.
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.
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.
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.
