The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.

Our top story today: Kevin Duggan listened to hours and hours of community board meetings and found that one Lower Manhattan board is doing everything it can to thwart outdoor dining. But what else did you expect from a flawed Council law pushed by Adrienne Adams and Eric Adams?

  • Mamdani DOT Lays Groundwork for Low-Traffic Neighborhood Around Greenpoint School
    by Kevin Duggan
    September 9, 2026
    Parents hope “long overdue” traffic diverters will keep cut-through traffic off Driggs Avenue and away from P.S. 110.
  • Vive La Sécurité! Paris-Style Gated School Street Coming To Tribeca
    by Sophia Lebowitz
    September 9, 2026
    Mayor Mamdani is starting the school year off in safe fashion by slapping a permanent gate on a Tribeca car-free school street, a true French treat.
  • Empty Quarter: City’s Crash Database Hasn’t Been Updated In Three Months
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    September 9, 2026
    As a result, thousands of crashes are not showing up on independent and user-friendly websites like Crashmapper.
  • Wednesday’s Headlines: More Helmet Discourse Edition
    by David Meyer
    September 9, 2026
    The War on Cars podcast weighed into the helmet discourse that Mayor Mamdani ignited last month. Plus the news.
  • 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.
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