The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.

Sophia Lebowitz continues her monthlong coverage of how Instacart is lobbying — completely disingenuously, if we do say so — Mayor Adams to veto a bill requiring the company to pay its workers the normal delivery worker minimum wage.

Meanwhile, in Red Hook, sweltering residents may finally get some relief on Sunday, as the Parks Department appears finally ready to open a public pool that is a lifeline for tens of thousands of low-income New Yorkers about whom Mayor Adams claims he cares.

Oh, and Trump took over DC.

  • Gov. Hochul’s West Side Highway Safety Plan Is 12 Months Late (And Counting)
    by The Editorial Team
    October 5, 2026
    The Hochul administration is slow-walking safety on the West Side Highway as more and more people suffer injuries or worse on the corridor.
  • Brooklyn’s Jay Street Busway Is Getting Spiffy New Boarding Platforms
    by Dave Colon
    October 5, 2026
    Mayor Mamdani is giving the Jay Street busway a new life by adding a pair of bus boarding islands to a chaotic area of the bus-first thoroughfare where cyclists, pedestrians and buses all compete for space.
  • Talking Headways Podcast: Architecture’s Role in Population Decline
    by The Editorial Team
    October 5, 2026
    Good design is great, but if you can’t afford it, you can’t have babies. A very special edition of the podcast with the always provocative Blaine Brownell.
  • Monday’s Headlines: Chambers Street Edition
    by David Meyer
    October 5, 2026
    Manhattan Council Member Chris Marte and Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal want Mayor Mamdani to put a bike lane on Chambers Street. Plus the news.
  • Inwood Insiders Want to Dissolve a Car-Free Plaza They Previously Championed
    by Kevin Duggan
    October 2, 2026
    Well-connected Upper Manhattanites have soured on Quisqueya Plaza.
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