The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.

Today’s top story is an op-ed we were working on with Dr. Arline Bronzaft before the pre-eminent noise researcher died on Oct. 29. We publish it with love in tribute to her work making our streets quieter.

In addition, we’re ramping up our coverage of what the next mayor — Mamdani! Cuomo! Sliwa? — should do if he wins tonight. Step one? Repair the damage of the Cross Bronx Expressway.

And don’t miss our headlines, which, as always, focus on Andrew Cuomo’s car brain.

And if you missed our Monday mid-day post, scroll down to see that Council Member Vickie Paladino learned class and grace from his mom.

It’s all in a day’s work from your friends at Streetsblog.

  • The MTA is Finally Checking Fares Without Stopping Buses
    by Dave Colon
    May 21, 2026
    MTA fare enforcement “EAGLE teams” will trial fare inspections on moving buses instead of holding up riders, officials said.
  • State Police Went AWOL During City Patrols — And Supervisor Had No Idea
    by Sammy Sussman
    May 21, 2026
    Troopers based in NYC routinely blew off their duties to chill, sleep with their girlfriends and, in one notorious case, drive to a strip club in New Jersey, get drunk and get arrested for assault, Streetsblog has learned.
  • Thursday’s Headlines: Our Big Party Edition
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    May 21, 2026
    It’s time to celebrate Streetsblog’s 20th anniversary. Plus other news.
  • Exclusive: Wider Bike Lane Coming This Spring To Sixth Ave. in Manhattan
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    May 20, 2026
    The project had been announced under Mayor Eric Adams, but never implemented.
  • Mamdani’s Path to Low Traffic Neighborhoods Could Run Through Queens
    by Kevin Duggan
    May 20, 2026
    Mamdani could make the World’s Borough the “envy of the world.”
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