The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.

It’s going to be a busy day, what with a huge transportation budget hearing in Albany (Kevin Duggan set us up nicely with his latest insurance reform story).

But start your day with the top story: Mayor Mamdani is still cracking down on cyclists with criminal summonses that he said he would scrap.

Plus, Dave Colon brings us inside Gov. Hochul’s Second Avenue Subway dreams.

  • 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.
  • NYC-DSA Wants to Make Buses Fast and Free — And It’s Organizing Riders
    by The Editorial Team
    October 2, 2026
    Streetsblog sat down with Dheraj Ganjikunta and Alex Morano to talk about the group’s new transit organizing effort, bus lanes, MTA funding and the fight for fare-free service.
  • Friday Video: Why America Hates Bikes (And How to Make It Love Them)
    by The Editorial Team
    October 2, 2026
    Two of our favorite YouTubers teamed up for a great explainer on the history of anti-bike bias in the United States.
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