The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.

We-a culpa! We failed to send out yesterday’s newsletter, which goes to show that when you don’t automate basic tasks, an editor with a 60-year-old brain will occasionally forget to push a few buttons at 11:59 p.m.

To make it up to you, we’ll add in some extra stories at the bottom. Read ’em all! And, of course, “Let’s go, Mets!” (or, if you’re the mayor, “Let’s go, Metkees!”)

  • Hochul Pitches IBX Transit-Oriented Housing ‘Dream’
    by Dave Colon
    September 10, 2026
    “This will be the embodiment of the dream to have more transit-oriented development,” the governor said.
  • Pedestrian Killed, Two Others Maimed By Truck Driver On Deadly Canal Street
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    September 10, 2026
    Cops said a “person of interest” was taken into custody.
  • OPINION: A Brooklyn Dad Reflects on Five Years of Safe Streets Advocacy
    by David Meyer
    September 10, 2026
    Becoming a dad inspired Greenpointer Chris Roberti to push for street changes to make the area around his home and his kids’ school safer, he writes.
  • ‘Back To School’ Means Back To Fear For Teen Cyclists
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    September 10, 2026
    Public school kids are heading back to school today. Here’s a perspective on road safety from one of them.
  • Bike Lane On Northern Blvd. Would Increase Safety Two Times Over: Activists
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    September 10, 2026
    Queens leaders say a bike lane would improve safety on both the six-lane commercial roadway and the parallel Paseo Park.
  • Thursday’s Headlines: A Streets New Year Edition
    by David Meyer
    September 10, 2026
    The city will pedestrianize parts of Borough Park for Rosh Hashanah for the first time. Plus more news.
  • 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.
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