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!”)

  • Dangerous Drivers At ‘Trunk-Or-Treat’ Show How Cars Are A Horror For Kids All Year Long
    by Sam Brule
    October 30, 2026
    Halloween is scary fun for kids — the other 364 days of the year are just scary. And that’s why Trunk-or-Treat isn’t a half-bad idea!
  • Sheep’s Meadow in Central Park
    An Interview with the Biggest Cycling Club in New York City
    by J.K. Trotter
    October 30, 2026
    Streetsblog chatted with five members of the New York Cycle Club about Central Park.
  • Our Central Park Wishlist: Perimeter and Transverse Bike Lanes, Fewer Cars and — Yes — Some Speed Limits
    by David Meyer
    October 30, 2026
    What is to be done in the city’s most-famous park? We offer some concrete ideas.
  • Friday’s Headlines: Streetsfilms Meets the War on Cars Edition
    by David Meyer
    October 30, 2026
    Tickets are still on sale to see the War on Cars Podcast live and Clarence Eckerson’s “Close Encounters of the 34th Avenue Kind” in one night. Plus the news.
  • Mayor Mamdani: Trash Containerization Protects Sanitation Workers
    by Kevin Duggan
    October 29, 2026
    And all it costs is a little less free car storage.
  • DSNY Truck Driver Kills Pedestrian At Notorious Brooklyn Intersection
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    October 29, 2026
    It’s a notorious intersection where people keep getting hit.
  • DOT Teases Closed Streets and Automated Parking Enforcement for FiDi
    by Kevin Duggan
    October 29, 2026
    DOT wants to untie FiDi’s “Gordian Knot” of placard parking.
  • Confused NYPD Abandons East Village E-Bike Raid
    by Sophia Lebowitz
    October 29, 2026
    They showed up to harass delivery workers … but then changed their minds.
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