Famous for sidewalk merchants and street traffic, Canal has long been a rough-and-tumble corridor of commerce and creativity. The city wants to make it safer.

Yesterday, the City Council held a massive, 10-hour, three-committee hearing on e-bikes, e-scooters, and high-speed illegal devices. Let’s be clear about a critical distinction: low-speed and pedal-as...

Construction is officially underway on Box Street Park, a long-planned waterfront green space in Greenpoint that city officials say will bring much-needed parkland to the neighborhood.

In just the past two weeks, two New Yorkers riding e-bikes were killed by truck drivers. 

This is the 149th person killed so far in 2026 on New York City streets. This is the 36th person killed in traffic in Manhattan in 2026 — up 33% from this point last year. This is the 20th person k...

Streetsblog would love to hear more from the Lyft-owned bike share. Plus other news.

Join us on Wednesday, September 23, from 6:00-7:00 p.m. for a virtual testimony prep session ahead of the NYC City Council's September 30 hearing on e-bikes. We’ll walk through the hearing process, p...

It was a nonstop spectacle: the Knicks and the World Cup, cyclospora and alpha-gal, the mayor in a pool and Taylor Swift in a wedding dress. It was a lot.

This is the 13th child killed in traffic so far this year in New York City, more than twice as many children than were killed by this point last year. 141 children have been killed in the Vision Zero ...

Sammy’s Law gave New York City the ability to implement slower, safer speeds on the vast majority of streets in the five boroughs. Fifteen community boards have now passed resolutions asking DOT to...

And How NYC Can Follow the Same Itinéraire

Sammy’s Law gave New York City the ability to implement slower, safer speeds on the vast majority of streets in the five boroughs. Fifteen community boards have now passed resolutions asking DOT to...

More and more community boards are asking the Mamdani administration to use Sammy's Law to reduce car speed limits to 20 miles per hour.

The administration offers a 104-page vision statement that's a bit hazy on the specifics.

New research from Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets has revealed the 50 most dangerous major streets in New York City.

The 50 most dangerous arterial roads in New York City are collectively within a quarter-mile of over 2,300 schools and child care centers, according to a new

Canal Street is one of the most dangerous streets in Manhattan. Ten pedestrians have been killed on Canal since 2014, with an average age of 75. Every year for seven straight years, at least one New Y...

New research from Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets has revealed the 50 most dangerous major streets in New York City.

Cops said a "person of interest" was taken into custody.

New research from Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets has revealed the 50 most dangerous major streets in New York City.