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DOT lays out Open Streets changes and 2026 application deadlines; seeks community applicants
Summary
DOT presented Open Streets 2025 highlights and changes for 2026: expanded school support, new limits for bus/truck-route operations, consolidated application deadlines (Jan. 31; March 31 for some schools), and available funding/technical assistance, with outreach expected from applicants and a 45-day community comment period.
Burkina Morgan, from the Department of Transportationpublic realm unit, briefed the Queens borough board on Open Streets accomplishments in 2025 and application changes for 2026.
DOT said 2025 included nearly 150 Open Streets events citywide, five borough signature locations and expanded supports for full-closure school sites. For 2026, DOT will consolidate application deadlines: January 31 for most full-closure and limited-local-access applications and March 31 for full-closure school applications…
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