A street with businesses on either side, and the middle of the street (and sidewalks!) absolutely filled w/ pedestrians. Many are holding orange halloween pumpkins.

A table on the open street, with kids (many in costumes, like the butterfly wings on a little girl dressed as tinkerbell facing away from the camera) and adults crowded around the table.

Chalk on the street that says "Trick Or Streets", with a blue ghost, green bat, and a pumpkin.

Chalk on the street that says "neibors 4 safer austin" and stick figures of happy people.

Austin St Trick-or-Streets!

(put on by @nasas )

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Hey neighbors, It has been a while since our last email, but I wanted to send out some big news coming out of the MTA Bus Redesign. As some of you know, the MTA is currently in the process of redesigning the Queens Bus Network. They just released their final proposal: https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes. The big news related to us is that they have moved the Q23 from Austin St; it will now follow Yellowstone Blvd to Queens Blvd, the same route it follows. This is pretty massive for our group. Last time we spoke to the MTA, they said they would not remove the Q23 from Austin St due to demand. This limited what plans could implemented (see our write-up here: https://asaferaustinstreet.com/news/a-safer-better-austin-street). This changes everything; the busway idea is now moot, while the pedestrianization and one-way ideas are now possible. That said, we're still stuck in a holding pattern with the city as they continue to "study" Austin St. That said, one way we can push the process forward is by implementing an Open Street on Austin St. The news of the bus redirection opens up more of the street for an Open Street, we'll keep you posted on that idea next year. Happy holidays to everyone!

Wow, email from @nasas :

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