Changing Lanes

Changing Lanes is a documentary about a fight over a street. The subject is McGuinness Boulevard in Brooklyn, a road with a long-standing reputation as one of the borough's most dangerous, and the effort to have it redesigned. The film follows the collision between politics and urban planning that shapes what can and cannot be done to the street, as residents, officials and other participants press competing visions for its future.

The film runs 74 minutes and was directed by Ben Wolf for Topiary Productions, an American production. It features David Byrne and Janette Sadik-Khan, both appearing as themselves. It was released in April 2026.

At 74 minutes, the film is short for a theatrical documentary, a length suited to a focused case study of a single street rather than a broad survey of road safety or city politics. The presence of a well-known musician and a former city transportation official among the on-screen participants places the film within a public conversation about how New York's streets are planned and who gets to decide.