Help @illegal53NYC Shame NYPD Into Ridding City Streets of Trucks Designed for Highways
@illegal53NYC is doing for illegally oversized trucks what @placardabuse does for placard abuse -- drawing attention to a pervasive and dangerous traffic problem that City Hall and NYPD have not addressed in any meaningful way.
February 22, 2018
NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Killed Senior Walking With Right of Way in Woodside
The collision occurred at an intersection where DOT allows people to park their cars to the edge of crosswalks, which hinders visibility and safety.
February 21, 2018
Street Cheats: Parking Enforcement in Downtown Brooklyn? Fuhgeddaboudit.
Today’s installment of Street Cheats takes us to Downtown Brooklyn, where city workers are using a rehabbed Cadman Plaza as their personal parking lot and the 84th Precinct has ceded Red Hook Lane sidewalks to government employees and other space hogging randos.
February 21, 2018
NYPD: No Charges for UPS Driver Who Killed Woman Walking With the Right of Way
NYPD's account of the crash indicates 27-year-old Sumiah Ali was crossing the street lawfully when she was fatally struck by a UPS driver in Fort Greene.
February 20, 2018
Send in Your Photos of Street Cheats and Help Us Map Placard Abuse in NYC
Streetsblog is launching a series of posts targeting serial placard abusers and their favored illegal parking spots — Street Cheats — and we need your contributions to hold them accountable.
February 19, 2018
De Blasio “Placard Crackdown” Update: Placard Holders Monopolize Livingston Street Bus Lane
Nine months after Mayor de Blasio announced his big placard crackdown, it has yet to reach Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn, where bus riders stew in traffic while placard-holding government employees illegally park in the bus lane.
February 16, 2018
TransAlt Backs Albany E-Bike Bill With No Helmet or Age Restrictions
The bill, sponsored by Sen. Thomas O'Mara of Elmira and Brooklyn Assembly rep Nick Perry, would enable adults to carry children on e-bikes.
February 16, 2018
