NYC Drivers Injured 1,023 Pedestrians and Cyclists in April, and Killed Eight
Eighteen people died in New York City traffic in April, and 4,424 were injured, according to City Hall’s Vision Zero View crash data map. Through the first four months of 2017, City Hall reported 38 pedestrians and cyclists killed by city motorists and 4,314 injured, compared to 44 deaths and 4,685 injuries in the first four months of 2016.
May 22, 2017
Yesterday’s Times Square Toll Was Terrible — But So Is a Typical Day of NYC Traffic Violence
Given the high-profile location, the number of victims, and recent instances of people using vehicles to kill for ideology, it's understandable that yesterday's crash drew so much attention. But it's important to recognize that as terrible as the Times Square carnage was for a single incident, the same human toll occurs on a daily basis on NYC streets -- it's just dispersed across the city.
May 19, 2017
Driver Hits Multiple People on Times Square Sidewalk: 1 Dead, 22 Injured
Late this morning, a motorist drove onto a Times Square sidewalk and hit multiple people. The deceased victim was an 18-year-old woman. She was walking with her 13-year-old sister, who was also struck.
May 18, 2017
Few Details From NYPD After Sanitation Truck Driver Kills Woman in Greenwich Village
The driver of a private sanitation truck killed a 60-year-old woman in Greenwich Village last night. Overall, private trash haulers have a terrible safety record and have struck and killed at least eight people on NYC streets since 2015.
May 17, 2017
De Blasio’s Defense of Teacher Parking Perks Ignores Everything We Know About Placards
Mayor de Blasio doesn't see a problem with issuing tens of thousands of new parking placards to teachers and other school workers. His assertion runs contrary to years of documented evidence and the daily observations that pile up on Twitter -- a city placard is a license to park anywhere without fear of getting a ticket.
May 16, 2017
Speed Cameras Get Traction in Albany, But Marty Golden Promises to Obstruct
Members of Families for Safe Streets are in Albany today to talk to state legislators about expanding NYC's automated speed enforcement program. After legislative leaders failed to advance a similar bill last year, this session it appears to have more traction.
May 15, 2017
De Blasio Administration Volunteered to Hand Out Tens of Thousands of New Parking Placards
The de Blasio administration chose to reissue tens of thousands of parking placards to city school teachers, and was not forced to do so by an administrative law judge, according to the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, the union that represents school principals.
May 12, 2017