Bronx CB 8 Delays Vote on Play Street Where Driver Killed 8-Year-Old
Bronx Community Board 8 delayed a decision on whether to approve a play street application from the school where a motorist killed 8-year-old Rylee Ramos, when people complained that a play street at a different school would interfere with their driving.
August 10, 2016
The Missing Piece in DOT’s Left-Turn Safety Plan: Real Split-Phase Signals
Split-phase traffic signals protect pedestrians and cyclists by separating them from turning drivers -- people walking and biking across the street get their own signal phase, and drivers turning into the crosswalk get another. Research indicates that split-phase signals are highly effective at preventing traffic injuries and deaths. But when DOT revealed its strategy to reduce crashes caused by left-turning drivers, there was no commitment to increase the use of split-phase signals.
August 9, 2016
Summer Streets 2016 Gets Started Tomorrow
If you're old enough to remember when Summer Streets -- which begins tomorrow -- was a wild new idea, it probably won't surprise you that this isn't the first year we've pointed out that Summer Streets has become a completely normal thing.
August 5, 2016
Why Not Fix the Flatbush/Atlantic/Fourth Hellscape With a Traffic Circle?
Could a traffic circle tame cars and trucks at the chaotic intersection of Flatbush, Atlantic, and Fourth avenues in Brooklyn? A team of architects thinks so.
August 5, 2016
Garbage Truck Driver Admits to Causing Crash That Killed Cyclist Hoyt Jacobs
The truck driver who killed cyclist Hoyt Jacobs in Long Island City last year admitted to causing the crash and pled guilty to violating the victim's right of way.
August 4, 2016