Let This RPA Vid Explain Why We Need More Rail Tubes Under the Hudson
The Regional Plan Association produced a nice explainer video on why the region needs to build more rail capacity under the Hudson River, the risks facing the existing train tubes, and what will happen if one of them has to be taken offline for repairs before another tunnel gets built.
October 29, 2015
Civil Suit Compels Man Who Killed Ally Liao to Stop Driving for 5 Years
A bereaved family has done what NYPD, city district attorneys, and the New York State DMV usually fail to do: impose meaningful sanctions against a reckless driver, who in this case took the life of 3-year-old Allison Liao.
October 29, 2015
Two of These Five DA Candidates Answered TA Questions on Traffic Safety
New York City district attorneys are integral to street safety. Ideally, in addition to ensuring that victims see justice, district attorneys can deter dangerous driving by holding people accountable for committing acts of traffic violence.
October 27, 2015
NYPD Isn’t Enforcing Mayor de Blasio’s Key Vision Zero Law
Within months of taking office, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law several bills intended to add teeth to his Vision Zero street safety initiative. In the year since taking effect, however, the most important of those laws was barely used by NYPD.
October 27, 2015
Cornell Tech to Study “Bike Helix” for Roosevelt Island Campus Access
There's a new proposal for bike access on Roosevelt Island.
October 22, 2015
23,000 Cars on NYC Streets and No One Is Tracking Uber’s Safety Record
With more than 23,000 affiliated vehicles, Uber accounts for 66 percent of all "black cars" in NYC. Crain's recently reported that Uber nearly doubled its NYC fleet in the past year. Even as Uber adds several hundred cars a month, no one seems to be keeping track of how many traffic collisions involve Uber drivers, making it impossible to assess the company's safety record.
October 22, 2015
DOT: 1,336 Pedestrians and Cyclists Injured, 7 Killed in September
Fifteen people died in New York City traffic in September, and 4,612 were injured, according to DOT’s Vision Zero View crash data map.
October 21, 2015