Behind the Blue Wall With Officer X
This interview originally appeared in the summer issue of Transportation Alternatives' quarterly magazine, Reclaim.
September 1, 2011
Former NYPD Traffic Chief Scagnelli on Traffic, Safety, and Open Data
This interview is re-published from the fall issue of Transportation Alternatives' quarterly magazine, Reclaim.
December 16, 2010
Fourth Witness Reports Seeing Police Chase Van Before Fatal Crash
Another Greenpoint resident has come forward reporting to have seen a police car, in violation of NYPD policy, chasing the speeding white mini-van that took the life of Violetta Kryzak in April.
June 5, 2009
NYPD Won’t Acknowledge Eyewitness Accounts in Death of Greenpoint Mom
The NYPD continues to dispute eyewitness accounts of the events that preceded the vehicle-on-pedestrian collision that took the life of Violetta Kryzak, a 38-year-old mother and Greenpoint resident.
May 29, 2009
NYPD Denies High-Speed Chase in Death of Greenpoint Mom
The New York City Police Department denies that it was involved in a high-speed police chase preceding the vehicle-on-pedestrian collision that took the life of Violetta Kryzak, a 38-year-old Polish-American mother and Greenpoint resident, despite eyewitness accounts to the contrary first published by Streetsblog.
May 21, 2009
Car Chases: Not Like What You See in the Movies
Manhattan Avenue, the bustling main street in my usually quiet Brooklyn neighborhood, became a multi-block crime scene yesterday afternoon when a mini-van driver, reportedly fleeing police at high speed, struck and killed a woman near India Street before crashing into a parked SUV five blocks further north.
April 28, 2009
Transit Service Shrinking? Get Ready for the Rise of the Dollar Van.
Dollar Van Demos, the unlikely union of transportation needs and musical dreams that has entranced New York bloggers, is giving private transit operators in Brooklyn and Queens some of the best press they've ever received. But that isn't the only reason it's worth taking a fresh look at dollar vans. If the state legislature can't avert the MTA's doomsday scenario, the vans may soon see a surge in ridership -- perhaps big enough to launch a few recording careers.
April 13, 2009