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DATA: Safe Streets Are an Equity Issue — And the City is Failing the Most Vulnerable
Despite Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero program, injuries from traffic crashes in 2018 and 2019 were 1 percent higher than in 2016 and 2017. But in communities of color, the number of crash-caused injuries are soaring by double digit percentages.
August 19, 2020
Campaign To Remove NYPD From Traffic Enforcement Gains Steam
An influential Manhattan panel voted to return street safety to the DOT. Will Mayor de Blasio heed the call?
June 25, 2020
ANALYSIS: Growing SUV Carnage Shows Need for Tougher Policies
Rising crash injuries and basically flat traffic deaths point to the shortcomings of Vision Zero. And data from Crashmapper shows the dangers of SUVs.
June 4, 2020
West Side Story: Highway Will Become Safer, Thanks to Advocates, Hoylman
Drivers will be forced to slow down — and yield more to cyclists and pedestrians — as part of a long-overdue (but ultimately incomplete) state plan to make the West Side Highway safer.
August 26, 2019
Will NYC Finally Get Garbage Out of Pedestrians’ Way?
The departments of Sanitation and Transportation say they'll do something about it. But will their formal "request for expressions of interest" from community, industry and advocacy groups actually solve the problem?
June 4, 2019
Another Benefit of Congestion Pricing? Commuters Will Have Way More Time
You could binge watch all of the original "Star Trek" series, plus the movies! (Or you could just spend more time with your kids, or have less stress in your life.)
February 6, 2019
Hey, DOT, Smarter Signal Timing Could Resolve Bike-Car-Pedestrian Conflict
With the right traffic signal timing, city officials could maximize the successive green lights for all road users.
November 30, 2018
This Is the Tool You Need to Push for Safer Streets in Your Part of NYC
When CHEKPEDS introduced Crash Mapper a year ago, it was already an improvement over City Hall's Vision Zero View. Crash Mapper uses the same data as the city map, but the public can do a lot more with it.
March 2, 2018
Map the Dangerous Streets in Your Neighborhood With This New Tool
The street safety advocates at Hell's Kitchen-based Chekpeds have relaunched NYC Crash Mapper, a tool lets you drill down on traffic crash data in your neighborhood, community board, or City Council district. The new Crash Mapper interface is a step up from City Hall's Vision Zero View tool, which launched in 2014, in some important ways.
March 8, 2017
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