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City Has Spent Half-a-BILLION Because of Reckless Driving by Workers
The City of New York has spent more than $500 million since 2013 in payouts to the victims of road violence caused by employees of just five key agencies crashing their city-owned vehicles, Streetsblog has learned.
November 21, 2019
NYPD Secretly Alters Victim-Blaming Narrative of Death of E-Bike Rider and Charges Trucker
"There is no excuse for this practice," said Marco Conner of Transportation Alternatives.
October 18, 2019
Wednesday’s Headlines: Frances Furlong Edition
A letter to the editor sparks a rare bit of self-reflection (not really). Plus the other news of the day.
October 2, 2019
Firefighter Who Used His Car to Run Down a Cyclist is Still Driving Recklessly
On Aug. 29, a speed camera caught De La Rosa's car speeding through a school zone in the Bronx.
September 30, 2019
FDNY: Traffic — Not Bike Lanes — is to Blame for Increased Response Times
“Travel time increases [are due] to continued population growth, with more vehicles on the road and more construction,” says the report, which was released late Tuesday.
September 19, 2019
Ballistic Firefighter Who Used His Car to Run Down a Cyclist is Back on Duty
Taxpayers are again paying the salary of firefighter Brauley de la Rosa, who was arrested last month for using his Dodge muscle car as a battering ram against a cyclist.
July 17, 2019
FDNY Ambulance Driver Kills Gen Zhan, 81, in East Village Crosswalk
An FDNY ambulance driver struck and killed a senior in the East Village yesterday.
August 30, 2016
Citing FDNY Concerns, DOT Removes Two-Block Protected Bike Connection
DOT has erased a short contraflow protected bikeway that linked the Highbridge neighborhood to the car-free High Bridge in response to FDNY concerns about the movement of emergency vehicles. The project was part of a package of biking and walking improvements in the Bronx and Upper Manhattan implemented last year, timed to coincide with the re-opening of the High Bridge to the public [PDF].
March 17, 2016
FDNY Commissioner Salvatore Cassano: Bike-Share Racks Are Not In Our Way
We have a message from FDNY that should once and for all take care of fabricated concerns about bike-share docking stations getting in the way of emergency vehicles.
May 21, 2013
FDNY: “We Haven’t Had Any Issues” With Bike-Share Locations
Republican mayoral candidate Joseph Lhota, on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show yesterday, said that while he didn't "know this for a fact," he views the bike-share program as an example of failed agency coordination in the Bloomberg administration, because he'd read press reports that people were complaining about new bike-share stations potentially impeding emergency response. Despite Lhota's speculation, based off hysterical media reports, the Fire Department says they were consulted by DOT and that the stations have not been a problem.
May 3, 2013