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Huge Grant: Feds Send City $12M to Improve Post-Crash Analyses
Advocates have been seeking this for years: a single repository where the disparate findings from multiple agencies about road crashes will be stored and analyzed.
September 6, 2024
Speeding Fuels Pedestrian Death Crisis As Council Stalls ‘Sammy’s Law’ Changes
Pedestrian fatalities were up 27 percent in the first six months of the year compared to 2023.
July 23, 2024
Want Safer Streets? Get the Worst Drivers off the Road, Report Says
The city could save roughly 50 lives every year by simply getting the worst drivers off the road — but doing so is going to be a heavy lift at 1 Police Plaza, City Hall and in the state Capitol, a new report shows.
March 21, 2024
Eyes on the Street: DOT Rolls Out Three New Mid-Block Crossings on Atlantic Avenue
Three new mid-block crossings began to take shape last week on Atlantic Avenue — recently dubbed "the new Boulevard of Death."
February 6, 2024
Friday’s Headlines: Dusk and Darkness Edition
A new DOT "heat map" shines new light on the agency's efforts to reduce the high number of fatal and severe traffic crashes that occur in the dark early evening hours of the fall and winter. Plus other news.
November 3, 2023
Crunching the Data on the Record-Setting Year For Cyclist Deaths
Ninety-four percent of the year's record-setting number of bike deaths occurred on streets without protected bike lanes.
October 17, 2023
Serious Traffic Crash Injuries on the Rise: Report
A new online tool tracks serious injury data, which DOT has been required to publish since last year.
September 11, 2023
New Web Tool Draws Attention to NYC’s Traffic Violence Crisis Under Eric Adams
"The Cost of Cars" tracks the daily carnage on New York City streets amid an unprecedented rise in cyclist fatalities.
August 8, 2023
DOT Report Shows Ongoing Driver Recklessness — And the Agency’s Slow Response to It
There were 15,947 reported vehicle crashes in the first quarter of 2022. The Department of Transportation examined 521 of those crash locations and took immediate action to improve safety at just three.
July 15, 2022
Analysis: Out-Of-State Cars Causing Mayhem in NYC
More than 10,000 people a year are injured in crashes in the city involving vehicles registered to other U.S. states and Washington, D.C., a Streetsblog analysis of NYPD collision data found.
September 21, 2021
