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Motorists Take the Lives of Human Rights Worker and Senior in Brooklyn
A senior was killed by a motorist in Bensonhurst this weekend, and a Prospect Heights pedestrian who was struck by an alleged drunk driver earlier this month has died from her injuries.
July 15, 2013
The Citi Bike Story No One’s Talking About: Only 3 Injuries in 500,000 Rides
It seems like the local press has run through so many permutations of the Citi Bike story that now it's time to recycle Citi Bike stories from a year ago.
July 3, 2013
The Times Seeks a “Dialogue” About Bikes Clogging NYC Streets
Who can resist this tasty New York Times linkbait? Not us. The paper wants responses to this preposterous rant from reader Gary Taustine. Mr. Taustine sees Amsterdam, with its 32 percent bike mode-share and minuscule pedestrian death rate, as a cautionary tale for NYC, with its 1 percent bike mode-share and 150+ pedestrian deaths per year:
July 1, 2013
Share Your NYC Cycling Tips on the Times’ New Interactive Bike Route Map
With New Yorkers lining up for Citi Bikes, the New York Times today unveiled a map asking for readers' wisdom on the city's best and worst bike routes. The map went live with advice from names Streetsblog readers might recognize, including our editor Ben Fried, transport economist Charles Komanoff, Brooklyn Spoke's Doug Gordon, writer Tom Vanderbilt, and advocate Hilda Cohen.
June 7, 2013
Dorothy Rabinowitz vs. Veronica Moss: Which One Is Satire?
Again we have to hand it to the Wall Street Journal: They know link bait when they see it.
June 7, 2013
Viral Anti-Bike Content — The Daily News Is Doing It Wrong
The Wall Street Journal schooled the world on how to generate pageviews with this instant classic of anti-bike insanity starring editorial board member Dorothy Rabinowitz. Approximately 3.4 million websites embedded this video before Streetsblog got around to it, and "Dorothy Rabinowitz" is still rocketing up the Twitter trend chart. Meanwhile, the Daily News posted an addled anti-bike conspiracy theory last night by someone named Jack Brown, and hardly anyone noticed.
June 4, 2013
Amidst Tabloid Attack on Bicycling, Another Child Killed By Reckless Motorist
Update: The Post and DNAinfo have identified the victims as Ariel Russo, 4, and her grandmother, Katia Gutierrez. The driver has been named as Franklin Reyes, 17. Correcting information released earlier today, NYPD now says Reyes has a record of one arrest, and it was not for robbery, according to the Post.
June 4, 2013
Another Cyclist Killed at East Harlem Intersection, NYPD Again Blames Victim
For the second time in less than a year, a cyclist has been killed by a motorist at the intersection of E. 108th Street and Park Avenue, in East Harlem.
June 3, 2013
New York’s Hometown Paper Doesn’t Get How New York City Streets Work
I think I've figured out why, when it comes to allocating space on New York streets, the Daily News opinion team tends to take a position that's completely at odds with making the city a better place. The problem is that the Daily News opinion team doesn't understand how city streets function.
June 3, 2013
Now That Citi Bike Is Live, Will All Cyclist Injuries Be Newsworthy?
Now that Citi Bike is live, the media are apparently paying close attention to traffic crashes that injure cyclists. So long as the cyclist is on a Citi Bike.
May 31, 2013