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Corey Johnson Just Smacked Down CBS2’s Bikelash Crap in the Most Perfect Way
The speaker tells CBS2 that it's simply wrong to continue the news outlet's ongoing war on cyclists.
September 17, 2019
How Lazy Coverage of Pedestrian Deaths Obscures Why Streets Are So Dangerous
Journalists should be more skeptical of police accounts of pedestrian deaths.
August 8, 2018
No, “Drunk Walking” Is Not Causing the Rise in Pedestrian Deaths
A new report from PBS News Hour violates the most basic precepts of good journalism in a pathetic attempt to pin the rise in pedestrian fatalities on people who drink and walk.
July 6, 2018
Mythbusters: The Queens Boulevard Bike Lane Didn’t Do in Ben’s Best Deli
Blame the punishing economics of running a kosher meat emporium in 2018, not the Queens Boulevard bike lane.
June 14, 2018
How Coverage of Pedestrian Fatalities Dehumanizes Victims and Absolves Drivers
An analysis of news headlines in Canada identified rhetorical patterns that deflect culpability from drivers.
March 28, 2018
NY1 Teams Up With Joe Addabbo to Bash Better Bus Service for Tens of Thousands of New Yorkers
Neglecting to talk to bus riders, NY1 reporter Ruschell Boone gives Woodhaven Boulevard SBS the driver gripefest treatment.
November 29, 2017
Barry Grodenchik and Nily Rozic Stoke Fear of DOT Project to Make It Safer to Walk and Bike to P.S. 213
WPIX is on a mission to stop a street safety project outside P.S. 213. And local representatives Barry Grodenchik and Nily Rozic are falling for it.
November 9, 2017
What We Owe Gothamist and DNAinfo
When I started reporting for Streetsblog in 2008, writing about biking as transportation was still an oddity in NYC media, and community boards were making crucial decisions about streets and transit with very little public scrutiny. Reporters with Gothamist and DNAinfo changed that, and I want to take a moment to recognize those contributions.
November 7, 2017
Tony Avella Roused to Action By Dinged Up Mercedes, Not Loss of Life
As far as Avella is concerned, people who bike and walk on Northern Boulevard just don't count.
October 10, 2017
Driver Kills Brooklyn Cyclist and NYPD Again Reflexively Blames the Victim in the Press
NYPD cited no evidence that the deceased victim caused the crash, but that didn't stop the department from telling the media he ran a red light.
July 12, 2017
