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Daylight Again: Bronx Community Board Backs Parking Ban at Intersections
The Boogie Down is down with daylighting!
April 26, 2024
Civic Panel Pushes For (Some) Atlantic Ave. Safety Upgrades
Brooklyn Community Board 2 stopped short of calling for a more aggressive redesign of a street where drivers have killed six pedestrians in the last decade.
April 15, 2024
Ten Community Boards Back Parking Ban at Corners for Safety
Will the city listen to the growing push to stop exempting itself from state law?
March 6, 2024
‘I’m Walkin’ Heah’! A NYC Pedestrian Looks for Answers
Streetsblog sometimes posts opinion pieces from New Yorkers who may not be as engaged on livable streets issues, but nonetheless can offer an insight. This is one of those.
January 29, 2024
Driver Who Killed 7-Year-Old Gets Probation After DA Katz Quietly Downgraded Charges
A child is dead — but this driver walked.
January 22, 2024
Seven Brooklyn Electeds Join Growing Calls For Universal Daylighting
"There have been far too many tragic crash fatalities and serious injuries from turning vehicles at intersections," the murder of politicians wrote to DOT.
January 17, 2024
Queens Pol Recovering From Broken Arm, Bruises After Driver Strikes Her in Crosswalk
The driver — who Gonzalez-Rojas said received a summons for failure to yield — was traveling slow enough to avoid a worse outcome, the pol said.
January 7, 2024
WALK THIS WAY: NYPD Removes Some Barricades on Park Row
Some barricades are gone from the Civic Center security theater, but many still remain. And it's just plain wrong, locals say.
January 3, 2024
A Pedestrian Death in Queens Highlights a Year of Carnage
It's a reminder that 2023 is on pace to be one of the bloodiest years on New York City streets during the now-11-year Vision Zero era.
December 11, 2023
Eyes on the Street: ‘Daylighting’ NYC Intersections Needs More Than Paint and Signs
We're gonna need more than paint and signs.
December 5, 2023
