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FINALLY: DOT Says it Will Redesign Unprotected Portion of Ninth St. as Cyclists Stage ‘Die-In’
Too little, too late. "The city dropped the ball," said one friend of killed cyclist Sarah Schick. "And now we have to be here for our friend."
January 20, 2023
Why Don’t Drivers Stop at Crosswalks? Because They’re Driving Too Fast
Many motorists yield to pedestrians in crosswalks — but not when they're driving at deadly speeds, according to a new study that shows the need to slow down car drivers with broader road design changes, and not just more signs and paint.
January 16, 2023
Another Pedestrian is Dead on Brooklyn’s Dangerous Kings Highway
A pedestrian was killed by the driver of a private sanitation truck late on Thursday along a notorious stretch of Kings Highway in Brooklyn that is known for crashes.
January 13, 2023
Ninth Street Cyclists Share Their Stories of Fear
Cyclists vented their anger at unsafe conditions on Brooklyn’s Ninth Street bike lane on Thursday, two days after a truck driver killed a 37-year-old wife and mother of two while she was riding an electric Citi Bike on an unprotected stretch west of Third Avenue.
January 13, 2023
KOMANOFF: Listening to Lehrer Helps Understand The Mindset Keeping our Streets Unsafe
Hearing Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and WNYC radio host Brian Lehrer chatting it up on Lehrer’s show Wednesday morning gave me a new insight into why New York streets remain so unsafe for cyclists and pedestrians.
January 13, 2023
SAFETY LAST: DOT Under Fire to Finish Ninth Street Redesign after Sixth Fatality in 18 Years
The city is once again under fire for a death on a roadway that it failed to redesign for safety.
January 12, 2023
State of the State: Hochul Seeks to Let New York City Lower its Speed Limits
Gov. Hochul has fully endorsed a state legislative effort to allow New York City to set — and reduce — its own speed limits, announcing in her State of the State address on Tuesday that she will introduce her own version of the existing "Sammy's Law" bill that the legislature has failed to pass previously.
January 10, 2023
Fans to Mets Owner: We Don’t Want to Drive to Citi Field
New Yorkers who showed up at a "visioning session" on Saturday to discuss the future of the parking lots surrounding Citi Field put cars low on their power rankings.
January 9, 2023
Road Deaths Surged Alongside Covid — But Who Died, Exactly?
The surge of traffic deaths in the first year of the pandemic can't be completely explained by quarantine-emptied roads that made speeding easy — and new data on who, exactly, was involved in those crashes may lead to more questions than answers.
January 9, 2023
