Pedestrian safety
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Talking Headways Podcast: A ‘Communities First’ Infrastructure Alliance
Why this is an important moment for infrastructure equity.
May 20, 2022
Broad Coalition Demands Mayor Adams Properly Manage New York’s Busiest Places: The Curb
It's a popular front against "chaos at the curb."
May 19, 2022
OPINION: Stopping the Lawless Drivers Behind Our Traffic Violence Crisis
Less than 1 percent of motorists cause most of the havoc. We can take countermeasures.
May 10, 2022
Yet Another Report Makes Clear Case for City Control of Speed Cameras
Almost 60 percent of road fatalities in the five boroughs occur in the hours when the cameras are, by current law, unable to issue tickets.
May 10, 2022
Advocates: The City’s ‘Clean Curbs’ Pilot is Too Small
The limited scale of Clean Curbs — basically, the piloting of off-the-shelf storage sheds for bags — hampers the city's goals because it does not require the total rethinking of garbage-collection methods, which is what the city ultimately needs.
May 10, 2022
Truck Driver Gets a Few Summonses for Killing Borough Park Cyclist as MTA Workers Continue Dangerous Parking
Meanwhile, one local Assembly member blamed cyclists.
May 7, 2022
CARNAGE: Garbage Truck Driver Kills Cyclist in Borough Park, After Pedestrian is Killed by Drunk Driver in Manhattan
Two promising lives cut down early.
May 5, 2022
Drivers Seriously Injure Two More Pedestrians — But One Hit-and-Run Driver Collared, Say Cops
Crashes have injured 14,488 people, or roughly 120 New Yorkers every day. Of those, 4,157 were pedestrians, cyclists or moped or scooter riders. That means roughly 34 vulnerable road users are injured every day in this city.
May 4, 2022
Queens Senior Dies from Injuries After Being Hit by Driver on Northern Boulevard
A senior citizen who was struck by a reckless driver on a parking-lot-filled Queens street has died of her wounds — and the driver remains uncharged.
May 3, 2022
Why ‘Walkability’ Scores Don’t Truly Assess How Pedestrian-Friendly a City Is
Standard walkability metrics aren't factoring in all the reasons why residents can't or won't travel by foot, a new analysis suggests— and cities need to think beyond the sidewalk, particularly in neighborhoods of color that face the steepest barriers.
May 2, 2022
