Pedestrian safety
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America’s Mayors: Cars are Ruining Our Cities — But We Won’t Do Much About It!
We have met the enemy — and it is our mayors!
February 17, 2020
Pro-Car Queens Board Wants To Squeeze Pedestrians to Create More Room For Drivers
Car-loving Community Board 7 in Flushing wants to take space away from already endangered pedestrians and give it to car drivers.
February 14, 2020
Advocates: We Don’t Need New NYPD ‘Vision Zero Unit’ — We Need Safer Streets and Better Trained Cops
The new unit is supposed to crack down on reckless drivers, but given the NYPD's record of racial bias, overpolicing, and lack of understanding, few are optimistic.
February 7, 2020
Upper West Side Panel Approves Neutered ‘No Parking’ Study
CB 7's much-neutered resolution passes — finally! — with a huge display of parking angst.
February 5, 2020
Op-Ed: Where Do We Put All Those Dockless E-Scooters?
Something's gotta give: Charging stations offer a solution to the clutter and danger posed by untethered micromobility devices.
February 4, 2020
Queens Pedestrian is Backed Over and Killed by Driver Who is Not Charged
A driver backing out of his driveway ran over and killed one of his neighbors on a Queens street on Saturday, yet was not charged even for the basic negligence.
February 2, 2020
DOT to Streetsblog: Yeah, We’re Sorry the Brooklyn Bridge Remains a Mess
"I will admit we have had some ups and downs," Trottenberg said. "I apologize."
January 30, 2020
More Pols — And The Mayor, Too — Demand Answers from NYPD on ‘Jaywalking While Black’
Mayor de Blasio on Tuesday said he agreed with the Council's concerns and wants all enforcement to be "fair."
January 29, 2020
Kill Someone with a Car, Avoid Serious Charges, Episode 1,324
It's like Bob Dylan once said, "Steal a little and they throw you in jail/Steal a lot and then they make you king."
January 28, 2020
Another Pedestrian is Killed in Chinatown
Police did not say whether the driver ran a red light, but he or she was not immediately charged.
January 26, 2020
