Pedestrian safety
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Advocates Renew Urgent Call for Riverside Park Bike Bypass Fix
The Parks Department's detour is a dangerous and hastily conceived fix that's not working.
November 15, 2019
Op-Ed: Jewel Avenue is the New Boulevard of Death
Jewel Avenue — like neighboring Queens Boulevard — excels in road injuries and fatalities. DOT should redesign it, stat!
November 13, 2019
Op-Ed: Move Quickly on the Vehicular Violence Accountability Act
Law makers must pass a much-needed bill early in the next session, the Manhattan DA says. Let's urge them to do so.
November 12, 2019
Op-Ed: DOT’s Growing Commitment to the Bike Network
The U.N. General Assembly week detours showed that the city is taking steps to maintain vital bike routes during crunch periods. Let's entrench that maintenance in daily operations.
November 8, 2019
Senior Hit and Killed by School Bus Driver
A Queens senior citizen was run over and killed by the driver of a school bus this morning as he crossed a roadway with his wife — who watched her husband die right in front of her.
November 6, 2019
Public Plazas: A Tale of Two Cities
The city's current model for streetscape improvements leaves residential communities, especially the less-affluent ones, out in the cold.
November 5, 2019
Op-Ed: Fordham Road is the Busway We Need Next
In the city's third-largest shopping district, buses crawl, drivers kill and fumes endanger people and the environment. Time for a new busway.
November 5, 2019
Jessica Ramos’s Bill for More Food Vendors Just Split the #BikeNYC World
The state senator's proposal would remove caps on the number of legal vendors who could operate — but she claims it would not lead to overwhelmed sidewalks.
November 4, 2019
A Round and a Roundy: How Mayor Grinch Stole Pedestrian Safety
This week, editorial cartoonist Bill Roundy was inspired by Mayor de Blasio's decision to delay — and perhaps kill altogether — a plan to give pedestrians more space near Rockefeller Center during the Yuletide season.
November 4, 2019
Study: Scaffolding Pushes Pedestrians Into The Street
Let's be safe out there — and let's get the city to put up signs before pedestrians get forced into roadways by scaffolding.
November 1, 2019
