Pedestrian safety
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I Was Hit By a Driver — Then a Cop Blamed Me
Police officers routinely blame traffic violence victims for injuries and deaths caused by drivers. Now let's hear from one of them.
December 7, 2018
Two Dead Pedestrians, Two Boroughs — No Arrests
Two more pedestrians were killed by drivers in unrelated crashes on Saturday — but in neither case was the driver charged.
December 2, 2018
Hey, DOT, Smarter Signal Timing Could Resolve Bike-Car-Pedestrian Conflict
With the right traffic signal timing, city officials could maximize the successive green lights for all road users.
November 30, 2018
Rodriguez: De Blasio Should Build 100 Miles of Protected Bike Lanes Per Year
Currently, the city lays out about 25 miles of the super-secure cycling routes. The chairman of the City Council Transportation Committee wants much, much more.
November 29, 2018
Times Square is Still A Mammoth S#!+show — But NYC Can Learn from London
Streetfilms takes you inside the belly of the beast.
November 29, 2018
CYCLE OF RAGE: Mayor de Blasio is Blind to the Real Terror — Cars!
We don't have a democratically elected government anymore in New York City — we have a government by irrational old ladies.
November 28, 2018
Driver Charged in Fatal Chinatown Crash that Killed a Senior
A 90-year-old woman has died of injuries sustained when a driver ran her down in Chinatown earlier this month — a rare incident where the driver was charged.
November 26, 2018
A Man was Run Down and Killed 5 Years Ago on Rockaway Blvd. Nothing Has Been Done to Prevent Another Death
A deadly Queens intersection where an airport worker was run down and killed five years ago still lacks a simple crosswalk.
November 22, 2018
CYCLE OF RAGE: NYPD is Not Doing Enough to Crack Down on Cabbies on their Phones
Uber and Lyft basically require cabbies to be on their phones all day — so why isn't the NYPD battling this known safety scourge?
November 19, 2018
Ignore the NIMBYs and See Sunnyside’s Bike Lanes in Action
One day after 150 pro-parking cranks rallied in Sunnyside to protest safer roadways in their neighborhood, Streetfilms auteur Clarence Eckerson Jr. posted a counterpoint: the city's Safer Skillman plan in action.
November 19, 2018
