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‘Interested, But Concerned’: West Siders Say Safer Bike Lanes Would Get Them Cycling
A whopping 78 percent of all survey respondents said they'd use micro-mobility devices more with better infrastructure, including seven out of 10 women, four of 10 seniors and 94 percent of parents.
June 12, 2023
Amid Senior Pedestrian Death Crisis, City Rolls Out Small Safety Initiative
With more than 40,000 intersections across the city, it will take centuries to hit them at all.
June 15, 2022
Another Senior Is Killed By Uncharged Driver On Bell Boulevard
Another senior citizen has been run over and killed on Bell Boulevard in Queens — and the driver was once again not charged.
February 24, 2020
The Five Stupidest Things Said at Fort Greene’s Town Hall to Protest the City’s ‘War On Cars’
A Tuesday night meeting dubbed the “Fort Greene Town Hall on the City’s War on Cars" descended into chaos when the safe-street advocates in the room tried to counter lies and nonsense from the automobile zealots.
September 18, 2019
[ROWBACK!] AARP Backs Congestion Pricing — Defying Pols Who Claim Seniors Would be Hurt By Tolls
The senior lobbying group supports congestion pricing, even though opponents of congestion pricing often cite seniors as their reason for opposing tolls.
February 21, 2019
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Motorist Who Killed Senior in Queens Crosswalk Pleads to Violating Victim’s Right of Way
For killing Toolia Rambarose, 70, with a van in Richmond Hill last February, Kazim Mohammed was fined $50. His driving privileges were not interrupted.
August 9, 2018
Richard Brown: Misdemeanor Plea for Driver Who Dragged Senior to Her Death and Fled
Again and again, Richard Brown signs off on favorable plea deals for hit-and-run drivers who kill people, when he files charges at all.
June 21, 2018
Driver Who Killed Phil O’Reilly Had a History of Speeding and Red Light Tickets
The same Nissan was cited for speeding five times in less than two years and a red light violation two months before O'Reilly was killed.
March 13, 2018
DOT Needs More Resources From City Hall to Fix Streets Like Deadly Liberty Ave. in Queens
Six people have died in crashes on Liberty Avenue since 2009. DOT noted hazardous conditions for walking on Liberty in 2015, but didn’t prescribe safety upgrades.
February 15, 2018
Attention Albany: NYC’s First Traffic Death of 2018 Was a Brutal Hit-and-Run. Do Something.
Jun Sum Yim, 77, was hit in the 109th Precinct, in Flushing. State lawmakers have repeatedly failed to fix laws that give drivers an incentive to flee after a serious crash.
January 11, 2018