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Ninth Street Cyclists Share Their Stories of Fear
Cyclists vented their anger at unsafe conditions on Brooklyn’s Ninth Street bike lane on Thursday, two days after a truck driver killed a 37-year-old wife and mother of two while she was riding an electric Citi Bike on an unprotected stretch west of Third Avenue.
January 13, 2023
KOMANOFF: Listening to Lehrer Helps Understand The Mindset Keeping our Streets Unsafe
Hearing Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and WNYC radio host Brian Lehrer chatting it up on Lehrer’s show Wednesday morning gave me a new insight into why New York streets remain so unsafe for cyclists and pedestrians.
January 13, 2023
SAFETY LAST: DOT Under Fire to Finish Ninth Street Redesign after Sixth Fatality in 18 Years
The city is once again under fire for a death on a roadway that it failed to redesign for safety.
January 12, 2023
ANALYSIS: Council’s Transportation Committee Has Little to Show in First Year
The City Council's Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure lagged behind nearly every other committee when it comes to passing legislation and holding hearings on bills in 2022 — revealing a decline in accountability and productivity compared to previous leadership, advocates and data indicate. Here's a deep analysis.
January 11, 2023
Driver Sought in Hit-and-Run in Crown Heights — Was It Intentional?
Police are seeking the heartless hit-and-run driver who flattened a pedestrian in Crown Heights on Friday night — a brutal, but rare, instance of road violence captured on camera that is now being investigated as a possible hate crime because the collision may have been intentional.
January 8, 2023
Community Board 4 Wants Shared Street on W. 22nd — And Continued Open Street in the Meantime
A Manhattan community board wants the city to turn the embattled W. 22nd open street into a permanent shared street — the latest twist in a saga that has seen the popular play street under fire from a small group of opponents.
January 5, 2023
Pedestrian Killed at a Dangerous Bronx Intersection that City Has Failed to Make Safe
A pick-up truck driver killed a pedestrian early on New Year's Eve at a notoriously dangerous Bronx intersection, then left him to die, cops said.
January 4, 2023
SUV Plummets onto LIRR Tracks in Brooklyn, Killing One
“I thought the concrete barrier was gonna stop it but it didn't and it just went over," said a witness.
December 30, 2022
Streetsies 2022: New York’s Biggest Failures and Disappointments
Here are the nominees — and don't forget to vote!
December 29, 2022
Driver of Truck With 17 Speeding Tickets Fatally Hits Moped Rider In Williamsburg
A motorist whose company truck has a long history of dangerous driving, fatally struck a moped rider on a dangerous Williamsburg street on Wednesday morning.
December 28, 2022
