Traffic Enforcement
Streetsblog Basics
Friday’s Headlines: Another Week of Carnage Edition
If only our leaders would attack this deadly epidemic with the same urgency that they recently attacked the much-less-deadly measles.
September 13, 2019
Hasty Heastie Staff Sped Through School Zones in Speaker’s Cars
The SUVs amassed quite the nasty record of moving violations, a spokesman confirmed. Why are those charged with making New York's laws breaking them on the taxpayers' dime?
September 11, 2019
Wednesday’s Headlines: PATH Meets Pod Edition
Jersey PATH commuters get a leg up on their New York counterparts — and everyone covers the charges against a cyclist's killer. For more headlines, click the link above.
September 4, 2019
STREETSBLOG INVESTIGATION: Hit-and-Run Drivers Injure Thousands — Why are So Few Ever Charged?
Factors include badly worded state law, flawed NYPD investigations, juries comprised of drivers, and, let's face it, a general sense that vehicular crimes are not treated with the same level of seriousness as other crimes.
September 3, 2019
Ex-Parks Commissioner: I Won’t Bike in Central Park Anymore
A delivery man on a e-bike wiped out after striking a pedestrian at a dangerous intersection. What's the city going to do about it?
September 2, 2019
DOT: We Are NOT Backing Down on Neighborhood Loading Zones!
Reports of the demise of the Department of Transportation's residential loading zone program have been greatly exaggerated.
August 22, 2019
Thursday’s Headlines: More Charges Please! Edition
The killer of Jose Alzorriz (pictured) will be brought to account — but law enforcement still shrugs at so much other recent vehicle violence. Click here for that story and more in today's news digest.
August 22, 2019
UPDATE: Driver Arrested For Killing Cyclist on Coney Island Avenue
The NYPD has thrown the full summons book at driver Mirza Baig.
August 21, 2019
Cyclist: Cop Used Trump’s ‘Go Back Where You Came From’ When I Complained About Him Blocking a Bike Lane
A Brooklyn cop paraphrased President Trump's hate-filled demand about foreigners when a cyclist confronted him for parking in a painted bike lane.
August 15, 2019
UNACCOUNTABLE! The United States Postal Service is a Rogue Company Delivering Road Violence
It's enough to make you go postal.
August 14, 2019